Topic
6 facts from 3 episodes, in date order. These are what speakers said on the shows, each linked to the moment it was said. They aren't independently verified.
2001
After September 11, 2001, IAC chose to proceed with buying Expedia despite a material-adverse-change clause that allowed it to withdraw, after Barry Diller said travel would endure.
“He said, you know, if there isn't travel, there isn't life. So like, you know, everyone like looked at each other. We're like, let's go for this. Let's do it.”
2017
Dara said Barry Diller reviewed and improved the presentation he gave to Uber's board when he was a candidate.
“And he actually helped me in the PowerPoint. He's like, this is good. This is good. You have to add this page.”
Undated
A Benchmark partner said that when Barry Diller asked what Benchmark wanted in connection with Tinder, the firm asked for equity without putting in cash.
“Barry Diller said, what do you want? And it's like, well, we want equity in Tinder.”
Undated
Viacom, run by Sumner Redstone, had agreed to buy Paramount Pictures before Barry Diller of QVC launched a rival bid.
“Sumner Redstone, who was running Viacom, had come to an agreement to buy Paramount Pictures, which was Barry's old home.”
Undated
Barry Diller, then running QVC, went after Paramount through a hostile tender offer even though Paramount was bigger than QVC.
“So he decided to go after Paramount in a hostile tender offer, to come in as kind of a third-party bidder.”
Undated
Barry Diller and Andrew Ross Sorkin appear in the Acquired Radio City special, which also has audience cameos.
“It's got Barry Diller. It has Andrew Ross Sorkin and some fun cameos with faces that you may recognize in the audience.”
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