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Barry Diller

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SpaceX IPO filing reveals Starlink’s impact, Bezos sounds off on CNBC, and Gemini owes John a beer

SpaceX’s IPO filing includes new details about the Starlink satellite factory in Redmond. Jeff Bezos talks wealth, inequality, and AI on CNBC. And John turns to ChatGPT and Gemini when FIFA’s ticketing support falls short. Read More

Expedia at 30, the inside story: Online travel giant navigates its third tech disruption

Expedia Group CEO Ariane Gorin, founder Rich Barton, chairman Barry Diller, and former CEO Dara Khosrowshahi tell the story of Expedia’s 30-year evolution from a small project inside Microsoft to a global travel conglomerate navigating the age of AI agents. Read More

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Podcast: What Trump 2.0 means for tech, Diller nixes Expedia + Uber, and a GeekWire fall update

This week on the GeekWire Podcast, it’s a grab-bag of topics, including self-driving wheelchairs, Expedia Group Chairman Barry Diller’s comments… Read More

Expedia chairman Barry Diller on potential deal with Uber and Washington Post’s ‘blunder’

Expedia chairman Barry Diller told CNBC on Monday that a rumored acquisition of Uber is “just not going to happen.”… Read More

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OpenAI CEO Sam Altman leaves Expedia Group board ‘to focus on his other business interests’

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman stepped down from the Expedia Group board effective June 1, after helping the company get a… Read More

As storm clouds clear for travel, Expedia Group looks to become a bigger tech provider to industry

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman opened Barry Diller’s eyes to the potential of artificial intelligence by asking ChatGPT to dish on… Read More

Barry Diller calls his Activision-Blizzard options trade in advance of blockbuster Microsoft deal a ‘lucky bet’

Media mogul Barry Diller acknowledged that he made what turned out to be a lucrative investment in options to buy… Read More

Expedia Chairman Barry Diller on travel, airline bailouts, and advertising amid COVID-19 crisis

“Cataclysmic.” That’s how Barry Diller described the current state of the world in an interview with CNBC Thursday. Diller sits… Read More

Analyst: Expedia Group revenue could drop by $470M (18%) in Q1 amid coronavirus outbreak

Citing the uncertainty in global travel amid the novel coronavirus outbreak, a veteran Wall Street analyst issued lower estimates for… Read More

Barry’s back: Expedia chairman Barry Diller opens up on hour-long earnings call — here’s what he said

Follow-up: Layoffs looming at Expedia? Diller looks to simplify ‘bloated’ company, aiming to save up to $500M This earnings call… Read More

What’s Barry Diller doing? Expedia not seeking new CEO following Mark Okerstrom’s abrupt departure, report says

Expedia Group has been quiet about the status of its leadership following the abrupt departures of CEO Mark Okerstrom and… Read More

Expedia CEO and CFO resign in surprise shakeup, as Barry Diller asserts control over travel giant

Expedia Group CEO Mark Okerstrom and CFO Alan Pickerill have resigned abruptly from the Seattle-based online travel giant, and chairman… Read More

Expedia Group to simplify ownership structure by buying out Liberty Expedia holding company

Expedia plans to buy out Liberty Expedia, a holding company that controls millions of shares in the online travel giant,… Read More

Should Google be regulated? Expedia’s Barry Diller says yes, to stop competition with advertisers

Add one more voice to calls for regulation of Google: Barry Diller, chairman and senior executive of Expedia Group. Diller,… Read More

Tech Moves: Barry Diller won’t be Uber’s next chairman; Accolade adds to its executive board; and more

Uber’s search for new leadership has been a long and tough one, with rumors, surprise twists and drama that rival… Read More

Internal email: Expedia Chairman Barry Diller confirms Uber’s pick of Dara Khosrowshahi as CEO

Expedia confirmed that its CEO Dara Khosrowshahi has been offered the top post at ride-hailing giant Uber. Expedia disclosed an… Read More

Media titan Barry Diller discusses fake news, the ‘nasty consequences’ of everyone being a publisher

LAS VEGAS — It didn’t take long for Barry Diller — the outspoken and charismatic chairman of IAC and Expedia… Read More

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Interview: Expedia’s CEO on the travel giant’s first 20 years, and what’s next

Our guest this week on the GeekWire radio show and podcast is Dara Khosrowshahi, the CEO of Expedia Inc., the… Read More

Exclusive: Barry Diller on his Expedia investment, travel acquisitions and the promise of AI

BELLEVUE, Wash. — The surprise guest at Expedia’s 20th anniversary celebration this afternoon was Barry Diller, the media mogul who… Read More

‘Jeff Bezos will be the richest person in the world in 5-7 years,’ Barry Diller says in Amazon assessment

Barry Diller, chairman and senior executive at IAC, shared his views on tech giants Yahoo, Apple, Google and Twitter during… Read More

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