WashingtonPost: The Binge Isn't Over For Diller

Barry Diller is a renaissance media man. Among the many things you may remember him for, he created Fox TV and brought us The Simpsons, failed to acquire Paramount Studios and CBS TV, bought QVC, introduced the Home Shopping Network and the list goes on (see his bio on Biography.com). His most enduring legacy, however, may well end up being USA Interactive, the online media conglomerate that now owns (or has announced plans to buy) LendingTree, Expedia, UDate.com, Hotels.com, Ticketmaster, Precision Response Corp. (a call center service firm that also conducts e-mail marketing campaigns and database services) and much more.

This Washington Post profile of his online activities suggests the magnitude of his impact online with the following tidbit: "As a result of its takeovers, USA Interactive appears poised to take in more than $6 billion in revenue this year — more than Amazon.com, eBay, Yahoo or any other Internet firm except America Online."