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050 00 $aPN1992.4.D46$bM35 1997
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100 1 $aMair, George,$d1929-$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n81108023
245 14 $aThe Barry Diller story :$bthe life and times of America's greatest entertainment mogul /$cGeorge Mair.
260 $aNew York :$bJohn Wiley,$c[1997], ©1997.
300 $aiv, 348 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates :$billustrations ;$c24 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
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504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 331-342) and index.
520 $aPerhaps more than any other studio executive in recent history, Barry Diller has influenced the viewing habits of both big and small screen audiences. With creativity and insight, he drastically altered the landscape of television programming with groundbreaking, critically acclaimed concepts such as the movie-of-the-week and the miniseries - the first of which was the landmark premiere of Alex Haley's Roots.
520 8 $aAlways on the cutting edge, Diller also introduced such offbeat - and controversial - shows as The Simpsons and Married With...Children. He has also exerted enormous influence over the motion picture industry, revolutionizing the process by which studios acquire scripts, and greenlighting a string of megahits, including Raiders of the Lost Ark, 48 Hours, and Terms of Endearment.
520 8 $aThe Barry Diller Story reveals how this media giant climbed from the mailroom of the William Morris Agency to top positions at Paramount Pictures, 20th Century fox, and QVC. With exacting detail, Mair deftly weaves tales of Diller's impressive accomplishments, from his rescue of Paramount Pictures to his historic launching of a fourth network, Fox TV.
520 8 $aHere, too, are sobering descriptions of hard-fought failures, among them Diller's abortive attempt at a leveraged buyout of Paramount, and his bid for a CBS-QVC merger.
600 10 $aDiller, Barry.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n96111915
650 0 $aChief executive officers$zUnited States$vBiography.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2009118909
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