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The classic New York vs. Los Angeles tension is playing out on several fronts at the moment, much to the discomfort of those of us who align with both sides. The defection of Gustavo Dudamel from L.A. to conduct the New York Philharmonic reflects more…

UPDATED with approval: The Nevada Gaming Commission has approved a limited license for MGM Resorts International shareholder Barry Diller to work in the state's casino industry after probing the billionaire IAC chairman and former media mogul about a federal investigation into his purchases of shares of Activision…

The U.S. government wants a word with Barry Diller, David Geffen and a third man involving the planned $68.7 billion merger of Microsoft and Activision Blizzard. Federal securities regulators and prosecutors are investigating options trades made by longtime Hollywood players Diller and Geffen and Diller’s stepson…

After more than three decades in print, Entertainment Weekly will stop producing a physical copy of its magazine, shifting fully online. Other titles owned by EW‘s new parent company, InterActive Corp., are also ditching print, among them InStyle, EatingWell, Health, Parents and People en Español. Barry Diller’s IAC…

The digital publishing arm of Barry Diller’s IAC/InterActive Corp. has cliched a deal to buy Meredith, the 120-year-old Iowa-based publisher of People magazine and a stable of other storied titles. It’s an all cash transaction valued at $2.7 billion — or $42.18 per share. IAC’s Dotdash digital publishing unit will…

Barry Diller Thursday slammed burgeoning efforts by streaming services to supply films to their platforms, saying “the definition of movie is in such transition it doesn't mean anything anymore." He made the remarks to NPR on the sidelines of the Allen & Co. mogul retreat in Sun Valley, Idaho. “These streaming…

AT&T continues to take a licking heading into the weekend with mogul Barry Diller describing plans to unload WarnerMedia as "a great escape" and calling its three-year dalliance with showbiz the telco giant's latest bungle in a string of bad deals. Never one to mince words, the founder of sprawling digital powerhouse…

Shares in digital conglomerate Interactive Corp. are up 14% today after the company announced that its video subsidiary Vimeo will be spun off into its own company in 2021. In the quarter ending in September, Vimeo had 1.46 million subscribers, a gain of 21% from the same period a year ago, with revenue of $75.1…

Match Group has named former CBS Interactive chief Jim Lanzone CEO of its flagship dating app Tinder starting August 3, reporting to parent Match Group chief executive Shar Dubey. Lanzone joins Tinder from investment firm Benchmark Capital where he served as an executive-in-residence. Until 2019, he was chief digital…

Barry Diller’s InterActive Corp. is selling CHMedia, parent of CollegeHumor and a portfolio of related brands, to CH chief creative officer Sam Reich. The transaction will result in more than 100 layoffs. All but a handful of employees at the once-pioneering satire and online video purveyor were told Wednesday they…

Director Sam Mendes’ hit London staging of The Lehman Trilogy is heading to Broadway, with previews beginning Saturday, March 7, 2020 at the Nederlander Theatre. Opening night is Thursday, March 26, 2020. The widely expected engagement of the acclaimed production was announced today by producers The National Theatre…

Netflix has “won the game” as far as streaming, according to media mogul Barry Diller, but among its soon-to-launch rivals, he said Disney has “the best chance” to apply pressure. Diller made the comments during a CNBC interview Wednesday in Sun Valley, ID, where he’s attending Allen & Co.’s annual retreat. (See full…