Power 50 2013: BARRY DILLER

Chairman and Senior Executive, IAC/InterActiveCorp, 71

Shuttering the print edition of Newsweek this past year wasn't necessarily a high point for Diller, but he forged ahead with a promising e-publishing venture (partnering with Scott Rudin, ex-Picador executive Frances Coady, and the Atavist's Evan Ratliff) set to challenge Amazon, who currently reports 65% of all e-book sales. Diller also invested $20 million in Aereo, a browser- and tablet-supported TV platform that severely undercuts the traditional cable model and will expand to dozens of major U.S. cities this year.

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