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Wetherell's Internet world view is getting its fiercest test in a takeover tussle with Barry Diller--a real-economy mogul if ever there was one--who has made a bid for Lycos, the Internet portal that Wetherell financed and of which he owns 18.5%. While Diller and Wetherell agree that the partnering of Lycos' new-media assets and Diller's traditional media hodgepodge of USA Networks, Home Shopping Network and other film- and television-production interests makes strategic sense, they disagree sharply on the value Diller ascribes to Lycos...
Here comes Barry Diller. The man credited with creating the TV mini-series and the Fox network is suiting up for portal combat. This morning it was announced that Diller's USA Networks will acquire Lycos, Yahoo's last independent competitor in the search site race. But can a guy whose idea of programming has more to do with "Roots" than root directories make it work...
...complicated deal rolls up Lycos with Diller's Home Shopping Network -- hey, the original e-commerce -- and the recently formed Ticketmaster Online-CitySearch company. The new company, called USA Lycos Interactive Network, will keep Lycos CEO Robert Davis as president but will install Diller as chairman. MORE...
...baby [FAST-FOOD TIE-INS] One free toy with any Burger King Kid's Meal [PROTESTS SPARKED] Grandpa less stereotypically Jewish in movie, after complaints about Rugrats strip [GROWNUPS' BONUS] This unfinished line: "Born under Venus, look for a ..." [MOVIE] A BUG'S LIFE [ANIMATORS] 60 [WEIRDEST CASTING] Phyllis Diller as the Queen [FAST-FOOD TIE-INS] One Bug toy in each McDonald's Happy Meal [PROTESTS SPARKED] Entomologists steamed because the ants have four legs instead of six [GROWNUPS' BONUS] Transgender issues raised when Ladybug is actually...
...Lawrence Diller's Running On Ritalin is the book most people are talking about these days, but it's hardly the only one out there. In the past 18 months a flurry of ADD and ADHD books have hit the shelves, each with its own view on whether to medicate or not to medicate...