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...Davis: Let me tell you what I told Diller, with whom I have a merger agreement. I told him I will stay on as long as necessary to insure a smooth transition. I have spent most of my professional career here, so I'm not prepared to just leave tomorrow. I will stay on as long as I can. But that is not a permanent assignment...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Paramount Chairman Martin Davis, the Odd Man Out | 1/24/1994 | See Source »

...TIME: Did you know when you began your talks with Sumner that an aggressive competitor like Diller could...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Paramount Chairman Martin Davis, the Odd Man Out | 1/24/1994 | See Source »

...Davis: Only in the media. I think the media have seized upon it, and "nemesis" has been given a new meaning. I think it's totally exaggerated. I think if you put Barry Diller and myself out in the ring in Madison Square Garden, you'd have 12 people show up, all from the New York press. Who cares? He and I have a cordial relationship, and we have had one for some time...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Paramount Chairman Martin Davis, the Odd Man Out | 1/24/1994 | See Source »

...TIME: What are the origins of your dispute with Diller in the early '80s at Paramount...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Paramount Chairman Martin Davis, the Odd Man Out | 1/24/1994 | See Source »

...Davis: I had a style. I make no apologies for it, and I could be very tough about it, and I would insist on certain things because I wanted this company to survive. Now, some of us had differences of opinion, and I daresay Barry Diller was not the only one who left at that time. The only difference is that in the motion picture business in Hollywood, if somebody gets a scratch, right away it's cancer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Paramount Chairman Martin Davis, the Odd Man Out | 1/24/1994 | See Source »

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