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Article: Barry Diller To Join Board Of Post Co.
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- The Washington Post
- Article date:
- September 15, 2000
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Barry Diller, the maverick Hollywood dealmaker who heads USA
Networks Inc., yesterday was named to The Washington Post Co.'s board
of directors, a signal of the company's intensifying focus on its
Internet future.
The election of the 58-year-old Diller to The Post board is not
the precursor to any particular ventures between the District-based
publishing and media company and Diller's USA Networks Inc.,
according to Diller. "I'm there purely as a director," Diller said
yesterday.
Post chairman and chief executive Donald E. Graham said he had
recruited Diller to tap his knowledge on a range of new and old media
fields, including the electronic commerce businesses at USA Networks.
"For a ...