Dennis Schaal, Skift
The odds are against this shareholder lawsuit against Barry Diller and the Expedia Group board doing anything to upend Diller's ongoing control of the company, so look for a financial settlement. But the issues raised highlight why good governance groups abhor companies that don't have truly independent directors.
2 months ago
Sean O'Neill and Dennis Schaal, Skift
Expedia will stop being a controlled company after it acquires Liberty, and Barry Diller, chairman of Expedia, will own about 29 percent of the online travel group's voting power. The move makes the company's ownership structure more transparent, which is a good thing.
5 months ago
Sean O'Neill, Skift
Diller is one of the godfathers of online travel and Expedia is probably among the top two travel advertisers in Google. Whether his comments will lead to lobbying or business practice changes, is today's multibillion dollar question.
11 months ago
Dennis Schaal, Skift
With a two-decade track record in online travel, Khosrowshahi has had his duck-and-cover as well as been-on-a-mountaintop moments. If Uber's looking for a steady hand, and a guy with experience who isn't afraid to take a U-turn when called for, then they could have done a helluva lot worse.
2 years ago
Dennis Schaal, Skift
Barry Diller, the senior executive at both IAC and Expedia, doesn't need any more plaques on his mansions' walls but he is one of the people who had oversized influence in making online travel what it is today. He had a great eye for how e-commerce would emerge and he pulled the trigger on his great acquisitions.
3 years ago
Jason Clampet, Skift
If you have a company with multiple product lines and consumer strategies, you want a chairman like Barry Diller to have your back.
4 years ago
Dennis Schaal, Skift
Every billionaire needs an online travel agency trophy, but beyond that Barry Diller likely feels that he still has a lot of work to do at Expedia.
7 years ago
Dennis Schaal, Skift
The Liberty Media-Barry Diller deal for control of TripAdvisor is all about profits and taxes, and not about a change in strategic direction for the hotel-review site.
7 years ago
