Chris Dixon Quotations

The point is, you have to look at Disney in the context of these other major consumer companies, ... We have a global oligopoly today. You've got Viacom, News Corp., Time Warner and Disney. And these are large companies in perfect position to take advantage of the globalization of American entertainment.

It gives Viacom a terrific established-brand TV network that fits well with their portfolio of assets,

Those companies that don't have really well thought out business models and are driven by a need to spend money to capture customers and maybe make it some time in the future are toast.

Those worried about 2002 earnings aren't paying attention. The issue is what's going to happen going forward.

What's happening right now is that as the industry matures, we're testing business models. For those companies that have business models where you are driven by a diverse source of revenue stream and where revenues are higher than expenses, you are going to do fine.

There's no question that Michael Ovitz is an extraordinarily talented person in Hollywood,

These companies can tap into the need for marketers to use the Internet as an appropriate marketing tool,

This is something much-needed in the industry. Many of the technicians that are being trained and many out in the field don't have all the skills and tools they need to address the needs of the technically advanced aircraft being developed.

There were no problems to solve. Mr. Ovitz had a hard time trying to find a place to fit.

That leaves a big hole in consumers? web safety armour. They don?t know what?s safe to click in the first place.

It's great news for these media companies who know how to get marketing dollars.

The network is coming under pressure as we move into a highly fractionalized market -- they are continuing to take market share,

The future of the music industry is really the ability to recognize that the 14- or 15-year-old today, who is that target audience, is more comfortable today operating off of a computer platform than most of the people who walk into record stores.