Media mogul yanks memoir
A revealing upcoming memoir by media mogul Barry Diller has been mysteriously pulled from sellers’ websites.
It’s unclear if the planned book has been scrapped, delayed or otherwise. Publisher Knopf and Diller’s office didn’t get back to us.
Sources first told Page Six about the book in May, saying there were some bombshells expected. Perhaps we’ll never know.
A book deal was never announced by the publisher, but the memoir, “Who Knew,” popped up for preorder online, noting a 2025 release and showing a cover design.
Amazon, Target and other sites featured promo copy saying, “In this revealing memoir, Diller recounts a life spent making deals, careers, and decisions that have changed the course of American culture.”
“He changed how we watch TV, how movies are made, how we shop, how we consume media, and even how we date,” said the teaser copy of Diller, who is 82 and the chairman of media holding company IAC. The promo verbiage also touted how the author would detail his private life and business insights in the tome.
But as of this week, the book, its cover and any info about its content have completely vanished online — and the title has been universally replaced with the words “Untitled 7877” and the author with “Knopf.”
The billionaire, who is famously married to fashion icon Diane von Furstenberg, started his career as a UCLA dropout working in the William Morris mailroom and rose to become a legend in the movie and TV biz at ABC, Paramount, Fox and more.
As a top studio exec, he oversaw such seminal projects as “Grease,” “Cheers,” “Raiders of the Lost Ark,” “Saturday Night Fever,” “Beverly Hills Cop,” “The Simpsons” and “Married . . . With Children.”
In 1995, he founded IAC, which owns publishing company Dotdash Meredith and is headquartered in a Frank Gehry-designed building downtown.