Barry Diller Declares He'd 'Absolutely' Buy CNN If Given the Chance: 'I Would Do It Tonight'

Barry Diller, the chairman and senior executive of IAC and Expedia Group, declared he would "absolutely" buy CNN, doubling down on his prior interest in the news organization. The media mogul reiterated his stance on a possible CNN ownership during the Wall Street Journal's Future of Everything Festival on Tuesday, where he said he "would do it tonight and tomorrow night . . . before they ruin it any further." He added: "Hopefully before it's extinct, which, I mean, it's not gonna be." As Diller continued, he noted that CNN was "so ripe" for innovation, in a way that he . . .