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Former L.A. Times entertainment reporter William Knoedelseder worked for Barry Diller at Fox and USA Broadcasting -- and now has sold a book on the media mogul to Perseus Books. Next! The Epic Adventures of Barry Diller is due out in Fall 2004. Knoedelseder is also the author of Stiffed: A True Story of MCA, The Music Business and The Mafia and In Eddies's Name. Says the publisher's blurb:
An insider's view of the man who went from UCLA dropout to chairman of Paramount by the age of 32. Not successful in every endeavor, Diller has struggled his way to billionaire status: he lost out on the bid to buy Paramount and CBS but made it big by building up the USA Networks and selling them to Vivendi. Knoedelseder argues that he should be perceived more as an inventor, or a scientist who's businesses function as laboratories for his ideas.