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0:00My MTV hit list.
0:01MTV.
0:01MTV.
0:02MTV.
0:03MCV.
0:03MTV.
0:04You grew the company from zero to billions in revenue.
0:08Yeah, we were a high-margin money machine.
0:10It was sort of the height of the cable TV revolution, which began to deteriorate in the early 2000s with the digital revolution.
0:16You helped create South Park, Chappelle Show, Stephen Colbert.
0:20We had Jimmy Kimmel on.
0:21He got a start there.
0:21Bill Maher got his TV start on Comedy Central.
0:24You're recruited by Steve Jobs.
0:25Same with Geffen, who is one of the most successful media business guys there ever is.
0:29You, I think, made an offer to buy Facebook.
0:32Is that right?
0:33Yeah, we were the first people.
0:34We went back and forth and we put a bid on the table and they turned us down.
0:39How big?
0:39What was it?
0:40It was like 1.7 million.
0:42Billion, excuse me.
0:43When you were like trying to spot winning people or creatives, was there like a common theme?
0:49Yeah, well.
0:51I feel like I could rule the world.
0:53I know I could be what I want to.
0:55I put my all in it like a day zone.
0:58On a road, let's travel.
0:59I was trying to think of the way that I could introduce you.
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