Miller is the son of Jean Baker Miller and S. M. Miller.[4] His father was an emeritus professor of sociology at Boston University; his mother was a psychiatrist and author.[4][5] He has one brother, Dr. Edward D. Miller.[4]
In August 2002, when he was brought into AOL by Richard D. Parsons, he was relatively unknown.[9] Miller pursued a strategy of cutting costs and focusing on improving ad revenues over AOL's then-dominant subscription business.[10] In 2004, Miller oversaw the $435 million acquisition of Advertising.com[11] In 2006, he presided over layoffs of 5,000 people at AOL.[12] He bought Weblogs, Inc., and brought Jason Calacanis to AOL, and later invested in Mahalo.com.[13] He considered buying Facebook and YouTube.[14] In November 2006, he was replaced by Randy Falco. Miller led the company's change from a subscription-based model to an advertising-supported model.[10][15][16][17]
After his departure from AOL, Time Warner invoked a non-compete clause to prevent him serving on the Yahoo board of directors.[18][19] In 2008, he was looking for funding for a takeover of Yahoo, but was unsuccessful.[20]
In March 2009 Miller joined News Corp as Chief Digital Officer[21] to "oversee the broad strategic digital initiatives."[22] Miller was CEO of Digital Media at News Corp, including Fox Interactive Media and Hulu,[23][24] until his departure in August 2012.[25]
In February 2018, he partnered with Private equity firm TPG Capital, to acquire Fandom.[26] Miller was named Co-chairman of Wikia, Inc., alongside Jimmy Wales,[27] and TPG Capital director Andrew Doyle assumed the role of interim CEO.[28] They acquired TV Guide, and Metacritic.[29] He was named CEO of Integrated Media Co., a subsidiary of TPG Capital.[30]
Miller received the first Pioneer Prize in 2006, for his contributions to the field of interactive television at the International Interactive Emmy Awards at Mip TV in Cannes.[32]
Personal life
Miller is married to Myriam Barenbaum. They have a son, Jake.[33]
