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Ask.com Backtracks on Woman Search Focus; Says Not Really - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Thu 06 Mar 2008 03:43 PM PST

Strange are the motivations of Ask: First it clearly states that it will now focus on its core audience of married women, and now it says that’s not necessarily going…

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Diller Could Be Out By Next Week—And He Knows It - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Wed 05 Mar 2008 12:09 AM PST

Barry Diller, always in the throes of self-confession, did that earlier today at a Variety-hosted event: he said that by this time next week, depending on how Delaware court rules…

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Ask.com’s Safka: 40 Jobs Cuts; ‘Reevaluating’ Product; Ditching The ‘Digerati’ - 3 Comments
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Tue 04 Mar 2008 11:58 AM PST

IAC-owned search engine Ask.com is planning to lay off 40 workers or 8 percent of its total workforce, CEO Jim Safka tells Reuters. That’s below the 100-or-so we reported on…

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10-K Watch: Getty, Interpublic, IAC, Valueclick, Akamai, Navteq, Media General - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Mon 03 Mar 2008 05:32 PM PST

The world’s going crazy with 10-K’s...and we’re making it easy for you. Our motto, just in case you didn’t know: We kill ourselves, so you don’t have to. Some of…

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IAC’s Gaming Site InstantAction Site To Spend $50M-$100M - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Sat 01 Mar 2008 02:11 PM PST

That’s a biggish number for IAC (NSDQ: IACI), currently in the throes of a split, and major layoffs from the Ask.com side of the business. Its quasi-professional 3-D gaming site…

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IAC: 100 Layoffs Coming At Ask.com; Search Deal With Google Possible - 3 Comments
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Fri 29 Feb 2008 12:17 PM PST

A source has confirmed to us a coming shakeup at IAC-owned Ask.com that includes about 100 layoffs in the April time frame. SAI reported this morning that the site may…

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AOL Pacts With CitySearch On Ads And Content - 0 Comments
Posted By David Kaplan - Thu 14 Feb 2008 10:21 AM PST

AOL (NYSE: TWX) and online local guide network CitySearch, owned by IAC (NSDQ: IACI), have formed an advertising and content-sharing partnership. AOL’s local online directories get CitySearch’s more established reviews…

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IAC And Liberty Agree On Board Rules Ahead Of Date In Court - 0 Comments
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Wed 13 Feb 2008 12:49 PM PST

Barry Diller has accused Liberty’s John Malone of creating chaos at IAC (NSDQ: IACI) by preventing the board from going about its business, during the companies’ ongoing legal dispute. At…

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IAC-Liberty Fight Could be Resolved By Rejuvenated HSN: Report - 1 Comment
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Tue 12 Feb 2008 06:05 PM PST

The spat between Liberty Media (NSDQ: LINTA) and IACI is expected to go to court in early March, but in the meantime, the two sides may still attempt to resolve…

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IAC Does A Reorg Of Its M&A Team - 3 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Thu 07 Feb 2008 04:45 PM PST

Interactive Corp (NSDQ: IACI). which has had a very active M&A team which hasn’t resulted in all that many deals (some of them because they got outbid on a bunch…

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Diller: Split Plans On Schedule; No Interest In Pre-Split Sales; MSFT-YHOO Good For Ask - 0 Comments
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Wed 06 Feb 2008 09:01 AM PST

With IAC (NSDQ: IACI) locked in a battle with Liberty to complete its intended break up, CEO Barry Diller used the company’s quarterly call to drive home the point that…

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Earnings: IACI Q4 Revs Up 8 Percent; ‘New’ IAC Revs Would Be Up 21 Percent; Big Loss On Lending Tree - 0 Comments
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Wed 06 Feb 2008 05:38 AM PST

IAC (NSDQ: IACI) managed to get its earnings out after all… the internet conglomerate, locked in a court battle with Liberty Media (NSDQ: LINTA), reported Q4 revenue of $1.86 billion,…

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IAC Adds Management To Black Community Deja-Site; Launch Coming - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Mon 04 Feb 2008 09:29 AM PST

IAC (NSDQ: IACI), which announced its Black community-focused division last year in April, is close to launching its first site under the “Black Web Enterprises” banner. The company said last…

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No Quick End In Sight For Liberty-IAC Dispute Over Control; Spin-Offs Delayed - 0 Comments
Posted By Staci D. Kramer - Fri 01 Feb 2008 12:20 PM PST

Waiting for a quick resolution of the dueling lawsuits filed by Liberty Media (NSDQ: LINTA) and IAC (NSDQ: IACI) over control of the latter? Stop holding your breath ... Reuters…

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IAC: Liberty’s ‘Irresponsible Ploy’ Creating Chaos; Earnings May Be Delayed; Liberty Files With SEC - 0 Comments
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Thu 31 Jan 2008 10:10 AM PST

Updated below: The IAC-Liberty dispute (or Diller-Malone, if you think it’s all personal) is long past the point of getting ugly. In its latest salvo, a filing in Delaware court…

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Google Adopts Universal Search For South Korean Market - 1 Comment
Posted By Amanda Natividad - Wed 30 Jan 2008 09:38 PM PST

Google (NSDQ: GOOG) has announced it will overhaul its Korean-language search engine in efforts to broaden its appeal in South Korea, according to AP. The country relies mainly on local…

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TicketMaster Acquiring UK Ticket Reseller Get Me In - 0 Comments
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Mon 28 Jan 2008 08:39 PM PST

IAC-owned TicketMaster is acquiring UK-based ticket reseller Get Me In, according to WSJ. The acquisition is the company’s second such purchase this month, as it recently announced a $265 million…

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Malone-Diller: Is Push Coming To Shove? Liberty Tries To Oust IAC CEO - 1 Comment
Posted By Staci D. Kramer - Mon 28 Jan 2008 05:55 PM PST

The WSJ is reporting that Liberty Media (NSDQ: LINTA) has today gone to court to pry Barry Diller loose from his post as chairman and CEO of IAC (NSDQ: IACI).…

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IAC Looking For Buyers/Investor For Spinoff Units: Report - 2 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Sat 26 Jan 2008 12:17 PM PST

IAC (NSDQ: IACI), which is in the process of splitting up into five companies, may bring in outside investors or possible buyers for all four of the companies that are…

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IAC Buying Major Chunk In HealthCentral; Carlyle, Sequoia & Polaris Also Investing; Total $50M - 1 Comment
Posted By Rafat Ali - Thu 24 Jan 2008 06:32 PM PST

IAC (NSDQ: IACI), in the process of splitting up into five companies, is making a major bet in the online health information sector, a new-ish area for the company: it…

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Diller’s IAC Sues Malone’s Liberty Media Over Spin-Off Voting Rights - 0 Comments
Posted By Staci D. Kramer - Thu 24 Jan 2008 02:11 PM PST

You just knew this was going to get complicated given that Barry Diller and John Malone are involved. Lehman Brothers’ Doug Anmuth is out with a note explaining the latest…

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Ticketmaster Buys TicketsNow For $265 Million - 3 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Mon 14 Jan 2008 11:20 PM PST

Ticketmaster, in the process of being spun off as a separate company from parent Interactive Corp (NSDQ: IACI). has bought TicketsNow, the country’s second-largest site for reselling sports and concert…

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More On IAC/Ask Exec Changes; Horan’s Shifts - 0 Comments
Posted By Staci D. Kramer - Mon 14 Jan 2008 10:31 PM PST

Turns out that press-release explanation last week of IAC’s (NSDQ: IACI) management changes included more changes than we first reported for Peter Horan, president of IAC Media and Advertising. As…

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Liberty Media Ups Stake In IAC To 30 Percent - 0 Comments
Posted By Staci D. Kramer - Fri 11 Jan 2008 04:38 PM PST

John Malone’s Liberty Media (NSDQ: LINTA) has acquired an additional 14 million shares of IAC (NSDQ: IACI), raising its stake in the company run by Barry Diller to roughly 30…

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IAC Close To Buying Movie Recommendation Site Flixster: Report - 1 Comment
Posted By Rafat Ali - Fri 11 Jan 2008 02:00 PM PST

The Flixster deal talks have been going on for a while, and IAC (NSDQ: IACI) has been in and out of discussions with the movie recommendations site/application. Now WSJ’s Deal…

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