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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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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).…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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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