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Lexico, Dictionary.com Being Acquired By Ask.com; Price In $100 Million Range - 0 Comments
Posted By Staci D. Kramer - Wed 14 May 2008 09:01 PM PST

Turns out Ask.com has the answers for Lexico Publishing, the owner of Dictionary.com which earlier agreed to be acquired by Answers.com (NSDQ: ANSW) in a doomed effort. The IAC (NSDQ:…

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…

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…

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…

Friday Videos: Meredith President On Staying Relevant; Former Ask CEO On Search’s Future - 4 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Fri 22 Feb 2008 11:39 AM PST

Couple of short video interviews for a more relaxed Friday (RSS readers will have to click through): 1) From Folio: an interview with Meredith (NYSE: MDP) president Jack Griffin, on…

IAC’s Ask.com Bids To Win The Privacy Game; Will Allow Users To Purge Searches - 1 Comment
Posted By Staci D. Kramer - Mon 10 Dec 2007 10:51 PM PST

Another effort from IAC (NSDQ: IACI) search company Ask.com to stand out from the crowd ... the launch Tuesday of ”AskEraser," a new privacy control that will allow users to…