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PublicNASDAQ:IACI
Date3/93
Raised
Post IPO Valuation

General Information

Websiteiac.com
Blogiac.com/about/blog
Twitter@iac
CategoryConsumer Web
Emailinfo@iac.com
Employees
Founded8/95
Descriptionmedia conglomerate

Offices

HQ
555 West 18th Street
New York, NY, 10011
USA

People

CEO
Vice President, Sales
Board Member
Board Member
Board Member
Board Member
Sr. Director of Sales, Western Region
Director, Business Development
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Former People

Chairman and Senior Executive
Chief Technology Officer
CEO, Gifts.com
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Acquisitions

Total$2.41B
Tutor, 1/13
About.com, 8/12 $300M
Urbanspoon, 4/09
StarNet Interactive, 5/08
Emma Entertainment, 5/07
Frontline Management, 5/07
Edodo Interactive, 3/07
NetClub, 3/07
llike.com, 12/06
Connected Ventures, 8/06
CollegeHumor, 8/06
Shoebuy, 1/06
Ask.com, 7/05 $1.85B
Cornerstone Brands, 4/05
ServiceMagic, 7/04
TripAdvisor, 3/04 $210M
Hotwire, 9/03
Expedia, 8/03
Hotels.com, 6/03
LendingTree, 5/03
Ticketmaster, 1/03
Match, 6/99 $50M

Investments

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IAC

IAC is a media conglomerate with a wide range of online assets. In November 2007, announced they would be separating IAC into 5 public companies. IAC will consist of: Ask.com, Bloglines, CitySearch, Evite, Excite, InsiderPages, iWon, My Fun Cards, My Way, Popular Screensaver, Smiley Central, Match.com, chemistry.com, ServiceMagic, Shoebuy.com, BustedTees, CollegeHumor, Garage Games, Gifts.com, Green.com, Instant Action, Very Short List, Vimeo, 23/6. IAC is also an investor in Active.com, Brightcove, FiLife, Medem, Merchant Circle, OpenTable, Points.com and SHOP channel.

The 5 spun off companies were Home Shopping Network, Ticketmaster, Interval International, LendingTree and expedia.com.

IAC’s notable acquisitions included:

  • In September 1998 IAC’s subsidiary at the time, Ticketmaster, merged with CitySearch .
  • In June 1999 Ticketmaster-CitySearch acquired Match.com.
  • In 2001 Evite was acquired by Ticketmaster.
  • In February 2003 IAC acquired Expedia, and later spun it off in August 2005.
  • In August 2003 IAC acquired Lending Tree.
  • In July 2005 IAC acquired Ask.com, known as Ask Jeeves at the time, for $1.85 billion. Ask.com is the fourth leading search engine behind Google, Yahoo, and MSN.
  • In July 2005 IAC spun off Expedia.com
  • In August 2006 IAC acquired Connected Ventures, the parent company of CollegeHumor, Vimeo, Bustedtees.com, and others. Vimeo competes with online video companies such as Youtube, Brightcove, Veoh, Stage6, Dailymotion, and many others.

Recent Milestones

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Screenshots

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Above: IAC Screenshot -- #1
Uploaded: 5/10/09

Products

gifts.com

Websitegifts.com

Gifts.com, an IAC subsidiary, is a site that helps find specialized gifts sorted by occasion. The site allows users to create wishlists for gifts and buyers to collectively pay for an item.

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Sources

  1. IAC Acquires Tutor.com To Add An Education String To Its Consumer Web Portfolio (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  2. Confirmed: IAC Has Bought About.com From The New York Times For $300M In Cash (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  3. IAC Buys UrbanSpoon Based On Good Recommendations (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  4. IAC Acquires GirlSense.com Parent StarNet; Targeting Tweens (paidcontent.org) [edit]
  5. Citation Needed [add]
  6. IAC/InterActiveCorp. Buys into Front Line Management (ticketnews.com) [edit]
  7. Match.com Acquires Leading Online Dating and Relationship Companies in France and China (thedatingassociation.org) [edit]
  8. Match.com Acquires Leading Online Dating and Relationship Companies in France and China (thedatingassociation.org) [edit]
  9. Citation Needed [add]
  10. IAC Acquires Controlling Interest in Connected Ventures, LLC, Parent of Leading Comedy Site CollegeHumor.com (iac.com) [edit]
  11. CollegeHumor.com Sells Out - for at least $20 Million (web2.commongate.com) [edit]
  12. AC/InterActive to acquire ShoeBuy.com (internetretailer.com) [edit]
  13. Citation Needed [add]
  14. IAC completes acquisition of Cornerstone Brands (allbusiness.com) [edit]
  15. http://www.facebook.com/CBSNewYork#!/pages/Dumpster-newark-nj-908-313-9888/177688148917858 (prnewswire.com) [edit]
  16. IAC Acquires TripAdvisor, Inc. (goliath.ecnext.com) [edit]
  17. IAC/InterActiveCorp to Acquire Hotwire (hospitalitynet.org) [edit]
  18. IAC Completes Acquisition of Expedia, Inc (findarticles.com) [edit]
  19. InterActiveCorp Completes Acquisition of Hotels.Com (thefreelibrary.com) [edit]
  20. IAC Completes Acquisition of LendingTree (iac.mediaroom.com) [edit]
  21. iac.com [edit]
  22. Citation Needed [add]
  23. Aereo Raises $20.5M in Series A Financing (finsmes.com) [edit]
  24. IAC Buying Major Chunk In HealthCentral; Carlyle, Sequoia & Polaris Also Investing; Total $50M (paidcontent.org) [edit]
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  27. paidcontent.org [edit]
  28. publications.mediapost.com [edit]
  29. techcrunch.com [edit]
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