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IAC

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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.

Milestones

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  IAC added Alan Bittker as CEO Entertainment Publications. (3/1/03)
  Posted 11/14/11 at 2:23pm
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  IAC added Dan Martin as Assistant to the SVP of Strategy and M&A. (12/1/05)
  Posted 7/10/11 at 1:21pm
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  IAC added Michael Eisner as Board Member.
  Posted 3/15/11 at 9:05pm
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  IAC added Jamal Hamou as Senior Business Development. (1/1/09)
  Posted 3/15/11 at 2:14pm
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  IAC added Aaron Goldman as Strategic Account Manager. (7/1/00)
  Posted 12/2/10 at 8:50am
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  IAC added Jonathan Marcus as Director, Programming and Development Groups.
  Posted 10/21/09 at 12:52pm
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  IAC added Julius Genachowski as Chief Business Officer.
  Posted 8/4/09 at 11:18am
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  IAC added Brian Dick as VP, Business Development - TheDailyBeast.com. (1/1/09)
  Posted 6/27/09 at 7:15pm
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  IAC added Jason Rapp as CEO, Gifts.com.
  Posted 6/5/09 at 12:56pm
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  IAC added Scott Mitchell as Chief Technology Officer.
  Posted 1/23/09 at 12:16pm
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  IAC added David Rosenblatt as Board Member.
  Posted 12/8/08 at 4:40pm
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  IAC added Shana Fisher as Senior Vice President, M&A and Strategy.
  Posted 11/4/08 at 2:35pm
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  IAC added Jim Benton as Sr. Director of Sales, Western Region.
  Posted 10/16/08 at 10:37am
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  IAC added Greg Blatt as CEO. (12/1/10)
  Posted 12/15/07 at 12:58pm
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  IAC added Thomas McInerney as EVP & CFO.
  Posted 12/15/07 at 12:58pm
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  IAC added Victor Kaufman as Vice Chairman.
  Posted 12/15/07 at 12:57pm

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1. IAC Buys UrbanSpoon Based On Good Recommendations (techcrunch.com) [edit]
2. IAC Acquires GirlSense.com Parent StarNet; Targeting Tweens (paidcontent.org) [edit]
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4. IAC/InterActiveCorp. Buys into Front Line Management (ticketnews.com) [edit]
5. Match.com Acquires Leading Online Dating and Relationship Companies in France and China (thedatingassociation.org) [edit]
6. Match.com Acquires Leading Online Dating and Relationship Companies in France and China (thedatingassociation.org) [edit]
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8. IAC Acquires Controlling Interest in Connected Ventures, LLC, Parent of Leading Comedy Site CollegeHumor.com (iac.com) [edit]
9. CollegeHumor.com Sells Out - for at least $20 Million (web2.commongate.com) [edit]
10. AC/InterActive to acquire ShoeBuy.com (internetretailer.com) [edit]
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12. IAC completes acquisition of Cornerstone Brands (allbusiness.com) [edit]
13. IAC/InterActiveCorp Acquires ServiceMagic, Inc. (prnewswire.com) [edit]
14. IAC Acquires TripAdvisor, Inc. (goliath.ecnext.com) [edit]
15. IAC/InterActiveCorp to Acquire Hotwire (hospitalitynet.org) [edit]
16. IAC Completes Acquisition of Expedia, Inc (findarticles.com) [edit]
17. InterActiveCorp Completes Acquisition of Hotels.Com (thefreelibrary.com) [edit]
18. IAC Completes Acquisition of LendingTree (iac.mediaroom.com) [edit]
19. iac.com [edit]
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21. IAC Buying Major Chunk In HealthCentral; Carlyle, Sequoia & Polaris Also Investing; Total $50M (paidcontent.org) [edit]
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24. paidcontent.org [edit]
25. publications.mediapost.com [edit]
26. techcrunch.com [edit]