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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 4 spun off companies were Home Shopping Network, Ticketmaster, Interval International, and LendingTree.

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 acquird 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 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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• Acquired UrbanSpoon. (4/29/09)
  Posted 4/29/09 at 9:29am
• Acquired StarNet Interactive. (5/20/08)
  Posted 5/20/08 at 4:55pm
• Invested in HealthCentral. (1/1/08)
  Posted 1/29/08 at 11:53pm
• Invested in GarageGames. (9/1/07)
  Posted 10/27/07 at 6:13pm
• Invested in MerchantCircle. (9/1/07)
  Posted 2/5/08 at 2:44pm
• Acquired Emma Entertainment. (5/24/07)
  Posted 10/7/09 at 11:55pm
• Acquired Frontline Management. (5/17/07)
  Posted 10/7/09 at 11:48pm
• Acquired NetClub. (3/1/07)
  Posted 10/7/09 at 11:35pm
• Acquired Edodo Interactive. (3/1/07)
  Posted 10/7/09 at 10:43pm
• Invested in Brightcove. (1/1/07)
  Posted 8/2/07 at 9:28pm
• Acquired llike.com. (12/20/06)
  Posted 10/7/09 at 10:34pm
• Acquired CollegeHumor. (8/15/06)
  Posted 10/21/08 at 3:50pm
• Acquired Connected Ventures. (8/15/06)
  Posted 12/17/07 at 8:06am
• Invested in CollegeHumor. (8/1/06)
  Posted 10/27/07 at 6:11pm
• Invested in Brightcove. (11/1/05)
  Posted 8/2/07 at 8:08am
• Acquired Ask.com for $1.85B. (7/1/05)
  Posted 1/19/08 at 11:58am
• Acquired servicemagic. (7/22/04)
  Posted 11/24/08 at 2:24pm
• Acquired Ticketmaster. (1/03)
  Posted 3/7/08 at 8:01pm
• Acquired Match for $50M. (6/1/99)
  Posted 12/17/07 at 7:49am
• Barry Diller, Chairman & CEO added.
  Posted 8/2/07 at 10:09pm
• Victor Kaufman, Vice Chairman added.
  Posted 12/15/07 at 12:57pm
• Doug Lebda, President & COO added.
  Posted 12/15/07 at 12:58pm
• Thomas McInerney, EVP & CFO added.
  Posted 12/15/07 at 12:58pm
• Greg Blatt, EVP, General Counsel & Secretary added.
  Posted 12/15/07 at 12:58pm
• Jim Benton, Sr. Director of Sales, Western Region added.
  Posted 10/16/08 at 10:37am
• Shana Fisher, Senior Vice President, M&A and Strategy added.
  Posted 11/4/08 at 2:35pm
• David Rosenblatt, Board Member added.
  Posted 12/8/08 at 4:40pm
• Scott Mitchell, Chief Technology Officer added.
  Posted 1/23/09 at 12:16pm
• Jason Rapp, CEO, Gifts.com added.
  Posted 6/5/09 at 12:56pm
• Brian Dick, VP, Business Development - TheDailyBeast.com added.
  Posted 6/27/09 at 7:15pm
• Julius Genachowski, Chief Business Officer added.
  Posted 8/4/09 at 11:18am
• Jonathan Marcus, Director, Programming and Development Groups added.
  Posted 10/21/09 at 12:52pm

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Sources

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]
7. Citation Needed [add]
8. CollegeHumor.com Sells Out - for at least $20 Million (web2.commongate.com) [edit]
9. IAC Acquires Controlling Interest in Connected Ventures, LLC, Parent of Leading Comedy Site CollegeHumor.com (iac.com) [edit]
10. Citation Needed [add]
11. IAC/InterActiveCorp Acquires ServiceMagic, Inc. (prnewswire.com) [edit]
12. iac.com [edit]
13. Citation Needed [add]
14. IAC Buying Major Chunk In HealthCentral; Carlyle, Sequoia & Polaris Also Investing; Total $50M (paidcontent.org) [edit]
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17. paidcontent.org [edit]
18. publications.mediapost.com [edit]
19. techcrunch.com [edit]