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IAC (company)

March 20, 2023

IAC Inc. is an American holding company that owns brands across 100 countries, mostly in media and Internet.[2] The company is incorporated under Delaware General Corporation Law[3] and headquartered in New York City.[4] Joey Levin, who previously led the company's search & applications segment,[5] has served as chief executive officer since June 2015.[6]

IAC Inc.
Formerly
  • HSN Inc. (1996–1998)
  • USA Networks Inc. (1998–2002)
  • USA Interactive (2002–2003)
  • InterActiveCorp (2003–2004)
TypePublic
ISINUS44891N1090 
IndustryMedia
PredecessorsSilver King Communications
FoundedAugust 24, 1995; 27 years ago (1995-08-24)
HeadquartersIAC Building,
New York City, New York
,
United States
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
Products
Revenue US$3.7 billion (2021)[1]
US$−137 million (2021)[1]
US$597 million (2021)[1]
Total assets US$12.3 billion (2021)[1]
Total equity US$7.2 billion (2021)[1]
Number of employees
13,200[1] (2021)
Websitewww.iac.com
Footnotes / references
[1]

History

1980s and 1990s

IAC was established in 1986 as Silver King Broadcasting Company, as part of a plan to increase viewership of the Home Shopping Network (HSN) by purchasing local television stations.[7][8] By 1988, Silver King had bought 11 stations for about $220 million.[8] The company was later renamed as HSN Communications, Inc., and then Silver King Communications, Inc.[7] In 1992, Silver King was spun off to HSN shareholders as a separately traded public company.[9] In August 1995, Barry Diller acquired control of Silver King, in a deal backed by the company's largest shareholder, Liberty Media.[10][11] Diller, who had led the creation of the Fox network, reportedly hoped to use Silver King's stations as the foundation for a new broadcast network.[11]

The company acquired several assets in the late 1990s. In December 1996, Silver King acquired an 80% stake in HSN for $1.3 billion in stock, and changed its own name to HSN, Inc.[12][13][14] At the same time, the company acquired Savoy Pictures, a failed film studio that owned four Fox affiliate stations through SF Broadcasting, for $210 million in stock.[15]

HSN purchased a controlling stake in Ticketmaster Group in July 1997,[16] and then acquired the rest of the company in June 1998.[17][18] In February 1998, it acquired the television assets of Universal Studios (including USA Network, Sci-Fi Channel, and Universal Television's domestic production and distribution arms) for $4.1 billion.[19][20] The company's name was changed to USA Networks, Inc. at this point.[20] Continuing its acquisition strategy, the company acquired the Hotel Reservations Network in May 1999 for $149 million.[21][22]

USA Networks merged the online division of Ticketmaster with city guide website Citysearch in September 1998, establishing a new company that went public as Ticketmaster Online–CitySearch (TMCS).[23][24] USA then sold Ticketmaster proper to TMCS in 2001, retaining a 61 percent share in the combined company, which became known as simply Ticketmaster.[25][26] USA brought Ticketmaster back under full ownership in 2003, purchasing all outstanding shares.[27]

2000s

In the early 2000s, USA Networks began divesting itself of its traditional television broadcasting and production units. In May 2001, Univision Communications acquired USA Broadcasting (a division of USA Networks including 13 local stations).[28] The next year, Vivendi bought the rest of USA's broadcast entertainment businesses, including the USA Network and Sci-Fi Channel.[29] This led to the creation of a new company named Vivendi Universal Entertainment, led by Diller.[30] Throughout this transition, USA Networks continued to build up its online portfolio. In July 2001, the company entered the online travel business with its acquisition of Expedia,[31] followed the next year by an acquisition of Interval International.[32]

Following the shift in focus to online assets, the company changed its name to USA Interactive (USAI)[33] in May 2002;[34] InterActiveCorp in June 2003;[35] and finally to IAC/InterActiveCorp in July 2004.[36]

In August 2003, IAC acquired the online mortgage comparison site LendingTree,[37] and in September, the company added discount travel website Hotwire.com to its growing list of acquisitions.[38] In October, IAC agreed to buy French travel site Anyway.com from Transat A.T. for $62.7 million.[39]

In 2004 and 2005, IAC continued its growth through acquisition, adding assets including Tripadvisor,[40] ServiceMagic,[41] and Ask Jeeves.[42] It also launched Gifts.com during this period.[43] In August 2005, the company bundled together its travel-related sites and spun them off as a new public company, Expedia, Inc.[44] Additional acquisitions in 2006 included ShoeBuy.com,[45] which the company later sold to Jet,[46] and Connected Ventures including CollegeHumor and Vimeo.[47]

In May 2008, IAC and Ask.com acquired Lexico, the owner of Dictionary.com, Thesaurus.com, and Reference.com.[48] In August 2008, IAC spun off several of its businesses, including: Tree.com (formerly LendingTree), the Home Shopping Network, Ticketmaster, and Interval International.[49]

In 2009, IAC acquired Urbanspoon[50] and People Media,[51] and launched the production company Notional.[52] IAC would later sell Urbanspoon to Zomato in 2015.[53]

2010s

IAC's largest shareholder, Liberty Media, exited the company in 2010, following a protracted dispute over the 2008 spinoffs.[54][55] Liberty traded its IAC stock for $220 million in cash, plus ownership of Evite and Gifts.com.[54] On the same day, Diller stepped down as CEO, though he remained as chairman and Match.com CEO Greg Blatt was appointed to succeed him.[54] That same year, IAC acquired dating site Singlesnet[56] and fitness site DailyBurn.[57]

In January 2013, IAC acquired online tutoring firm Tutor.com.[58] On August 3, 2013, IAC sold Newsweek to the International Business Times on undisclosed terms.[59] On December 22, 2013, IAC fired their director of corporate communications after an AIDS joke she posted to Twitter went viral,[60] being re-tweeted and scorned around the world.[61] The incident became a byword for the need for people to be cautious about what they post on social media.[62]

In 2014, IAC acquired ASKfm for an undisclosed sum.[63]

In November 2015, IAC and Match Group announced the closing of Match Group's previously announced initial public offering.[64]

In May 2017, HomeAdvisor combined with Angie's List, forming the new publicly traded company ANGI Homeservices Inc. The company made its stock market debut in October 2017. In October 2018, ANGI made its first acquisition of on-demand platform Handy.[65]

In January 2019, IAC sold Citysearch parent CityGrid to eLocal.[66] In July 2019, IAC made its largest investment ever in the world's largest peer-to-peer car sharing marketplace, Turo. Later that year, IAC acquired Care.com.[67] In December 2019, IAC and Match Group entered into an agreement providing for the full separation of Match Group from the remaining businesses of IAC.[68]

2020s

In January 2020, IAC withdrew its financial backing for CollegeHumor and its sister websites and sold the websites to Chief Creative Officer Sam Reich. As a result of the restructuring, more than 100 employees of CollegeHumor were laid off.[69] In February, IAC completed its $500 million acquisition of Care.com.[70]

In July 2020, IAC and Match Group announced the successful completion of the separation of Match Group from the remaining businesses of IAC. As a result of the separation, Match Group's dual class voting structure was eliminated and the interest in Match Group formerly held by IAC is now held directly by IAC's shareholders. As of the separation, "new" IAC trades under the symbol "IAC" and "new" Match Group under the symbol "MTCH."[71]

In August 2020, IAC announced[72] it had invested a 12% stake in MGM Resorts International.

In May 2021, IAC completed the spin-off of Vimeo, the 11th company to be spun-off from IAC.[73] Vimeo trades on Nasdaq under the symbol "VMEO".

In October 2021, IAC announced the acquisition of Meredith Corporation's National Media Group for $2.7 billion. The deal closed December 1, 2021,[74] and the acquired Meredith (and the former Time Inc.) assets merged with IAC subsidiary Dotdash, forming a new entity called Dotdash Meredith.[75]

In August 2022, IAC officially changed its legal entity (IAC/InterActiveCorp) to reflect what it's actually called: IAC Inc. In October, IAC agreed to sell its workforce-as-a-service platform Bluecrew to EmployBridge[76] with IAC remaining a minority shareholder in Bluecrew's business.

Businesses

IAC's businesses are categorized into distinct segments for the purposes of financial reporting. Those segments are labelled by the company as Angi Inc., Dotdash Meredith, Search, and Emerging and Other. Each business listed may have multiple brands connected to it.

Angi Inc.

On May 1, 2017, IAC announced it had entered into a definitive agreement with Angie's List to combine HomeAdvisor, a digital marketplace for maintenance and repair services, and Angie's List into a new publicly traded company named ANGI Homeservices Inc.[77] In March 2021, the company changed its name to Angi.[78]

  • Angi
  • CraftJack
  • Fixd Repair
  • Handy
  • HomeAdvisor[79]
  • HomeStars (Canada)
  • ImproveNet
  • Instapro (Italy)
  • mHelpDesk
  • MyBuilder (United Kingdom)
  • MyHammer (Germany, Austria)
  • Travaux.com (France)
  • Werkspot (Netherlands)

Dotdash Meredith

Search

Other

See also

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IAC Inc is an American holding company that owns brands across 100 countries mostly in media and Internet 2 The company is incorporated under Delaware General Corporation Law 3 and headquartered in New York City 4 Joey Levin who previously led the company s search amp applications segment 5 has served as chief executive officer since June 2015 6 IAC Inc IAC Building in New York CityFormerlyHSN Inc 1996 1998 USA Networks Inc 1998 2002 USA Interactive 2002 2003 InterActiveCorp 2003 2004 TypePublicTraded asNasdaq IACRussell 1000 componentISINUS44891N1090 IndustryMediaPredecessorsSilver King CommunicationsFoundedAugust 24 1995 27 years ago 1995 08 24 HeadquartersIAC Building New York City New York United StatesArea servedWorldwideKey peopleBarry Diller Chairman Joey Levin CEO ProductsInteractive mediaMass mediaInternetRevenueUS 3 7 billion 2021 1 Operating incomeUS 137 million 2021 1 Net incomeUS 597 million 2021 1 Total assetsUS 12 3 billion 2021 1 Total equityUS 7 2 billion 2021 1 Number of employees13 200 1 2021 Websitewww wbr iac wbr comFootnotes references 1 Contents 1 History 1 1 1980s and 1990s 1 2 2000s 1 3 2010s 1 4 2020s 2 Businesses 2 1 Angi Inc 2 2 Dotdash Meredith 2 3 Search 2 4 Other 3 See also 4 References 5 External linksHistory Edit1980s and 1990s Edit IAC was established in 1986 as Silver King Broadcasting Company as part of a plan to increase viewership of the Home Shopping Network HSN by purchasing local television stations 7 8 By 1988 Silver King had bought 11 stations for about 220 million 8 The company was later renamed as HSN Communications Inc and then Silver King Communications Inc 7 In 1992 Silver King was spun off to HSN shareholders as a separately traded public company 9 In August 1995 Barry Diller acquired control of Silver King in a deal backed by the company s largest shareholder Liberty Media 10 11 Diller who had led the creation of the Fox network reportedly hoped to use Silver King s stations as the foundation for a new broadcast network 11 The company acquired several assets in the late 1990s In December 1996 Silver King acquired an 80 stake in HSN for 1 3 billion in stock and changed its own name to HSN Inc 12 13 14 At the same time the company acquired Savoy Pictures a failed film studio that owned four Fox affiliate stations through SF Broadcasting for 210 million in stock 15 HSN purchased a controlling stake in Ticketmaster Group in July 1997 16 and then acquired the rest of the company in June 1998 17 18 In February 1998 it acquired the television assets of Universal Studios including USA Network Sci Fi Channel and Universal Television s domestic production and distribution arms for 4 1 billion 19 20 The company s name was changed to USA Networks Inc at this point 20 Continuing its acquisition strategy the company acquired the Hotel Reservations Network in May 1999 for 149 million 21 22 USA Networks merged the online division of Ticketmaster with city guide website Citysearch in September 1998 establishing a new company that went public as Ticketmaster Online CitySearch TMCS 23 24 USA then sold Ticketmaster proper to TMCS in 2001 retaining a 61 percent share in the combined company which became known as simply Ticketmaster 25 26 USA brought Ticketmaster back under full ownership in 2003 purchasing all outstanding shares 27 2000s Edit In the early 2000s USA Networks began divesting itself of its traditional television broadcasting and production units In May 2001 Univision Communications acquired USA Broadcasting a division of USA Networks including 13 local stations 28 The next year Vivendi bought the rest of USA s broadcast entertainment businesses including the USA Network and Sci Fi Channel 29 This led to the creation of a new company named Vivendi Universal Entertainment led by Diller 30 Throughout this transition USA Networks continued to build up its online portfolio In July 2001 the company entered the online travel business with its acquisition of Expedia 31 followed the next year by an acquisition of Interval International 32 Following the shift in focus to online assets the company changed its name to USA Interactive USAI 33 in May 2002 34 InterActiveCorp in June 2003 35 and finally to IAC InterActiveCorp in July 2004 36 In August 2003 IAC acquired the online mortgage comparison site LendingTree 37 and in September the company added discount travel website Hotwire com to its growing list of acquisitions 38 In October IAC agreed to buy French travel site Anyway com from Transat A T for 62 7 million 39 In 2004 and 2005 IAC continued its growth through acquisition adding assets including Tripadvisor 40 ServiceMagic 41 and Ask Jeeves 42 It also launched Gifts com during this period 43 In August 2005 the company bundled together its travel related sites and spun them off as a new public company Expedia Inc 44 Additional acquisitions in 2006 included ShoeBuy com 45 which the company later sold to Jet 46 and Connected Ventures including CollegeHumor and Vimeo 47 In May 2008 IAC and Ask com acquired Lexico the owner of Dictionary com Thesaurus com and Reference com 48 In August 2008 IAC spun off several of its businesses including Tree com formerly LendingTree the Home Shopping Network Ticketmaster and Interval International 49 In 2009 IAC acquired Urbanspoon 50 and People Media 51 and launched the production company Notional 52 IAC would later sell Urbanspoon to Zomato in 2015 53 2010s Edit IAC s largest shareholder Liberty Media exited the company in 2010 following a protracted dispute over the 2008 spinoffs 54 55 Liberty traded its IAC stock for 220 million in cash plus ownership of Evite and Gifts com 54 On the same day Diller stepped down as CEO though he remained as chairman and Match com CEO Greg Blatt was appointed to succeed him 54 That same year IAC acquired dating site Singlesnet 56 and fitness site DailyBurn 57 In January 2013 IAC acquired online tutoring firm Tutor com 58 On August 3 2013 IAC sold Newsweek to the International Business Times on undisclosed terms 59 On December 22 2013 IAC fired their director of corporate communications after an AIDS joke she posted to Twitter went viral 60 being re tweeted and scorned around the world 61 The incident became a byword for the need for people to be cautious about what they post on social media 62 In 2014 IAC acquired ASKfm for an undisclosed sum 63 In November 2015 IAC and Match Group announced the closing of Match Group s previously announced initial public offering 64 In May 2017 HomeAdvisor combined with Angie s List forming the new publicly traded company ANGI Homeservices Inc The company made its stock market debut in October 2017 In October 2018 ANGI made its first acquisition of on demand platform Handy 65 In January 2019 IAC sold Citysearch parent CityGrid to eLocal 66 In July 2019 IAC made its largest investment ever in the world s largest peer to peer car sharing marketplace Turo Later that year IAC acquired Care com 67 In December 2019 IAC and Match Group entered into an agreement providing for the full separation of Match Group from the remaining businesses of IAC 68 2020s Edit In January 2020 IAC withdrew its financial backing for CollegeHumor and its sister websites and sold the websites to Chief Creative Officer Sam Reich As a result of the restructuring more than 100 employees of CollegeHumor were laid off 69 In February IAC completed its 500 million acquisition of Care com 70 In July 2020 IAC and Match Group announced the successful completion of the separation of Match Group from the remaining businesses of IAC As a result of the separation Match Group s dual class voting structure was eliminated and the interest in Match Group formerly held by IAC is now held directly by IAC s shareholders As of the separation new IAC trades under the symbol IAC and new Match Group under the symbol MTCH 71 In August 2020 IAC announced 72 it had invested a 12 stake in MGM Resorts International In May 2021 IAC completed the spin off of Vimeo the 11th company to be spun off from IAC 73 Vimeo trades on Nasdaq under the symbol VMEO In October 2021 IAC announced the acquisition of Meredith Corporation s National Media Group for 2 7 billion The deal closed December 1 2021 74 and the acquired Meredith and the former Time Inc assets merged with IAC subsidiary Dotdash forming a new entity called Dotdash Meredith 75 In August 2022 IAC officially changed its legal entity IAC InterActiveCorp to reflect what it s actually called IAC Inc In October IAC agreed to sell its workforce as a service platform Bluecrew to EmployBridge 76 with IAC remaining a minority shareholder in Bluecrew s business Businesses EditIAC s businesses are categorized into distinct segments for the purposes of financial reporting Those segments are labelled by the company as Angi Inc Dotdash Meredith Search and Emerging and Other Each business listed may have multiple brands connected to it Angi Inc Edit On May 1 2017 IAC announced it had entered into a definitive agreement with Angie s List to combine HomeAdvisor a digital marketplace for maintenance and repair services and Angie s List into a new publicly traded company named ANGI Homeservices Inc 77 In March 2021 the company changed its name to Angi 78 Angi CraftJack Fixd Repair Handy HomeAdvisor 79 HomeStars Canada ImproveNet Instapro Italy mHelpDesk MyBuilder United Kingdom MyHammer Germany Austria Travaux com France Werkspot Netherlands Dotdash Meredith Edit Allrecipes Better Homes amp Gardens The Balance Brides Byrdie Entertainment Weekly Food Wine Health InStyle Investopedia Lifewire Liquor com Martha Stewart Living MNI Targeted Media MyDomaine People People en Espanol Real Simple Serious Eats Shape Simply Recipes Southern Living The Spruce ThoughtCo Travel Leisure TreeHugger TripSavvy Verywell Search Edit Ask Media Group 80 Ask Applications Excite com Other Edit Bluecrew Care com The Daily Beast IAC Films Mosaic Group Newco Vivian HealthSee also Edit Companies portalReferences Edit a b c d e f g IAC Form 10 K SEC gov March 1 2022 Cohen Aaron January 7 2020 How the remnants of About com are stealthily taking over the internet Fast Company Retrieved January 16 2020 Annual Report Pursuant to Section 13 or 15 D of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 SEC gov February 27 2020 Archived from the original on February 21 2023 Retrieved May 6 2020 Around the World IAC Archived from the original on December 14 2012 Retrieved January 28 2014 Joey Levin IAC Archived from the original on December 22 2015 Retrieved December 16 2015 Our Leaders IAC Archived from the original on November 20 2016 Retrieved December 16 2015 a b Form 10 K Annual Report Report HSN Inc April 14 1997 p 3 Archived from the original on March 3 2017 Retrieved August 27 2017 via EDGAR a b Greiff James July 4 1988 Cable TV broker has a new vision Rick Michaels seeks rewards of risk taking Tampa Bay Times via NewsBank HSN completes Silver King spinoff The Roanoke Times December 30 1992 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Registration Statement Report Ticketmaster Online CitySearch September 30 1998 p 5 Archived from the original on February 26 2017 Retrieved August 27 2017 via EDGAR Ticketmaster Online has IPO Associated Press News Service December 3 1998 via NewsBank Gary Gentile November 22 2000 USA Networks consolidates Ticketmaster operations Associated Press Archive via NewsBank Ticketmaster Online CitySearch and Ticketmaster close transaction Press release Ticketmaster January 31 2001 Archived from the original on August 27 2017 Retrieved August 27 2017 via EDGAR USA Interactive Completes Acquisition of Ticketmaster Press release IAC January 16 2003 Archived from the original on February 21 2016 Retrieved February 16 2016 U S Approved Univision Deal The New York Times May 9 2001 Archived from the original on December 14 2014 Retrieved January 15 2015 Vivendi Completes USA Deal LA Times May 8 2002 Archived from the original on December 28 2014 Retrieved January 15 2015 Vivendi Seals 10 3B USA Networks Deal Fox News December 17 2001 Archived from the original on November 13 2014 Retrieved January 15 2015 USA Networks acquires Expedia The Chicago Tribune July 17 2001 Archived from the original on May 21 2015 Retrieved May 18 2015 USA Interactive to Acquire Interval International From Willis Stein amp Partners and Other Investors Hospitality Net May 30 2002 Archived from the original on May 20 2015 Retrieved May 18 2015 History IAC Archived from the original on December 16 2016 Retrieved December 5 2016 The page repeatedly refers to USAI e g USAI acquires Precision Response Corporation announced 1 00 USA Networks Inc completes transaction with Vivendi Universal company renamed USA Interactive Press release USA Interactive May 7 2002 Archived from the original on March 11 2017 Retrieved August 27 2017 via EDGAR LendingTree suitor changing name Biz Journals June 19 2003 Archived from the original on November 18 2014 Retrieved January 15 2015 Form 8 K Current report Report IAC InteractiveCorp July 14 2004 Archived from the original on August 27 2017 Retrieved August 27 2017 via EDGAR Hansell Saul May 6 2003 USA Interactive Is Acquiring LendingTree In Stock Deal The New York Times Archived from the original on November 14 2014 Retrieved January 15 2015 InteractiveCorp to buy Hotwire USA Today September 22 2003 Archived from the original on November 13 2014 Retrieved January 15 2015 Transat announces sale of Anyway com to IAC InterActiveCorp owner of Expedia Expedia Inc to extend presence in France through Anyway addition to IAC Travel portfolio PR Newswire October 27 2003 Archived from the original on October 24 2014 Retrieved January 15 2015 via The Free Library Hansell Saul March 17 2004 Deals InterActive Corp to Acquire TripAdvisor The New York Times Archived from the original on November 14 2014 Retrieved January 15 2015 IAC InterActive Corp Acquires ServiceMagic ACHR News August 11 2004 Archived from the original on April 2 2015 Retrieved January 15 2015 Fabrikant Geraldine March 21 2005 AskJeeves Inc to Be Bought for 2 Billion The New York Times Archived from the original on April 2 2015 Retrieved January 15 2015 Vara Vauhini March 21 2005 IAC Launches Gift Giving Web Site Wall Street Journal Archived from the original on April 2 2015 Retrieved January 15 2015 Hansell Saul August 8 2005 Spinoff of Expedia Comes at Tough Time for Its Sector The New York Times Archived from the original on November 14 2014 Retrieved January 15 2015 IAC Interactive acquires online retailer ShoeBuy com Biz Journals January 31 2006 Archived from the original on November 13 2014 Retrieved January 15 2015 Levy Nat January 6 2017 Walmart buys Zappos competitor ShoeBuy for 70M to help Jet com battle Amazon in online apparel GeekWire Archived from the original on January 10 2017 Retrieved January 9 2017 Morrissey Brian August 15 2006 IAC Buys CollegeHumor com Adweek Archived from the original on November 13 2014 Retrieved January 15 2015 IAC to Buy Lexico to Boost Its Ask com Archived July 9 2017 at the Wayback Machine Wall Street Journal Retrieved February 11 2015 IAC And Then There Were Five Archived July 29 2017 at the Wayback Machine Forbes Retrieved June 13 2010 IAC purchases Seattle restaurant guide site UrbanSpoon Seattle Times April 29 2009 Archived from the original on February 12 2015 Retrieved January 29 2015 Carlson Nicholas July 7 2009 IAC Buys More Dating Sites For 80 Million Business Insider Archived from the original on February 12 2015 Retrieved January 29 2015 IAC Announces Launch of Production Company Notional PR Newswire Archived from the original on February 1 2015 Retrieved January 29 2015 Zomato buys Urbanspoon for 52M to enter US VCCircle January 12 2015 Archived from the original on March 14 2016 Retrieved March 7 2018 a b c Serwer Andy December 2 2010 Diller on leaving the top spot at IAC The company wasn t being managed correctly Fortune Archived from the original on March 4 2016 Retrieved February 14 2016 Robin Wauters December 2 2010 Liberty Exits IAC For Evite Gifts com And 220M In Cash Diller Steps Down As CEO TechCrunch Archived from the original on February 22 2016 Retrieved February 14 2016 Rao Leena February 25 2010 Confirmed Match com Acquires Singlesnet TechCrunch Archived from the original on February 14 2015 Retrieved February 5 2015 IAC Buys Into Fitness Social Network DailyBurn TechCrunch May 20 2010 Archived from the original on February 5 2015 Retrieved February 5 2015 Farnham Alan January 8 2013 Biggest Online Tutor Bought By Barry Diller s IAC ABC News Archived from the original on November 21 2018 Retrieved February 11 2015 Launder William August 3 2013 IBT Media to Buy Newsweek from IAC The Wall Street Journal Archived from the original on April 6 2015 Retrieved August 5 2013 Ronson Jon February 12 2015 How One Stupid Tweet Blew Up Justine Sacco s Life The New York Times Magazine Archived from the original on February 12 2015 Retrieved February 13 2015 Going to Africa Hope I don t get AIDS Just kidding I m white O Connell Mark First Thought Worst Thought Archived January 16 2014 at the Wayback Machine New Yorker January 13 2014 Giacomazzo Bernadette January 10 2014 Top 10 Social Media Rules for Professionals Hint Don t Be Like Justine Sacco Latin Post Archived from the original on January 12 2014 Retrieved January 28 2014 IAC to acquire Ask fm agrees to combat cyberbullying Big News Network com August 14 2014 Archived from the original on August 19 2014 Retrieved August 14 2014 Match Group Announces Pricing of Initial Public Offering PR Newswire November 18 2015 Archived from the original on November 20 2015 Retrieved November 15 2015 Carville Olivia October 11 2018 ANGI Homeservices to Buy Handy to Dominate Home Renovations Bloomberg Archived from the original on September 2 2020 Retrieved October 11 2018 Sullivan Laurie January 4 2019 eLocal Acquires Felix And CityGrid From IAC To Build On Performance MediaPost Archived from the original on January 28 2023 Cosgrove Elly December 20 2019 Care com shares surge after Barry Diller s IAC agrees to buy online caregiver marketplace CNBC Archived from the original on December 20 2019 Retrieved December 20 2019 Kellaher Colin Prang Allison December 19 2019 IAC InterActive Match Group Agree to Full Separation The Wall Street Journal Archived from the original on December 19 2019 Retrieved December 19 2019 Sapra Bani January 8 2020 CollegeHumor s parent company pulled its funding laying off more than 100 employees and leaving a longtime executive to run the company on his own Business Insider Archived from the original on January 8 2020 Retrieved February 10 2020 IAC Announces Close of 500 Million Care com Acquisition PRNewswire February 11 2020 Archived from the original on February 12 2020 Retrieved February 11 2020 IAC and Match Group Complete Full Separation PRNewswire July 1 2020 Archived from the original on July 2 2020 Retrieved July 1 2020 IAC Invests in MGM Resorts International PRNewswire August 10 2020 Archived from the original on September 10 2020 Retrieved August 10 2020 IAC Completes Spin off Of Vimeo PRNewswire May 25 2021 Archived from the original on May 25 2021 Retrieved May 25 2021 IAC s Dotdash Announces Close of Meredith Transaction PR Newswire December 1 2021 Archived from the original on September 15 2022 Trachtenberg Jeffrey A Armental Maria October 6 2021 Magazine Publisher Meredith Agrees to Be Sold to Barry Diller s IAC Wall Street Journal Archived from the original on October 7 2021 Retrieved October 7 2021 Leach Kamaron October 4 2022 Apollo Backed EmployBridge to Acquire Bluecrew From IAC Bloomberg Archived from the original on February 21 2023 Retrieved October 4 2022 Jamerson Joshua May 1 2017 IAC Plans to Buy Angie s List Wall Street Journal Archived from the original on May 3 2017 Retrieved May 3 2017 Angie s List is Now Angi A New Way to Help People Love Where They Live Globe Newswire March 17 2021 Archived from the original on 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