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Ben Silverman's Electus To Take Over College Humor

AdAge | Posted 11.05.2009 | Media


IAC is considering throwing CollegeHumor, in addition to cash, into Ben Silverman's nascent branded-entertainment company, Electus. ...

IAC Reports 3Q Profit But Ad Revenue Down

AP | RACHEL METZ | Posted 10.27.2009 | Media


SAN FRANCISCO — IAC/InterActiveCorp, which runs Match.com, Ask.com and other Web sites, said Tuesday that asset sales helped it profit in the th...

Barry Diller "Still Hasn't Figured Out How To Squeeze Riches For Shareholders From His Vision": LAT

Los Angeles Times | Michael Hiltzik | Posted 09.10.2009 | Media

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But as the typically tepid results turned in recently by his IAC/InterActiveCorp demonstrate, he still hasn't figured out how to squeeze riches for sh...

IAC Profit Falls Short Of Estimates In 2Q

AP | RACHEL METZ | Posted 08.29.2009 | Media


SAN FRANCISCO — IAC/InterActiveCorp, the company behind such Internet properties as Match.com, Ask and Citysearch, posted a second-quarter profi...

Ben Silverman's Barry Diller Deal: $100 Million In Development Money: New York Post

New York Post | Posted 08.28.2009 | Media


Only Ben Silverman could parlay a two-year hitless streak as NBC's chief programmer into a new gig that gives him total control and $100 million in de...

Ben Silverman Leaving NBC To Start Venture With IAC, Jeff Gaspin Taking Over

AP | ANDREW VANACORE | Posted 08.27.2009 | Media


NEW YORK — Ben Silverman will be leaving his job as co-chairman of NBC Entertainment and Universal Movie Studios to head a new venture with Barr...

John Malone, Barry Diller Skeptical Of Twitter, Economy

WSJ | Julia Angwin | Posted 08.08.2009 | Media


Allen & Co.'s Sun Valley, Idaho, media fest got off to a gloomy start Wednesday, with downbeat panel discussions on the economy (getting worse) and th...

China's Digital Green Dam: The Party Capitulates

Tom Doctoroff | Posted 07.31.2009 | World


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The vast majority of Chinese believe an empowered central government guarantees individual and national gain. But this is a clear case of an evolving relationship between rulers and ruled.

Rushmore Drive, Search Engine Aimed At Black Community, Closing

AP | RACHEL METZ | Posted 07.11.2009 | Media


NEW YORK — IAC/InterActiveCorp will shut down the year-old RushmoreDrive, a search engine geared toward the black community. Spokeswoman Stacy ...

IAC Shares Surge Despite $28M Loss

AP | RACHEL METZ | Posted 05.30.2009 | Business


NEW YORK — The recession took a bite out of IAC/InterActiveCorp in the first quarter, as revenue fell 22 percent in the Internet company's media...

Barry Diller And John Malone Make Up

AP | RACHEL METZ | Posted 05.22.2008 | Business


NEW YORK — Media moguls Barry Diller and John Malone have settled their differences over the breakup of Diller's IAC/InterActiveCorp, paving the...

Barry Diller Snubbed By Bono

Silicon Alley Insider | Peter Kafka | Posted 04.08.2008 | Business


Now that Barry Diller has won his court case against John Malone, he's free to break up IAC (IACI) into 5 pieces. The problem: Convincing investors th...

Diller Allowed To Proceed With IAC Breakup

New York Times | Tim Arango | Posted 04.06.2008 | Business


In the battle of the billionaire media moguls, the protégé won. A Delaware Chancery Court judge ruled Friday that Barry Diller could go forward wit...

IAC Case To Be Decided In March

Reuters | Michele Gershberg | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business


A court ruling on whether IAC/InterActiveCorp (IACI.O) chief Barry Diller breached his proxy agreement with controlling shareholder Liberty Media Corp...

Diller's "Delicate Psyche" Has Its Day In Court

New York Post | Peter Lauria | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business


Barry Diller personally took it on the chin again from Liberty Media CEO Greg Maffei in court yesterday - but it was Liberty's case that took the hard...

Media Mogul Smackdown: Diller, Malone Head To Court

Reuters | Michele Gershberg | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business


As a legal battle between Barry Diller and John Malone heads to court on Monday, the biggest surprise may just be that two of the media industry's lar...

Twilight Of The Media Moguls

BusinessWeek | Johnnie L. Roberts | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business


If the enemy of my enemy is my friend, as the old chestnut says, then it makes perfect sense that Barry Diller would host a swanky soiree last summer ...

IAC Loses $369.9M on Mortgage Woes

AP | VINNEE TONG | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business


NEW YORK — Barry Diller's IAC/InterActiveCorp lost $369.9 million in the fourth quarter, on a big writedown at its mortgage referral business, t...

Diller, Malone Tussle Over IAC

NYT Via Yahoo | GERALDINE FABRIKANT, BROOKS BARNES | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business


Like Hollywood stars stuck in a rut, Barry Diller and John C. Malone are always cast in the same contrasting roles. Mr. Diller, 65, lives a razzle-daz...

Mogul War

New York Post | PETER LAURIA and PAUL THARP | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business


After weeks of trading jabs in the press and in legal filings, Liberty Media Corp. Chairman John Malone delivered a potential knockout punch late last...

Malone Sues Diller To Stop IAC Break-Up

AP | Michael Learmonth | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business


John Malone's Liberty Media sued IAC and chairman Barry Diller (SA 100 #2) to block the planned break-up of the company into five separately-traded pu...

Ticketmaster Inks Deal For NFL Ticket Resale Website

AP | Alex Veiga | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business


Ticketmaster plans to launch a Web site next year where people can resell tickets to pro football games, the latest push by the event ticketing compan...

Tech Trends To Watch In 2008

TheStreet.com | Rudy Martin | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business


Fact: Over the last 12 months, TheStreet.com's Internet index of 21 leading technology stocks has risen 16%, significantly outperforming the 4% apprec...

Barry Diller: "I Mean, We're Not Valley Girls"

New York Observer | Doree Shafrir | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media


Mr. Diller, whom Forbes magazine estimates is worth $1.5 billion, is a man who is used to getting what he wants. In early November, Mr. Diller, who is...

Barry Diller's IAC Planning To Invest $100M In China

AP | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business


Media mogul Barry Diller said Friday his Internet conglomerate, IAC/InterActiveCorp, will invest $100 million to expand in China by creating services ...