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The Top 10 Global Health Moments of 2012

Marshall Stowell | Posted 02.12.2013 | Impact
Read More: Global Health, HPV Vaccine, Child Mortality, Gates Foundation Toilets, International AIDS Conference, International AIDS Conference 2012, Child Survival Call to Action, London Summit on Family Planning, IAC 2012, Public-Private Partnerships, India Polio, Girls' Health, Iac, Child Survival, AIDS 2012, Impact News
Marshall Stowell

In the year-end issue of Impact, we announce the top 10 global health milestones of 2012. We asked some of the world's most renowned leaders in global health to comment on why these moments made the list. What we heard was insightful and, in many cases, encouraging.

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Sparking Difficult Conversations As We Move Toward An AIDS-Free Generation

Janet Weinberg | Posted 02.11.2013 | Gay Voices
Read More: HIV/AIDS, HIV Communities of Color, International AIDS Conference 2012, International AIDS Conference, AIDS-Free Generation, IAC 2012, 2012 IAC, HIV Prevention, HIV/AIDS Prevention, MSM HIV, HIV Social Inequality, 2012 International AIDS Conference, Iac, HIV People of Color, Gay Voices News
Janet Weinberg

We have the tools to curb the HIV/AIDS epidemic, but we continue to stumble in addressing the social and structural determinants that drive new infections. Only by confronting homophobia, racism, sexism and other social inequalities will we be able to fully implement our toolbox.

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Harmans To Stop Investing In Newsweek-Daily Beast: Report

The Huffington Post | Jack Mirkinson | Posted 09.22.2012 | Media
Read More: Newsweek, Sidney Harman, Newsweek Daily Beast, Iac, Daily Beast, Tina Brown, Newsweek Daily Beast Harman Family, Barry Diller Newsweek, Barry Diller, Harman Family Newsweek, Magazines, Media News

The family that had helped bankroll the operations for Newsweek and the Daily Beast is withdrawing much of its funding, Reuters reported on Monday. ...

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Why the New York Times Paywall and Match.com Work

Mike Smith | Posted 07.16.2012 | Media
Read More: The Simpsons Special, New York Times, The Daily Beast, Barry Diller, Iac, David Carr, Daily Beast, New York Times Paywall, Internet Week, Media News
Mike Smith

I went to four conferences at Internet Week in New York. But the two keynotes I found most compelling were by the intractable Barry Diller and the irrepressible David Carr, who continues to celebrate the Timesasking online subscribers to actually pay!

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IAC Names Chelsea Clinton To Its Board

Reuters | Posted 11.26.2011 | Business
Read More: Company Directors, Video, Chelsea Clinton, Iac, Interactive Media, Reuters, IAC/InterActiveCorp, Media Companies, Media News, Business, Barry Diller, Business News

(Reuters) - Billionaire Barry Diller's IAC/InterActiveCorp named Chelsea Clinton to its board, the U.S. online media holding company said in a regula...

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IAC Chief: We Should Be 'Screaming' For Net Neutrality

The Huffington Post | Amy Lee | Posted 05.25.2011 | Technology
Read More: Barry Diller, Net Neutrality Proposal, Iac, Net Neutrality, Sxsw, Technology News

Barry Diller says we should be "screaming" for net neutrality. The IAC chief stated his stance at SXSW, according to Business Insider. "The Int...

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Two Dating Sites Hook Up

The Huffington Post | Amy Lee | Posted 05.25.2011 | Technology
Read More: Okcupid, Online Dating, Iac, match.com, Match Okcupid, Match, Technology News

As Valentine's Day looms over the horizon, two online dating sites have struck up a romance--with each other. IAC's online dating branch, Match.com, ...

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The Chinese Consumer: Still Projecting and Protecting

Tom Doctoroff | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
Read More: Digital in China, Risk Avoidance, Changhong TCL, Handycam, Tcl, Status Projection, Changhong, On-Line Anonymity, Kaixing Wang, Chinese Digital Liberation, Chinese Consumer, Public Display in China, Beauty Products in China, Chinese Mass Market, Pizza Hut, Safety in China, Sports Cars, Nokia, Baby Formula, Ford, On-Line Games, Twitter, Haier, Iac, Internalized Benefit, Facebook, Haagen Dazs, Bmw, Sony, Mercedes, Autos in China, Externalized Benefits, Beer in China, Chinese Middle Class, Starbucks, Chinese Purchasing Power, Chinese Savings Rates, Weibo, Safeguard, World News
Tom Doctoroff

Contemporary Chinese society, still Confucian to the core, is driven by the need for societal acknowledgment and diffused insecurity. Consumer behavior, characterized by status projection and risk avoidance, reflects these truths.

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Barry Diller Steps Down As IAC CEO

AP | BARBARA ORTUTAY | Posted 05.25.2011 | Media
Read More: Barry Diller Steps Down as Iac Ceo, Barry Diller, Iac, Media News

NEW YORK — Barry Diller and John Malone, two media moguls whose partnerships over the past 17 years have been rocky at times, are cutting more o...

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Ask.com Succumbs To Google, Shutters Web Search

Search Engine Land | Posted 05.25.2011 | Technology
Read More: Ask.com, ask.com Web Search, Google, Iac, ask.com Search, ask.com Google, Technology News

Talk about getting back to your roots. Ask.com, which originally used humans to find answers to questions, is going further back to its origins by aba...

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Glittery Web Video Festival in October in New York: Keep an Eye Out for Barry Diller

Andy Plesser | Posted 05.25.2011 | Media
Read More: Beet.TV, Film Festival, Online Video, Filmmaking, Iac, Vimeo, Media News
Andy Plesser

Vimeo, the fast-growing IAC unit, is throwing a two-day online video festival and awards program to celebrate the community of video creators. The...

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Nice Work If You Can Get It: Highest Paid CEO Of The Decade

Wall Street Journal | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business
Read More: CEO Pay, Expedia, Larry Ellison, Barry Diller, Iac, Executive Compensation, Oracle, Business News

Larry Ellison, founder and chief executive of software maker Oracle Corp., topped the list of best-paid executives of public companies during the pas...

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Justice Department Steps Up Antitrust Investigation Of Top Tech Companies

Wall Street Journal | THOMAS CATAN | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business
Read More: Google, Justice Department Antitrust, Apple, Ibm, Antitrust Tech, Iac, Hiring Practices, Antitrust, Justice Department, Intel, Business News

WASHINGTON--The Justice Department is stepping up its investigation into hiring practices at some of America's biggest companies, including Google Inc...

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IAC Loss Has Silver Lining: Online Ad Market Improving

AP | RACHEL METZ | Posted 05.25.2011 | Media
Read More: IAC Earnings, Barry Diller, Iac, Media News

SAN FRANCISCO — Internet company IAC/InterActiveCorp lost $1 billion in the fourth quarter because it wrote down the value of its search busines...

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Notional Unveils Initial TV Slate

Hollywood Reporter | Posted 05.25.2011 | Media
Read More: Iac, Notional IAC, Ricky Van Veen, Notional, Media News

Notional, a new production company housed at Barry Diller's IAC, unveiled its initial TV development and production slate Wednesday with several conce...

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Ben Silverman's Electus To Take Over College Humor

AdAge | Posted 05.25.2011 | Media
Read More: Ben Silverman, Electus College Humor, College Humor, Ben Silverman College Humor, Iac, Ben Silverman Electus, Electus, Media News

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

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IAC Reports 3Q Profit But Ad Revenue Down

AP | RACHEL METZ | Posted 05.25.2011 | Media
Read More: IAC Earnings, Barry Diller, Iac, Media News

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...

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

Los Angeles Times | Michael Hiltzik | Posted 05.25.2011 | Media
Read More: Barry Diller, Iac, Media News

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...

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IAC Profit Falls Short Of Estimates In 2Q

AP | RACHEL METZ | Posted 05.25.2011 | Media
Read More: IAC Profits, IAC Earnings, Iac, Media News

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

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

New York Post | Posted 05.25.2011 | Media
Read More: Ben Silverman, Ben Silverman Barry Diller, Ben Silverman IAC, Barry Diller, Iac, Media News

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...

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

AP | ANDREW VANACORE | Posted 05.25.2011 | Media
Read More: Ben Silverman, Ben Silverman Barry Diller, Nbc, Jeff Gaspin NBC, Ben Silverman IAC, Ben Silverman NBC, Iac, Jeff Gaspin, Media News

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...

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IAC, Liberty Media Heads Skeptical Of Twitter, Economy

WSJ | Julia Angwin | Posted 05.25.2011 | Media
Read More: John Malone, Twitter, Sun Valley 2009, Barry Diller, LIBERTY MEDIA, Iac, Sun Valley, Media News

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...

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China's Digital Green Dam: The Party Capitulates

Tom Doctoroff | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
Read More: Confucianism, China Business, Jwt, Digital Lives, Communist Party, Central Government, Chinese Society, Iac, Green Dam, World News
Tom Doctoroff

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.

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Rushmore Drive, Search Engine Aimed At Black Community, Closing

AP | RACHEL METZ | Posted 05.25.2011 | Media
Read More: Rushmore Drive, Iac, Media News

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

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IAC Shares Surge Despite $28M Loss

AP | RACHEL METZ | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business
Read More: Barry Diller IAC, Barry Diller, Iac, Business News

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...

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