IAC InterActiveCorp (US)

IAC (or InterActive Corporation) ranks among the the world's biggest interactive groups, the corporate umbrella for around 50 different online properties, of which the best known are search engine Ask.com and dating site Match.com. The group has undergone a series of restructurings over the past few years, with several other businesses being spun off as independent companies. That process kicked off in 2005 when IAC demerged its collection of travel-related businesses into a standalone unit, Expedia Inc. In 2008, the group completed a string of further divestitures, separating out the cable TV service Home Shopping Network (HSN), global ticket agency Ticketmaster, and consumer finance site Lending Tree as standalone companies. At the same time the group has continued to add to its portfolio with several smaller acquisitions and investments. IAC remains the brainchild and principal business vehicle of skilled dealmaker and media mogul Barry Diller. Advertising Age estimated global measured advertising expenditure of $570m in 2007, making IAC the world's #63 advertiser.

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Ask.com	ServiceMagic
Match.com	Citysearch
Gifts.com	CollegeHumor
RushmoreDrive	The Daily Beast
ShoeBuy	Dictionary.com
Pronto.com	Chemistry

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