Archive for the ‘iac’ Category

IAC - The Breakup

Monday, November 5th, 2007

InterActiveCorp (IAC), parent company of Ask.com, Bloglines, Evite, and dozens of other popular Web sites, has decided to split itself into five separate, publicly traded companies. The hotter of IAC’s properties (it’s so-called “media & advertising” and “emerging businesses” groups) will remain under the IAC brand, while slower growth units ...

Match.com supported by ads. Soon to be free?

Monday, April 30th, 2007

A new contextual ad network has been launched by Ask.com which it hopes will offer an alternative to Google's AdSense, ClickZ reports. The system will bolster Ask's search advertising and will initially launch on Match.com, Ticketmaster and other platforms owned by Ask/IAC. Mid-size publishers can sign up for the system ...

IAC (Web Walmart) Eyes African American Market for Social Networking

Wednesday, April 18th, 2007

IAC/InterActive Corp. on Wednesday said it plans to launch a new community site aimed at African Americans, coinciding with a larger social networking movement away from the mass chaos of MySpace toward better-targeted, smaller communities. The unnamed site won't launch until next January, but it will feature news, entertainment, ...