InterActiveCorp
| IAC / InterActiveCorp
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| legal form | Corporation |
| ISIN | US44919P5089 |
| founding | 1995 |
| Seat |
New York , United States
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| management | Joey Levin (CEO) |
| Number of employees | 7,000 |
| sales | $ 3.307 billion |
| Branch | Internet services |
| Website | www.iac.com |
| As of December 31, 2017 | |
The IAC / InterActiveCorp is an American internet company. It consists of the four divisions The Match Group (especially online dating) with the sites Tinder or DailyBurn, Search & Applications with sites such as Ask.com , Ask.fm , Dictionary.com and Investopedia; Videos with the pages Vimeo or The Daily Beast as well as eCommerce with HomeAdvisor and ShoeBuy.
history
In 1995 Barry Diller became Chairman and CEO of Silver King Communications Inc. , which later became the IAC. Silver King merged with Home Shopping Network and Savoy Pictures Entertainment and was subsequently renamed HSH Inc. In 2010, Diller, who came from the film and television industry and had headed the group alone for decades, moved to the supervisory board. Gregg Blatt became the new CEO of IAC.
In 1997 the company took over 50% of the Ticketmaster Group . In 1998 USA Networks, SCI FI and Universal domestic TV were added to the group. The company name was changed to USA Networks Inc (USAI). The group went public on the NASDAQ stock exchange in the same year . Also in 1998 Ticketmaster Online merged with Citysearch to form Ticketmaster Online Citysearch Inc (TMCS).
In 1999, the Hotel Reservations Network was taken over, later renamed Hotels.com. In the same year, TMCS took over the Match.com portal and Microsoft's city maps .
In 2002 USAI bought the TV travel group Interval International . In 2003, Entertainment Publications Inc. followed with uDate.com, LendingTree, Hotwire, RealEstate.com, GetSmart and Expedia . The group of companies was given the name InterActiveCorp .
In 2004 excite , TripAdvisor Inc., ServiceMagic Inc. and Home Loan Center were acquired. AskJeeves Inc. and Cornerstone Brands Inc. followed in 2005.
In 2005 the online travel agencies (Expedia, Hotels.com, Hotwire, TripAdvisor and others) were spun off into the independent stock exchange company Expedia Inc. In 2007, the split of the company into five independent, listed companies was announced and completed in August 2008. The outsourced parts are the mortgage broker Tree.com with its LendingTree brand, the TV department store Home Shopping Network, the ticket seller Ticketmaster, and a timeshare exchange for vacation rentals and hotel rooms called Interval International (NASDAQ: IILG) .
Since the end of 2010, The Newsweek Daily Beast Company ( Newsweek , The Daily Beast ) was owned equally by Sidney Harman and the InterActiveCorp. After Harman's death, his heirs stopped financial participation. Newsweek was sold to IBT Media in July 2013 .
2010s
On July 14, 2015, the matchmaking service PlentyOfFish was acquired for $ 575 million in cash to become part of the Match Group.
On December 9, 2015, IAC announced the creation of IAC Publishing, a unit that combines The Daily Beast, About.com, Dictionary.com and Investopedia into a single group of companies.
On January 21, 2016, IAC announced a realignment of its reportable segments and a change in the ticker symbol from IACI to IAC.
In March 2016, IAC completed the sale of PriceRunner to NS Intressenter AB, a Swedish private equity firm.
On May 2, 2016, IAC's Vimeo announced the acquisition of VHX, a platform for premium over-the-top subscription video channels.
On October 10, 2016, IAC's HomeAdvisor announced the acquisition of MyHammer, a marketplace for home services in Germany.
On December 30, 2016, IAC completed the sale of ShoeBuy to Jet.
On February 9, 2017, IAC HomeAdvisor announced the acquisition of the Canadian home services platform HomeStars.
On March 27, 2017, IAC's HomeAdvisor announced the acquisition of MyBuilder, a UK home service marketplace.
On May 1, 2017, the IAC announced that it had reached a definitive agreement with Angie's List to merge IAC HomeAdvisor and Angie's List into a new publicly traded company called ANGI Homeservices Inc.
In March 2018, IAC announced the acquisition of iTranslate, the makers of the iTranslate app.
In October 2018, IAC announced the sale of Electus to Propagate Content.
In November 2018, IAC announced the acquisition of TelTech, the developers of the RoboKiller, TapeACall and TrapCall mobile apps.
Business areas
Match Group
- BlackPeopleMeet.com
- Chemistry.com
- Delightful
- FriendScout24
- HowAboutWe
- Match.com
- Meetic Group
- OkCupid
- OurTime
- People Media
- PlentyOfFish
- Tinder
- Twoo
Apps
- Apalon
- Ask Applications
- iTranslate
- mHelpDesk
- SlimWare
- TelTech
Video
- College humor
- DailyBurn
- IAC Films
- Vimeo
ANGI Homeservices Inc.
- Angie's ruse
- HomeAdvisor
- mobile phone
- HomeStars
- Instapro
- MyBuilder
- MyHammer
- Travaux.com
- Factory spot
Ownership
Founder Barry Diller holds 42.5% of the voting rights.
Web links
- IAC / InterActiveCorp. , Database entry at the Institute for Media and Communication Policy
Individual evidence
- ↑ Joey Levin ( Memento of the original from January 1, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ a b Form 10-K 2017 , accessed April 15, 2018
- ↑ a b Form 10-K 2014
- ↑ a b Split into five companies: InterActiveCorp is turned inside out again. In: NZZ . Neue Zürcher Zeitung, November 7, 2007, accessed on January 1, 2016 .
- ↑ Christine Haughney: Newsweek, Sold in 2010, Is Changing Hands Again . In: The New York Times . August 3, 2013 ( nytimes.com ).
- ↑ Zomato buys Urbanspoon for $ 52M US to enter. January 13, 2015. Retrieved March 23, 2019 (American English).
- ↑ Lukas I. Alpert: IAC Places Next Bet on Digital Media . In: Wall Street Journal . December 9, 2015, ISSN 0099-9660 ( wsj.com [accessed March 23, 2019]).
- ↑ Anne Steele: IAC realigns reporting segment Changes Ticker . In: Wall Street Journal . January 21, 2016, ISSN 0099-9660 ( wsj.com [accessed March 23, 2019]).
- ↑ Vimeo acquires VHX to boost its video-on-demand business | TechCrunch. June 4, 2016, accessed March 23, 2019 .
- ^ IAC and HomeAdvisor International: IAC's HomeAdvisor Acquires MyHammer, The Leading Home Services Marketplace in Germany. Retrieved March 23, 2019 .
- ↑ Walmart buys Zappos competitor ShoeBuy for $ 70M to help Jet.com battle Amazon in online apparel. January 6, 2017. Retrieved March 23, 2019 (American English).
- ^ IAC and HomeAdvisor: IAC's HomeAdvisor Acquires HomeStars, the Leading Canadian Home Services Platform. Retrieved March 23, 2019 .
- ^ IAC and HomeAdvisor International: IAC's HomeAdvisor Acquires MyBuilder, a Leading Home Services Marketplace in the UK. Retrieved March 23, 2019 .
- ^ IAC: IAC's HomeAdvisor to Combine with Angie's List. Retrieved March 23, 2019 .
- ↑ Joshua Jamerson: IAC Plans to Buy Angie's List . In: Wall Street Journal . May 1, 2017, ISSN 0099-9660 ( wsj.com [accessed March 23, 2019]).
- ↑ iTranslate: Tinder owner IAC buys translation app from Graz with 80 million downloads. In: Trending Topics. March 22, 2018, accessed on March 23, 2019 (German).
- ↑ Cynthia Littleton, Cynthia Littleton: Ben Silverman's Propagate Acquires Electus and Majority Stake in Artists First. In: Variety. October 30, 2018, accessed March 23, 2019 .
- ^ Document. Retrieved March 23, 2019 .
