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BusinessWeek November 11, 2010 Stone & Pulley	Diller's Ask.com Stops Searching IAC/InterActiveCorp has decided that Google is unstoppable in search, so it's recasting Ask.com as a Q&A site.
InternetNews March 21, 2005 Clint Boulton	IAC to Buy Ask Jeeves for $1.85B IAC/InterActiveCorp agrees to acquire Ask Jeeves in a deal that puts it squarely into competition with Google, Yahoo and Microsoft.
The Motley Fool October 4, 2006 Tim Beyers	Fool on the Street: Asking IAC/Interactive Since acquiring the former AskJeeves search engine in March of last year, and the successful relaunch of Ask.com earlier this year, IAC has experienced a financial renaissance of sorts. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool November 29, 2006 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	Serial Diller Diversified new-media empire IAC is making some moves, again. The interlocking pieces that make up IAC have always had the potential to fit. The difference now is that they are actually starting to come together.
The Motley Fool August 1, 2006 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	Fill Us, Diller InterActiveCorp produces another solid, yet sadly misunderstood, quarter. Investors, take note.
InternetNews February 10, 2006 Michael Hickins	IAC/InterActive Firing The Butler? Is Ask Jeeves, swimming in a crowded pool of search engines vying for the lead, ripe for a sell off?
BusinessWeek August 1, 2005 Timothy J. Mullaney	IAC: The Unraveling Of An Empire Film and TV mogul Diller aimed to build an online powerhouse. Now for Plan B.
BusinessWeek August 27, 2009 Ronald Grover	Barry Diller's Brash New Strategy Media mogul Barry Diller plans to make money on the Internet where so many others have failed.
InternetNews April 25, 2007 Nicholas Carlson	New 'Killer Diller' Protege Steps Up Jim Safka, former CEO of IAC property Match.com, has been named CEO of a new IAC-owned venture to identify new business opportunities.
The Motley Fool February 27, 2006 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	Ask, the World Turns Ask.com starts a new life with Jeeves riding off into the sunset. But losing the edge of Jeeves won't matter if the company is able to put its many dot-com puzzle pieces together. Investors, take note.
Information Today March 10, 2008 Paula J. Hane	Ask.com Scales Back to Target Its Core Customers The internet portal has plans to scale back operations, laying off around 40 people (about 8% of its total employees), and move in a new direction for its search business.
InternetNews April 25, 2006 Nicholas Carlson	Ask Loses CEO to Microsoft Following Jeeves the butler out the door, Ask.com CEO Steve Berkowitz is headed to Microsoft.
The Motley Fool March 21, 2005 Tom Taulli	Jeeves Retires a Billionaire Whereas "synergies" are often elusive (read: nonexistent) in M&A, they may not be with the IAC/AskJeeves combination.
BusinessWeek October 13, 2003 Timothy J. Mullaney	How Diller Can Win Over Wall Street Three moves to bolster InterActiveCorp's stock
The Motley Fool August 1, 2007 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	Diller's in a Pickle at IAC The biggest opportunity at IAC lies in its Ask.com search engine. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool November 6, 2007 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	Diller's Banana Split Within the next few months the InterActiveCorp media empire will be split into five distinct companies: IAC... Ticketmaster... HSN... LendingTree... and Interval International...
The Motley Fool February 6, 2008 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	Will Splitting Up Solve IAC's Problems? The conglomerate's pending breakup could unlock new-media value.
HBS Working Knowledge April 26, 2004 Martha Lagace	Barry Diller is Tough on Creative Conflict Barry Diller, the media powerhouse and storied entrepreneur, discussed the pleasures of risk-taking and the necessity of conflict.
The Motley Fool August 5, 2004 Bill Mann	InterActive Complications InterActive Corp. may offer an opportunity, but please don't take the company on faith. The company he runs saw its stock crater yesterday after it reported revenue growth of only 20%.
The Motley Fool March 5, 2008 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	Ask and Ye Shall Recede Ask.com is getting back in touch with its roots, retracing its steps to when it was a search engine that stood out by asking its users for questions instead of search phrases.
InternetNews December 21, 2004 Colin C. Haley	Diller's IAC Spinning Off Expedia InterActiveCorp plans to spin-out Expedia and its other travel-related sites as a separate company next year
The Motley Fool December 12, 2007 Tim Beyers	Did Jeeves Rat Out the Google Twins? Ask.com parent IAC/InterActiveCorp announces a plan to give users privacy controls called "AskEraser," which would effectively protect their searches from prying eyes.
InternetNews January 31, 2005 Susan Kuchinskas	MSN Launching New Search Tuesday Microsoft's MSN division is to announce switchover to home-grown search technology.
The Motley Fool May 2, 2006 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	IAC Means "I'm Always Changing" InterActiveCorp produces another solid, yet sadly misunderstood, quarter. Investors, take note.
BusinessWeek September 29, 2003	Barry Diller, InterActiveCorp More than anyone else, he has figured out that power flows to Internet middlemen in markets that don't have entrenched leaders.
The Motley Fool March 4, 2004 Alyce Lomax	Jeeves Excites Investors The search company snaps up the name behind iWon and Excite.
The Motley Fool October 3, 2007 Tim Beyers	Barry Diller Needs a Second Life InterActiveCorp may make a good match for Second Life, offering the virtual inhabitants Ticketmaster, LendingTree, Citysearch, Match.com, and other online services.
The Motley Fool October 31, 2007 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	I Want to Be Barry Diller for Halloween InterActiveCorp's collection of prolific websites and retail units came through with a respectable showing this quarter.
Wired April 2003 Frank Rose	Barry Diller Has No Vision for the Future of the Internet. That's why the no-nonsense honcho of Home Shopping Network, Match.com, and Universal is poised to rule the interactive world.
Search Engine Watch April 18, 2006 Patricia Hursh	Divining the Future of Search Advertising A special report from the Search Engine Strategies conference, February 27-March 2, 2006, New York, NY.
InternetNews January 10, 2008 Kenneth Corbin	Ask.com Shuffles Its Executive Deck In advance of a major reorganization at IAC/InterActive Corp., Ask.com has announced a shakeup of its top executives.
Information Today May 27, 2008 Barbara Quint	Ask.com Settling Down as Reference Site? After months of turmoil within Ask.com and its parent, IAC/InterActiveCorp., the acquisition of Lexico Publishing Group, LLC and its reference properties, could help distinguish Ask.com as a reference site.
InternetNews February 27, 2006 Susan Kuchinskas	Ask Says Bye to Butler Ask Jeeves rebrands to highlight new service and features.
Search Engine Watch October 3, 2006 Rae Hoffman	Rebranding Ask.com How do you engineer a major overhaul to your web site to increase traffic and user satisfaction? Ask.com's Senior User Experience Analyst describes the company's careful yet bold approach to its recent redesign in this wide-ranging interview.
The Motley Fool November 13, 2007 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	Are Microsoft and Yahoo! That Stupid? InterActiveCorp extends and expands its advertising agreement with Google for another five years.
Fast Company December 1, 2007 Chuck Salter	The New IAC For more than a decade, Barry Diller has been on a multibillion-dollar shopping spree that created one of the Web's busiest networks.
The Motley Fool June 6, 2005 David Meier	Stocks Whose Futures Are on Sale Finding a great company trading at a huge discount to its intrinsic value is tough. But sometimes the market doesn't assign much value to the company's future, despite its ability to generate cash. Here are two stocks whose futures are on sale.
BusinessWeek October 13, 2003 Mullaney & Grover	The Web Mogul Barry Diller never had a secret plan to take over Vivendi. But he does have a not-so-secret plan to rule the Web.
Search Engine Watch January 13, 2005 Chris Sherman	Yahoo & MSN Closing the Google Gap While Big G continues to maintain its leadership position in the eyes of web searchers, a new study finds that Yahoo, MSN Search and Ask Jeeves have all made significant improvements over the past year and are narrowing Google's mindshare advantage.
Information Today December 2006 Paula J. Hane	New AskCity Integrates Local Content, Technology, and Tools Ask.com, which has struggled for a share of the Web search market in the face of Google dominance, is hoping to make its mark in providing local search information.
Search Engine Watch February 20, 2006 Chris Sherman	Jeeves Retires You can visit his official retirement site and cast your vote for his next career or send him best wishes.
InternetNews December 14, 2004 Susan Kuchinskas	Search Industry Gains Clout Search engines are now recognized as full-fledged media companies and search engine marketing is no longer a cottage industry.
Search Engine Watch April 8, 2004 Chris Sherman	Ask Jeeves: Why Buy Interactive Search Holdings? Ask Jeeves' recent significant acquisition of Interactive Search Holdings largely unremarked amid the recent sparring between industry titans Yahoo and Google.
Search Engine Watch January 19, 2006 Chris Sherman	Survey: Google, Yahoo Still Favorites in North America For the second year running, a Keynote Systems study says Google provides the most satisfying search experience among North American users, despite competitive maneuvering from all of the other major search services.
The Motley Fool March 23, 2005 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	Only Some Dot-Coms Get It AOL and InterActive had bold moves to announce on Monday, but only one company is doing it right.
Search Engine Watch May 26, 2005 Sherman & Price	Ask Jeeves Serves Up New Features Ask Jeeves is rolling out two new enhancements today that help searchers quickly focus queries and get direct answers to questions without using complex commands or advanced search tools.
The Motley Fool April 30, 2008 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	Split Already, Will You, IAC? The plan to split the IAC empire into five stand-alone units still hasn't materialized.
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