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Ask.com fights back with $100m buyup of reference sites
Ask.com, owned by Barry Diller's IAC/InterActiveCorp, is refusing to give up the fight to be a major search engine with the acquisition of the company behind Dictionary.com, Reference.com and Thesaurus.com for an estimated $100m. Ask.com, formerly known as Ask Jeeves, has acquired reference website owner Lexico in a move that will increase the company's traffic by 11% globally and 9% in the UK. The company claimed that according to March figures from comScore, Ask Network - all the firm's web properties - was the ninth most popular website in the world, with some 145 million monthly unique users, putting it ahead of sites such as Facebook. Ask.com has not disclosed how much it paid for Lexico, but the figure is believed to be around $100m. This is the amount that rival Answers.com tabled for Lexico last July in a deal that fell through. "Lexico is a lean and fast growing business with rapid top and bottom line growth, and is a natural addition to Ask.com," said Jim Safka, the chief executive of Ask.com. "More than 30% of all searches conducted on Ask.com are in the reference category." Dictionary was the second most popular search term on Ask.com in 2007. Ask.com is ranked number four search engine globally after Google, Yahoo and Microsoft. · To contact the MediaGuardian news desk email editor@mediaguardian.co.uk or phone 020 7239 9857. For all other inquiries please call the main Guardian switchboard on 020 7278 2332. · If you are writing a comment for publication, please mark clearly "for publication".
The Guardian – May 15, 2008 10:42 AM [GMT] ¦ comment?
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Ask.com, owned by Barry Diller's IAC/InterActiveCorp, is refusing to give up the fight to be a major search engine with the acquisition of the company behind Dictionary.com, Reference.com and Thesaurus.com for an estimated $100m. Ask.com, formerly known as Ask Jeeves, has acquired reference website owner Lexico in a move that will increase the company's traffic by 11% globally and 9% in the UK. The company claimed that according to March figures from comScore, Ask Network - all the firm's web properties - was the ninth most popular website in the world, with some 145 million monthly unique users, putting it ahead of sites such as Facebook. Ask.com has not disclosed how much it paid for Lexico, but the figure is believed to be around $100m. This is the amount that rival Answers.com tabled for Lexico last July in a deal that fell through. "Lexico is a lean and fast growing business with rapid top and bottom line growth, and is a natural addition to Ask.com," said Jim Safka, the chief executive of Ask.com. "More than 30% of all searches conducted on Ask.com are in the reference category." Dictionary was the second most popular search term on Ask.com in 2007. Ask.com is ranked number four search engine globally after Google, Yahoo and Microsoft. · To contact the MediaGuardian news desk email editor@mediaguardian.co.uk or phone 020 7239 9857. For all other inquiries please call the main Guardian switchboard on 020 7278 2332. · If you are writing a comment for publication, please mark clearly "for publication".
The Guardian – May 15, 2008 10:42 AM [GMT] ¦ comment?
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Liberty Media and Diller's company settle differences
Liberty, controlled by the cable mogul John Malone, will no longer oppose Barry Diller's plan to split IAC/InterActiveCorp into five companies, including Ticketmaster and HSN, the home shopping business.
International Herald Tribune – May 14, 2008 3:48 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
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Liberty, controlled by the cable mogul John Malone, will no longer oppose Barry Diller's plan to split IAC/InterActiveCorp into five companies, including Ticketmaster and HSN, the home shopping business.
International Herald Tribune – May 14, 2008 3:48 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
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IAC, Liberty resolve spinoff legal skirmish
NEW YORK (AP) -- Media moguls Barry Diller and John Malone have settled their differences over the breakup of Diller's IAC/InterActiveCorp, paving the way for the Internet conglomerate to spin off four of its units....
AP – May 14, 2008 11:03 AM [GMT] ¦ comment?
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NEW YORK (AP) -- Media moguls Barry Diller and John Malone have settled their differences over the breakup of Diller's IAC/InterActiveCorp, paving the way for the Internet conglomerate to spin off four of its units....
AP – May 14, 2008 11:03 AM [GMT] ¦ comment?
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Diller, Malone Agree To Iac Spin-off Terms
The war is over between IAC CEO Barry Diller and Liberty Media boss John Malone. The media moguls yesterday announced a truce ending their fight over voting rights control in the proposed breakup of IAC into five publicly traded companies, with...
New York Post – May 14, 2008 08:14 AM [GMT] ¦ comment?
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The war is over between IAC CEO Barry Diller and Liberty Media boss John Malone. The media moguls yesterday announced a truce ending their fight over voting rights control in the proposed breakup of IAC into five publicly traded companies, with...
New York Post – May 14, 2008 08:14 AM [GMT] ¦ comment?
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IAC and Liberty in agreement over IAC spin-offs
Barry Diller's IAC/InterActiveCorp and its controlling shareholder, John Malone's Liberty Media, have reached an agreement on spinning off four of IAC's largest businesses, putting to rest a dispute that took the two top executives to court
Financial Times – May 13, 2008 10:38 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
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Barry Diller's IAC/InterActiveCorp and its controlling shareholder, John Malone's Liberty Media, have reached an agreement on spinning off four of IAC's largest businesses, putting to rest a dispute that took the two top executives to court
Financial Times – May 13, 2008 10:38 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
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Liberty Appeals Decision On Iac
John Malone's Liberty Media filed an appeal to stop Barry Diller's IAC/InterActiveCorp from pursuing a plan to break up the Internet conglomerate, although Liberty's CEO said it was still exploring a variety of options. Liberty, the majority...
New York Post – May 10, 2008 08:20 AM [GMT] ¦ comment?
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John Malone's Liberty Media filed an appeal to stop Barry Diller's IAC/InterActiveCorp from pursuing a plan to break up the Internet conglomerate, although Liberty's CEO said it was still exploring a variety of options. Liberty, the majority...
New York Post – May 10, 2008 08:20 AM [GMT] ¦ comment?
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Tina's Art Direction
TINA Brown has turned to leg endary avant-garde design firm Number 17 to handle her new yet-to-be-named Web venture, a news-aggregation service that is being backed by her longtime friend, media mogul Barry Diller. Brown, who wrote the best-selling...
New York Post – May 7, 2008 10:09 AM [GMT] ¦ comment?
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TINA Brown has turned to leg endary avant-garde design firm Number 17 to handle her new yet-to-be-named Web venture, a news-aggregation service that is being backed by her longtime friend, media mogul Barry Diller. Brown, who wrote the best-selling...
New York Post – May 7, 2008 10:09 AM [GMT] ¦ comment?
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Diller's Splitting Iac Up
IAC/InterActiveCorp boss Barry Diller is pushing ahead with plans to break up his company into five separate businesses, and downplaying talk about a possible asset swap with Liberty Media. In a first-quarter earnings call with analysts yesterday...
New York Post – May 1, 2008 08:49 AM [GMT] ¦ comment?
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IAC/InterActiveCorp boss Barry Diller is pushing ahead with plans to break up his company into five separate businesses, and downplaying talk about a possible asset swap with Liberty Media. In a first-quarter earnings call with analysts yesterday...
New York Post – May 1, 2008 08:49 AM [GMT] ¦ comment?
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Diller Sees Clear Road for Spinoffs
IAC/Interactive CEO Barry Diller says its board is moving ahead with plans to break up the company.
TheStreet.com – Apr 30, 2008 5:46 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
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IAC/Interactive CEO Barry Diller says its board is moving ahead with plans to break up the company.
TheStreet.com – Apr 30, 2008 5:46 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
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IAC 1Q profit drops on rising costs
AP - IAC/InterActiveCorp, the Internet conglomerate led by Barry Diller, said Wednesday its first-quarter profit slipped 13 percent marketing and other expenses, but adjusted results met expectations.
Yahoo! – Apr 30, 2008 4:00 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
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AP - IAC/InterActiveCorp, the Internet conglomerate led by Barry Diller, said Wednesday its first-quarter profit slipped 13 percent marketing and other expenses, but adjusted results met expectations.
Yahoo! – Apr 30, 2008 4:00 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
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