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Dark times for Web ads: Analysts cut forecasts

CNET Tech blog  Wed, 10/15/2008 - 9:29am

Online-advertising budgets are likely to be flat or decreasing, and companies such as Google and InterActiveCorp that on it can expect to feel the pain, financial analysts say.



 

Ask.com closes Dictionary.com deal

CNET Tech blog  Fri, 07/04/2008 - 4:52pm

Ask.com, the fourth-ranked search engine, has completed its acquisition of Lexico Publishing Group, which owns Dictionary.com, Thesaurus.com, and Reference.com.

Ask.com, a wholly owned subsidiary of InterActiveCorp, had announced the all-cash deal in mid-May.

Financial terms of the deal, which closed Thursday, were not released. Lexico, ...



 

OMG! InterActiveCorp buys teen fashion site

CNET Tech blog  Tue, 05/20/2008 - 9:49am

IAC's latest purchase of GirlSense shows its faith in burgeoning teen market, signals that media conglomerate's snap-'em-up strategy may be back on track.



 

Report: Google unworried about Yahoo ad deal's antitrust issue

CNET Tech blog  Fri, 04/25/2008 - 7:12pm

Google thinks antitrust regulators would approve an advertising partnership with Yahoo because the deal isn't exclusive and isn't a merger, Reuters reported Friday.

Google sees the deals as comparable to its partnership with Time Warner's AOL and IAC/InterActiveCorp, both of which use Google's technology to ...



 

Barry Diller wins battle for IAC/InterActiveCorp

CNN Money  Fri, 03/28/2008 - 4:37pm

A Delaware judge on Friday sided with media mogul Barry Diller, effectively paving the way for the breakup of Internet media giant IAC/InterActiveCorp., according to the Wall Street Journal.



 

Battle of the billionaires: Place your bets

CNN Money  Mon, 03/24/2008 - 10:10am

To say that the judge's ruling in Barry Diller and John Malone's acrimonious court battle for control of IAC/InterActiveCorp. is one of the most eagerly awaited decisions in mogul land is, of course, like saying that Godzilla is a nice little gecko.



 

Media mogul Barry Diller fighting for his job

CNN Money  Thu, 03/13/2008 - 9:33am

Media mogul Barry Diller is expected to take the stand in court Thursday as he fights for job as chief executive of IAC/InterActiveCorp., the media and Internet conglomerate he created.



 

Media mogul Barry Diller to defend record

CNN Money  Thu, 03/13/2008 - 9:05am

Media mogul Barry Diller is expected to take the stand in court Thursday as he fights for job as chief executive of IAC/InterActiveCorp., the media and Internet conglomerate he created.