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Zillow to Power Much of Yahoo Real Estate Listings

in News on July 9, 2010 at 10:12 am PT

Yahoo Real Estate and Zillow.com announced that the four-year-old Seattle company will power listings of homes for sale and other local real estate advertising for Yahoo. It’s the latest in a series of moves by Yahoo to lower costs through strategic partnerships with outside companies. In the last 18 months, Carol Bartz has farmed out the company’s search engine to Microsoft and its online dating service to Match.com.

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Comparing the eHarmony and Match.com Experiences

in News on February 12, 2010 at 10:09 am PT

Just in time for Valentine’s Day, a new study examining Match.com and eHarmony suggests that both have their faults. Catalyst Group, a New York usability-research firm, reviewed the two popular dating sites with an eye toward how they walk customers through profiles, finding matches and making contact.

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PlentyofFish Adds Pay Option for “Serious” Daters

in News on March 6, 2009 at 6:01 am PT

Online dating site PlentyofFish announced plans to add a pay option aimed at customers who want to show that they’re serious about meeting someone. PlentyofFish has long been a free site, which has made it hugely popular. It claims on its Web site that members will go on 18 million dates with each other this year.

The Entire D6 Interview With IAC's Barry Diller (3 of 3)

in News on October 16, 2008 at 12:02 am PT

We’re posting all the interviews from the sixth D: All Things Digital conference that took place in late May. Here’s an interview I did with Barry Diller, the always clever chairman and CEO of IAC, the Internet conglomerate whose holdings include Ask.com, Match.com and many others. After a bruising court battle with shareholder and cable mogul John Malone of Liberty Media over the last year, Diller finally broke apart IAC six weeks ago. His reason: The company had become too complex and its stock had suffered due to the operating confusion. This is part three of three parts.

The Entire D6 Interview With IAC's Barry Diller (2 of 3)

in News on October 15, 2008 at 12:23 am PT

We’re posting all the interviews from the sixth D: All Things Digital conference that took place in late May. Here’s an interview I did with Barry Diller, the always clever chairman and CEO of IAC, the Internet conglomerate whose holdings include Ask.com, Match.com and many others. After a bruising court battle with shareholder and cable mogul John Malone of Liberty Media over the last year, Diller finally broke apart IAC six weeks ago. His reason: The company had become too complex and its stock had suffered due to the operating confusion. This is part two of three parts.

The Entire D6 Interview With IAC's Barry Diller (1 of 3)

in News on October 14, 2008 at 3:09 am PT

We’re posting all the interviews from the sixth D: All Things Digital conference that took place in late May. Here’s an interview I did with Barry Diller, the always clever chairman and CEO of IAC, the Internet conglomerate whose holdings include Ask.com, Match.com and many others. After a bruising court battle with shareholder and cable mogul John Malone of Liberty Media over the last year, Diller finally broke apart IAC six weeks ago. His reason: The company had become too complex and its stock had suffered due to the operating confusion. This is part one of three parts.

Life After Liberty: Barry Diller, Chairman and CEO, IAC

in D6 on May 28, 2008 at 11:12 am PT

Barry Diller needs almost no introduction–he is one of the best-known executives in the U.S., straddling a number of industries. He has recently been embroiled in a high-profile battle for control of IAC/InterActiveCorp. (IACI) with major investor John Malone. And then there’s Diller’s other company, travel services outfit Expedia, whose shares are surging this morning on market rumors that Diller is planning on taking it private.
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Post Traumatic CES Syndrome

in News on January 10, 2008 at 11:00 am PT

The Algorithm With the Lead Pipe in the Lounge

in News on January 10, 2008 at 12:01 am PT

Barry Diller may have managed to turn Fox into a legitimate fourth major broadcast network. But he hasn’t had much luck doing the same thing with Ask.com in search. Despite Diller’s best efforts, Ask’s share of the search market dropped to 4.6% in November from 5% in November 2006, according to comScore. “We have certainly [...]

Barry Diller Shatters John Malone's Stake Into Little Itty Bits

in News on November 6, 2007 at 6:14 am PT

Yesterday, the battle between InterActiveCorp.’s Barry Diller and John Malone of Liberty Media got much more interesting. As luck would have it, I will be interviewing Diller on stage at the Monaco Media Forum in Monte-Carlo this week–yes, it’s as glamorous as it sounds–so now there will be lots more to talk to him about at the digital gathering. Diller is an excellent interview as he likes to parry more than the average CEO and he is good at it. Very good, as it turns out, when dealing with Malone. Also in BoomTown today: Marc Canter talks a blue streak about Google’s OpenSocial and we actually listen! Slide’s Max Levchin plays all the angles in the Google-Facebook war over OpenSocial–very clever, Max! Major lunch room snub of BoomTown by Yahoo’s Jerry Yang!