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Ten tech buys that didn't work out

Ten tech buys that didn't work out

...In 2004 IAC/InterActiveCorp chairman Barry Diller spun off travel business Expedia — a move that effectively split IAC... Read more

20 December, 2010 by Caroline McCarthy and Josh Lowensohn

US billionaires sign pledge to give funds to charity

...40 signatories to the pledge, including Ellison, filmmaker George Lucas, IAC chief Barry Diller, Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen, oil tycoon and onetime Yahoo investor... Read more

5 August, 2010 by Ina Fried

$1.85bn Ask Jeeves sale agreed

...engine Ask Jeeves. The Internet conglomerate, which is headed by media entrepreneur Barry Diller, said today it is hoping to move aggressively into the Web... Read more

21 March, 2005 by Matt Hines

Update: Barry Diller group bids $1.85bn for Ask Jeeves

...rumoured earlier today. The internet conglomerate, which is headed by media entrepreneur Barry Diller, said today it is hoping to move aggressively into the web... Read more

21 March, 2005 by Matt Hines

USA won't renegotiate Lycos deal

USA Networks Inc. chief Barry Diller said Tuesday that he will not be renegotiating the merger between... Read more

3 March, 1999 by Margaret Kane

Ask shows Jeeves the door

...Steve Berkowitz to chief executive in late 2003 and was acquired by Barry Diller's IAC/InterActive Corp last year Read more

27 February, 2006 by Elinor Mills

New AOL chief faces tough challenges

...together. But Miller's authority had a clear ceiling that stopped at Barry Diller, the Hollywood mogul and chief executive of USA Interactive. Miller departed... Read more

7 August, 2002 by Jim Hu

Vivendi exec shuffle raises Net questions

...for the entertainment world. Some reports speculate that USA Interactive chief executive Barry Diller, who sold his entertainment assets to Vivendi, could take a more... Read more

2 July, 2002 by Jim Hu

Lycos soars as CMGI boss quits in protest

...Wetherell's resignation from the board is sure to irk USA chief Barry Diller, who last week touted the USA-Lycos synergy and said the... Read more

9 March, 1999 by Larry Dignan

USA Networks to buy Lycos

...in a statement. Precise exchange ratios were not disclosed. USA Networks Chairman Barry Diller will be chairman of the new company. Robert Davis, president and... Read more

9 February, 1999 by Larry Dignan
The Mailroom by David Rensin 3.0.1

The Mailroom by David Rensin 3.0.1

...true. Some of the biggest names in entertainment—including David Geffen, Barry Diller, and Michael Ovitz— started their dazzling careers in the lowly... Read more

21 February, 2010

$2bn deal for Ask Jeeves on the cards

Billionaire fancies getting a new butler... Television and internet mogul Barry Diller is believed to have made a bid for search service Ask... Read more

21 March, 2005 by Will Sturgeon

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