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NEW YORK, Sept. 19, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- IAC (NASDAQ: IACI), Scott Rudin and Frances Coady today announced the launch of Brightline, a multiplatform publishing venture for digital and traditional publishing with an emphasis on new business models. Scott Rudin, the award winning film, television, and theatrical producer, is a full partner in the venture, and will be a principal in all its activities. Frances Coady, a prominent publishing executive, is the former Publisher of Vintage...
LOS ANGELES, June 5, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- George Clooney, a member of the Motion Picture & Television Fund Board of Directors, today announced that Barry Diller and his family have stepped forward with a $30 million legacy gift towards the previously announced MPTF Campaign goal of $350 million being led by Jeffrey Katzenberg, MPTF board member and chairman of the MPTF Foundation. "Seems impossible to me to have had success in the entertainment industry and not strongly support...
NEW YORK, Oct. 31, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- IAC (Nasdaq: IACI) and New York University (NYU) today announced the launch of the IAC Teaching and Research Fellowship Fund in partnership with NYU's Tisch School of the Arts. As part of the year-long program, IAC has committed $250,000 to support top post-graduate students from the School's Interactive Telecommunications Program (ITP), a graduate education program in interactive media. The Fund, designed to foster innovation and entrepreneurship in...
NEW YORK, Aug. 11, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- IAC (Nasdaq: IACI) announced today that Thomas J. McInerney, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, intends to leave the company at some point in the coming months, after 12 years with IAC. No specific date has been set for his departure and Mr. McInerney will remain CFO through an appropriate transition. "I have been with the IAC family of companies for twelve years, and in my current position for the last six. Our actions over the...
NEW YORK, April 21, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- The Newsweek Daily Beast Company today announced that former congresswoman Jane Harman will assume the seat of the organization's late Executive Chairman Dr. Sidney Harman on their Board of Directors. Barry Diller is now Executive Chairman of the Company. Jane Harman, the former U.S. Representative for California's 36th congressional district, is currently President and CEO of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. Of her assumption...
NEW YORK, Feb. 1, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Newsweek magazine and The Daily Beast, an operating business of IAC (Nasdaq: IACI), announced today they have completed their merger which was previously announced on November 12, 2010. The combined company will now be known as The Newsweek/Daily Beast Company LLC. The directors of the new company will include IAC Chairman Barry Diller and Dr. Sidney Harman, who will serve as Executive Chairman. Tina Brown, a founding partner and Editor-in-Chief of...
NEW YORK, Jan. 26, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- IAC (Nasdaq: IACI) will participate at the Goldman Sachs Technology and Internet Conference in San Francisco, California, on Tuesday, February 15, 2011. Chairman & Senior Executive Barry Diller's keynote question and answer session will begin at 4:15 p.m. Eastern Time (ET). A live audiocast of the keynote will be available to the public at http://www.iac.com/Investors. A replay of the audiocast will be available for 30 days. About IAC IAC...
NEW YORK and ENGLEWOOD, Colo., Dec. 2, 2010 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- IAC (Nasdaq: IACI) and Liberty Media Corporation ("Liberty") (Nasdaq: LCAPA, LCAPB, LINTA, LINTB, LSTZA, LSTZB) announced today that Liberty has exchanged its entire equity stake in IAC for a combination of operating assets and cash in a transaction intended to be tax-free to Liberty and IAC. Pursuant to the transaction, completed on December 1, Liberty exchanged approximately 12.8 million shares of IAC stock...
NEW YORK, Nov. 12, 2010 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Newsweek magazine and The Daily Beast, an operating company of IAC (Nasdaq: IACI), announced today they have agreed to merge their operations in a joint venture to be owned equally by Sidney Harman and IAC. The new entity will be called The Newsweek Daily Beast Company. The directors of the joint venture will include Dr. Harman as Executive Chairman, IAC Chairman Barry Diller, and one director each to be appointed from either side. Dr....
LOS ANGELES, Oct. 15 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Live Nation Entertainment (NYSE: LYV) announced today that its Board of Directors has named Dr. John C. Malone as Interim Chairman of the Board effective immediately. Barry Diller made his resignation official at a Board meeting yesterday afternoon, and Dr. Malone agreed to serve in an interim capacity to permit the Board adequate time to select a new Chairman. About Live Nation Entertainment: Live Nation Entertainment (NYSE: LYV) is the...
