- IAC was named the #1 Most Admired Company two years in a row in the Internet Services & Retailing sector by Fortune magazine
- With 155 million unique monthly users, IAC’s network of sites would rank as the 9th largest in the world (comScore Jan 08)
- IAC stock grew over 180% between 1995 and 2007, outpacing the Nasdaq composite index and the S&P 500
- IAC is the 4th largest buyer of online advertising in the U.S. (Nielsen Online AdRelevance, Jan 08)
THE NEW IAC WILL BE A COMPELLING COLLECTION OF DYNAMIC, IMPACTFUL AND FAST–GROWING INTERNET PROPERTIES:
NEW IAC*
ASK.COM
■ One of the world’s most trafficked online search engines, the Ask.com network has 121 million unique monthly users globally, making it the 11th largest property on the web (comScore Jan 08)
■ Ask.com has 45 million unique monthly users globally (comScore Jan 08)
MATCH.COM & CHEMISTRY.COM
■ Leading online dating services, where every year hundreds of thousands of people find love
■ More than 15 million members**, with approximately 1.3 million paying subscribers
■ 60,000 new people register on Match.com every day
■ Websites in 15 different languages, serving 37 different countries
■ Chemistry.com has over 3.7 million members**
CITYSEARCH
■ Leading local search and directory company with 15.9 million business listings nationwide
■ 12 million unique monthly users (comScore Jan 08)
■ Approximately 500 user reviews submitted daily; over 600,000 currently in Citysearch’s database
SHOEBUY
■ One of the largest online retailers of footwear and related apparel offering more than 500 brands and 600,000 products; $3 billion in inventory available for purchase
■ Recognized by BizRate five years in a row as one of the top U.S. online retailers for outstanding service
SERVICEMAGIC
■ Network of over 52,000 service professionals to help consumers connect with licensed and insured home service providers; fulfilled approximately 8 million consumer service requests since 1999
■ Provides 300,000 “closed loop” ratings & reviews about service professionals
■ Generated an estimated $1.25 billion in project revenue for member service professionals in 2007
EVITE
■ The world’s #1 online event planning service facilitating more than 16.5 million invitations to 475,000 events each month
■ 6 million unique monthly users (comScore Jan 08) and 17 million registered users
■ With over 200 million Evite invitations sent in 2007, party planners saved an estimated $180 million in paper invitations and postage, sparing 200,000 trees or 25 million pounds of paper
GIFTS.COM
■ In April 2007 surpassed Red Envelope as the most visited gift site on the Web (comScore)
■ 1.3 million unique monthly users (comScore Jan 08)
■ Nearly 15 million visit and, more than 17 million gift searches during 2007 holiday season
PRONTO
■ Ranked by comScore as the fastest growing comparison shopping engine, with 1300% YOY growth (Jan 07 to Jan 08); 8.4 million unique monthly users (comScore Jan 08)
■ Voted “Best Online Price Comparison Site” by Kiplinger’s
■ 70 million products from over 65,000 stores (5x merchants on leading comparison-shopping engines)
COLLEGEHUMOR
■ Founded by high school friends in 1999, now a leading humor and streaming media site
■ 5.8 million unique monthly users and 110 million monthly pageviews (Nielsen/NetRatings SiteCensus, Jan 2008); 30 million monthly video streams, 1.1 million registered users
■ 150+ CollegeHumor original videos viewed tens of millions of times
■ Currently developing a CollegeHumor.com-branded movie with Paramount Pictures; Lee Eisenberg and Gene Stupnitsky, writers on NBC’s “The Office,” are writing it
ZWINKY, WEBFETTI
■ Zwinky, one of the largest virtual worlds on the Web, having over 13 million registered users who spend an average of 70 minutes on the site each session
■ Zwinktopia, the Zwinky virtual community, has signed artists including 50 Cent, Kelly Rowland, Scott Ian of Anthrax, and Hinder, who perform in its virtual world
■ Webfetti, one of the fastest growing destinations for web personalization and self expression, offers over 25,000 free assets and has now reached over 10 million impressions per day across various social networking sites, including Myspace and Facebook
NEW IAC BRANDS LAUNCHING SOON
■ InstantAction.com, a web-based gaming platform currently in beta that is poised to change the gaming market around the world by bringing high-end, graphically rich, console-like games to the web browser
■ RushmoreDrive.com, a premiere online destination for the black community bringing content, resources and entertainment to the U.S. Black population, launched April 10th
■ FiLife, a personal finance site offering applications and tools to help people find personal investment information in a more intuitive way
THE IAC BUSINESSES THAT WILL SPIN OFF INTO THEIR OWN INDEPENDENT, PUBLICLY TRADED COMPANIES LATER THIS YEAR ARE LEADING BRANDS IN THEIR RESPECTIVE SECTORS:
HSN & CORNERSTONE BRANDS
■ HSN is a global multichannel retailing giant offering thousands of consumer products
■ Broadcasts live to 90 million U.S. homes 24 hours/day, 7 days/week, 364 days/year
■ 4th largest cable network in U.S. by revenue (Broadcasting & Cable)
■ 22% of 2006 U.S. TV retail market (defined as HSN, QVC, ShopNBC and Jewelry Television)
■ 27% online; HSN.com ranks as a top 30 retailer as measured by sales (Internet Retailer's Top 500 Guide 2007)
■ One of the largest direct marketing companies in the U.S., with Over 400 million catalogues circulated in 2007
TICKETMASTER
■ One of the world’s largest live-events ticketing agents with 49 million registered users
■ 142 million tickets sold in 2007, valued at over $8.3 billion
■ With more than 6,500 retail outlets, 23 call centers and an international network of ticketing sites, Ticketmaster serves more than 9,000 clients worldwide
■ 70% of Ticketmaster tickets are purchased online
LENDINGTREE & REALESTATE.COM
■ The nation’s #1 online lending exchange, LendingTree facilitated more than 20 million loan requests and $152 billion in closed loan transactions since inception in 1996
■ Approximately 25% market share of the online mortgage origination market
■ One of the top 5 advertisers on the web
■ Realestate.com provides access to over 2 million home listings and 100 million home value estimates
INTERVAL INTERNATIONAL
■ One of the world’s largest providers of vacation exchange travel services to resort developers and vacationers
■ 2 million members in nearly 200 countries
■ 985,000 confirmed vacation exchanges in 2007
■ 25% of vacation confirmations facilitated online
*In November 2007, IAC announced plans to separate IAC into five publicly traded companies, spinning off HSN, Ticketmaster, Interval and LendingTree. The spin, expected to be completed in second or third quarter of 2008, is designed to unlock shareholder value and allow each company to be more focused and better able to pursue their respective growth strategies.
**Members defined as registered users and paying subscribers
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