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1995 |
August |
Barry Diller named Chairman and CEO of Silver King Communications, Inc. |
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1996 |
December |
Silver King, Home Shopping Network, and Savoy Pictures Entertainment merge; Silver King Communications, Inc. renamed HSN, inc. (announced 11/95) |
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1997 |
July |
HSN, inc. acquires 50% of Ticketmaster Group, Inc. from Paul Allen (announced 5/97) |
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1998 |
February |
HSN, inc. acquires USA Network, SCI FI, and Universal domestic TV (renamed Studios USA) from Seagram;
HSN, inc. renamed USA Networks, Inc. (USAI) (announced 10/97) |
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March
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USAI two-for-one stock split on March 26 |
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May |
USAI acquires remaining interest in Ticketmaster from public |
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September |
Ticketmaster Online merges with CitySearch (announced 8/98) |
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December |
Ticketmaster Online-CitySearch, Inc. (TMCS) completes IPO (merged 9/98) |
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1999 |
May |
USAI acquires Hotel Reservations Network (later renamed Hotels.com) (announced 4/99) |
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June |
TMCS acquires Match.com |
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September |
TMCS acquires the Sidewalk city guides from Microsoft (announced 7/99) |
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2000 |
February |
Hotel Reservations Network (later renamed Hotels.com) completes IPO |
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February |
USAI two-for-one stock split on February 24 |
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April |
USAI acquires Precision Response Corporation (announced 1/00) |
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2001 |
January |
Ticketmaster combined with TMCS (announced 11/00) |
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August |
USAI completes sale of USA Broadcasting to Univision (announced 12/00) |
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2002 |
February |
USAI acquires a controlling interest in Expedia (announced 7/01) |
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May |
USAI acquires TV Travel Group (announced 2/02) |
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May |
USAI contributes USA Entertainment to Vivendi Universal Entertainment, a joint venture controlled by Vivendi; USA Networks, Inc. renamed USA Interactive (announced 12/01) |
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September |
USAI acquires Interval International (announced 5/02) |
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2003 |
January |
USAI acquires remainder of Ticketmaster (announced 10/02) |
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March
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USAI acquires Entertainment Publications Inc. (announced 11/02) |
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April |
USAI acquires uDate.com (announced 12/02) |
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June |
USA Interactive renamed InterActiveCorp (NASDAQ:IACI) |
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June |
IAC acquires remainder of Hotels.com (announced 4/03) |
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August |
IAC acquires remainder of Expedia (announced 3/03) |
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August |
IAC acquires LendingTree (announced 5/03) |
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November |
IAC acquires Hotwire (announced 9/03) |
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December |
IAC acquires RealEstate.com and GetSmart (announced 10/03) |
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2004 |
April |
IAC acquires TripAdvisor, Inc. (announced 3/04) |
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July |
InterActiveCorp renamed IAC/InterActiveCorp |
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August |
IAC makes 30% investment in eLong, Inc. (announced 7/04) |
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September |
IAC acquires ServiceMagic, Inc. (announced 7/04) |
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December |
IAC acquires Home Loan Center (announced 9/04) |
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2005 |
January |
IAC completes eLong warrant exercise (announced 12/04) |
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March
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IAC launches Gifts.com |
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April |
IAC acquires Cornerstone Brands, Inc. (announced 3/05) |
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June |
IAC unwinds its interest in VUE |
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June |
IAC completes the sale of its interest in Euvía Media (announced 03/05) |
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July |
IAC acquires Ask Jeeves, Inc. (announced 3/05)
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August |
IAC completes spin-off of Expedia, Inc. (announced 12/04) |
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August |
IAC one-for-two reverse stock split on August 9 |
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2006 |
February |
IAC acquires Shoebuy.com, Inc. (announced 1/06) |
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August |
IAC acquires controlling interest in Connected Ventures, LLC |
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November |
IAC completes the sale of PRC to an entity owned by Diamond Castle Holdings, LLC (announced 11/06) |
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2007 |
June |
IAC completes the sale of Home Shopping Europe GmbH & Co. KG to KarstadtQuelle AG (announced 5/07) |
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November |
IAC announces plan to spin-off HSN, Ticketmaster, Interval and LendingTree as four publicly traded companies |
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