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  • May 2008

    • More Advertisers Text to (Willing) Customers

      Wall Street Journal  |  May 27, 08 3:27 PM CDT

      More Advertisers Text to (Willing) Customers

      (Newser) - Text-message advertisements are catching on with marketers, largely because consumers actually ask to receive them—or at least to receive content that ads are attached to, the Wall Street Journal reports. Coors Light, for example, added marketing blurbs to text alerts requested by fans during last month's NFL draft, of which it was a sponsor. More »

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      Yahoo  • advertising  • marketing  • NBC Universal  • IAC  • text messages  • mobile advertising  • Gannett

    • Stocks Rise on Deals, Lower Oil

      MarketWatch  |  May 15, 08 3:24 PM CDT

      Stocks Rise on Deals, Lower Oil

      (Newser) - Stocks rose for the fourth consecutive day today as deal-making buzz from Internet firms and a Tiffany’s-led retail rally offset a rise in weekly jobless claims and contraction in New York- and Philadelphia-region manufacturing, MarketWatch reports. The Dow rose 94.28, closing at 12,992.66, while the S&P 500 climbed 14.91 to settle at 1,423.75. The Nasdaq gained 37.03, to 2,533.73. More »

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      S&P 500  • Nasdaq  • Dow Jones Industrial Average  • CBS  • IAC  • CNET  • Tiffany's

  • March 2008

    • Diller's Trials Far From Over After IAC Verdict

      Wall Street Journal  |  Mar 31, 08 10:19 AM CDT

      Diller's Trials Far From Over After IAC Verdict

      (Newser) - Barry Diller might have won control over e-commerce company IAC/InterActiveCorp from rival John Malone in court Friday, but the CEO’s real trials have just begun. With the economy tanking and credit markets tightening, Diller’s plan to break up IAC into five “baby Barrys”—including Ticketmaster and the Home Shopping Network—might be tough to pull off, the Wall Street Journal reports. More »

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      Barry Diller  • John Malone  • Liberty Media  • Ticketmaster  • IAC  • LendingTree

  • February 2008

    • Moguls Take Feud to Court

      New York Times  |  Feb 4, 08 1:45 PM CST

      Moguls Take Feud to Court

      (Newser) - The escalating fight between media barons Barry Diller and John Malone over control of IAC/Interactive Corp. has its origins in the men’s shared talent for wheeling and dealing, the New York Times reports in a portrait of the colorful, headstrong, vastly different moguls. Both have faced accusations of chasing deals that benefit them more than shareholders—a complaint high among those Malone’s Liberty Media has levied against Diller. More »

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      corporate governance  • Barry Diller  • John Malone  • Liberty Media  • IAC

  • January 2008

    • Liberty Tries to Force Diller Off IAC Board

      Wall Street Journal  |  Jan 29, 08 2:35 AM CST

      Liberty Tries to Force Diller Off IAC Board

      (Newser) - The feud between media magnates John Malone and Barry Diller has stepped up a level, reports the Wall Street Journal . Malone's Liberty Media Corp. is taking legal action to boot   chairman Diller, his wife and seven others off the board of Internet conglomerate IAC/Interactive Corp. Malone and Diller worked together to build IAC, but their relationship has soured in recent years. More »

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      Barry Diller  • John Malone  • Liberty Media  • IAC

    • IAC and Liberty Lock Horns in Legal Battle

      Wall Street Journal  |  Jan 25, 08 10:50 AM CST

      IAC and Liberty Lock Horns in Legal Battle

      (Newser) - Media moguls Barry Diller and his onetime backer, John Malone, have gone head to head,  with each man’s corporation suing the other’s. Diller’s IAC/InterActiveCorp and Malone’s Liberty Media, which owns a majority voting stake in IAC, are at odds over an IAC restructuring plan that would reduce Liberty’s voting power over several key businesses, reports the Wall Street Journal . More »

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      Barry Diller  • John Malone  • Liberty Media  • IAC

    • Ticketmaster Pays $265M for Online Scalper

      Wall Street Journal  |  Jan 15, 08 2:05 PM CST

      Ticketmaster Pays $265M for Online Scalper

      (Newser) - Fans who once turned to scalpers for last-minute seats can now hit up ... Ticketmaster? In a sure sign of the online ticket resale boom, the sports and entertainment behemoth will buy TicketsNow, the second-largest online ticket reseller, reports the Wall Street Journal . "Clients who five years ago were not willing to allow a ticket to be resold now want a piece," said Ticketmaster's CEO. More »

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      Ticketmaster  • IAC  • StubHub  • scalpers  • ticket resellers

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