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InterActiveCorp To Buy Ask Jeeves For $1.9 Billion
I can't leave the country for 2 minutes! ZDNet is reporting that IAC will today announce the acquisition of Ask Jeeves in a deal worth $1.9 billion.
IAC/InterActive owns a variety of internet businesses. Its principle holdings are Expedia, Ticketmaster, Home Shopping Network, Match.com and CitySearch.
IAC/InterActive is expected to acquire Ask Jeeves in a stock transaction, exchanging shares in IAC/InterActive for shares in Ask Jeeves then buying 60 percent of the just-issued IAC/InterActive shares back for about $1.2 billion.
Wow, that's pretty big shake-up in the industry and also huge validation for not only Ask Jeeves but the entire search engine space. IAC can now pair-up its local search business, CitySearch, with the global search engine reach offered by Ask. Jeeves also stands to benefit from the technology IAC has at its other divisions.
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You can read his internet marketing blog at Marketing Pilgrim and reach him at andy.beal@gmail.com.
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