IAC/InterActiveCorp, Barry Diller, to acquire Ask Jeeves
IAC/InterActiveCorp, Barry Diller, close to deal to acquire Ask Jeeves according to The NY Times, the Wall Street Jornal, Search Engine Watch and serveral other sources. The number bandied about is about $1.9 - 2 billion. Interestigly, Diller was at the MSN Strategic Account Summit in Redmond, Washington on March 16, 2005. On stage separately from Diller who talked “big picture” were the big three PPC search engines, Ted Meisel from Yahoo Search Solutions, Eric Schmidt from Google and Christopher Payne, MSN’s VP of Search. Perhaps Barry felt left out up on the search panel. IAC even with Jeeves has a long way to go to before becomeing a major search publisher.