IAC Inc.

What does IAC own?
As of early 2026, IAC's primary holdings are Dotdash Meredith (digital and print media publisher owning People, InStyle, Better Homes and Gardens, Investopedia, Allrecipes, and over 40 other brands) and a controlling stake in Angi Inc. (home services marketplace). IAC has historically created and spun off major companies including Match Group, Expedia, and LendingTree.

Is IAC publicly traded?
Yes. IAC Inc. is listed on the Nasdaq under the ticker symbol IAC. Barry Diller controls the company through a super-voting Class B share structure. Angi Inc., a subsidiary, is separately listed on Nasdaq under ticker ANGI.

Who founded IAC?
IAC was built by Barry Diller, who acquired Silver King Communications in 1992 and used it as the vehicle for constructing IAC's portfolio over the subsequent three decades. Diller previously served as chairman of Paramount Pictures and founded the Fox Broadcasting Company before acquiring the entity that became IAC.

What is Dotdash Meredith?
Dotdash Meredith is IAC's digital and print media publishing subsidiary, formed through IAC's Dotdash business acquiring Meredith Corporation's magazine and digital brands in 2022 for approximately $2.7 billion. The combined entity is the largest magazine and digital media publisher in the United States, reaching approximately 175 million monthly unique visitors across its portfolio.

Has IAC spun off any major companies?
Yes. IAC's model is explicitly built around creating or acquiring internet businesses, growing them, and distributing them to shareholders as independent public companies. Major spin-offs include Expedia (2005), Match Group (2015 to 2020), and LendingTree (2008). This spin-off model is one of the most distinctive characteristics of IAC as a corporate structure.

Barry Diller acquired Silver King Communications, a television broadcasting company, in 1992. Over the following years, he used the entity as a vehicle for building a diversified media company. The company was renamed Home Shopping Network before being restructured as USA Networks.

IAC's internet era began in earnest in 1996 when it acquired CitySearch and began building a portfolio of online classified and consumer services properties. The acquisition of Ticketmaster (1997), Hotels.com, Expedia, LendingTree, Match.com, and Ask Jeeves (now Ask.com) through the late 1990s and early 2000s established IAC as one of the most acquisitive internet companies of its era.

Expedia was spun off as a separate public company in 2005. Match Group, containing the online dating portfolio including Match.com, OkCupid, PlentyOfFish, and Tinder, was partially IPO'd in 2015 and fully separated from IAC in 2020.

IAC acquired About.com from The New York Times Company for $300 million in 2012 and rebranded it as Dotdash in 2017, pivoting the publishing model from ad-supported page views to a content quality approach that prioritized reader utility over volume. Dotdash subsequently acquired Meredith's magazine and digital brands in 2022 for approximately $2.7 billion, creating Dotdash Meredith.

Angi Inc., formed through the merger of Angie's List and HomeAdvisor in 2017, operates as IAC's home services marketplace. IAC holds a controlling stake in the publicly traded Angi company.