IAC

5 statements across 3 episodes · 2 bullish · 0 bearish · 3 people on the record · first statement Apr 29, 2019 by John Foley · said 18 times in 5 episodes since 2019 · across every show →

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brought up most by Guy Raz (14), John Foley (3), Justin McLeod (1)

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2022 8 mentions in 1 episode
2021 5 mentions in 2 episodes 3 per episode
2019 5 mentions in 2 episodes 3 per episode

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Everything said about IAC, oldest first

Apr 29, 2019
Assertion Partly supported
Foley: IAC acquired Evite for $3M and cut staff from 120 to six
“And I think we bought it for three million dollars, because it was 2001, and everything had crashed. And so, it had, at one point, a 120 people. I got it down to six people.”
John Foley Apr 29, 2019 ▶ 9:49 Live Episode! Peloton: John Foley
Mar 22, 2021 neutral
Assertion Not checkable as stated
McLeod: IAC owning Tinder made Hinge the only viable dating startup investment
“Tinder was exploding, and no one could invest in Tinder, because it was owned by IAC. And so the only place that people could put their money as a competitor to Tinder at the time was basically us.”
Justin McLeod Mar 22, 2021 ▶ 47:18 Hinge: Justin McLeod
Oct 31, 2022 positive
Opinion
Kaufer: Selling TripAdvisor in 2004 was financially a crazy bad decision
“Financially, it was a crazy bad decision. But given everything I knew at the time with the risks you outlined before, the fact that it was kind of a life-changing experience for everyone at the company was absolutely the right decision.”
Steve Kaufer Oct 31, 2022 ▶ 54:24 Tripadvisor: Steve Kaufer
Oct 31, 2022 positive
Assertion Supported
Kaufer: Expedia let TripAdvisor operate autonomously and sell to direct competitors
“We were moved from IAC into the public company Expedia when that was formed about a year later. And again, we were division within Expedia and to their infinite credit, they let us continue to operate on our own, you know, even though we were selling our leads…”
Steve Kaufer Oct 31, 2022 ▶ 56:10 Tripadvisor: Steve Kaufer
Oct 31, 2022 neutral
Assertion Supported
Kaufer: Expedia was TripAdvisor's biggest client before IAC bought it
“Expedia was our biggest client at the time. Expedia was owned by IAC.”
Steve Kaufer Oct 31, 2022 ▶ 55:28 Tripadvisor: Steve Kaufer
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