Diller's Empire starts to unravel, Marriage to Malone on the rocks?

In a story initially put out by the WSJ and then syndicated and picked up by such papers as the Seattle Times - titled:

Can This Marriage Be Saved?

Barry Diller and John Malone made a fortune
together. Now they may be headed for a split

There has been quite a lot of speculation about how the House that Diller built has lost much of its luster. Now it could be that Barry and John are going to split. John wants out and the two could be said to be negotiating a split.

Stay tuned but the likely outcome is a lot more pruning of the tree and someone's ego is going to get bruised.

Even as Expedia powers ahead with good results - the yield declines are not making the stock rise much despite the massive buy backs. True it is up nearly 100% on the full 12 months. We shall see....

Diller splits up IAC again - Only Match, Ask and Citysearch are left

Diller has decided he needs a few pennies. So he is spinning out 4 of the remaining businesses in IAC (InterActive Corp). So far the Travel businesses (except Timeshare) are all out as Expedia. Soon to follow are:

Moneytree (Lending)
HSN - Home Shopping Network
Ticketmaster
Interval International

This will leave the rump with just 3 players - Match.com, Ask.com (Search) and Citysearch.

Many of these players are now mature enough to stand on their own and return some value to Mr Diller and crew.

Cheers

Timothy