Media and internet
Company is comprised of more than 150 consumer media and internet brands and products in six segments: Match Group (online dating including Match and Tinder), Home Advisor, Applications, Publishing and other. Spun off Vimeo in 2021.
Company Assessment
(Last updated Mar 2024)
Praise
Criticism
Information
IAC/InterActiveCorp
Praise
Criticism
Information
100% on Corporate Equality Index
This company is listed as having best practice on a report card on lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender equality in corporate America.
Source: Human Rights Campaign
(2021)
Bottom 10% at JUST Capital
JUST Capital polls Americans every year to identify the issues that matter most in defining just business behaviour. For their 2024 rankings the public identified 20 issues, which are organised under the headings Workers, Communities, Customers, Shareholders and Environment. JUST Capital then define metrics that map to those issues and track and analyse the largest, publicly traded U.S. companies. This analysis powers their rankings, in which this company ranked in the Bottom 10% of 937 companies, and 8th of 9 Internet companies.
Source: JUST Capital
(2024)
CDP Climate Change score of D
In 2023, the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) asked companies to provide data about their efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and mitigate climate change risk. Responding companies are scored across four key areas: disclosure; awareness; management; and leadership. This company received a CDP Climate Change score of D.
Source: CDP
(2023)
27/100 S&P Global ESG Score
This company received an S&P Global ESG Score of 27/100 in the Interactive Media Services & Home Entertainment category of the S&P Global Corporate Sustainability Assessment, an annual evaluation of companies' sustainability practices (last updated 18 Nov 2022). The rankings are based on an analysis of corporate economic, environmental and social performance, assessing issues such as corporate governance, risk management, environmental reporting, climate strategy, human rights and labour practices.
Source: S&P Global
(2022)
CEO Pay Ratio of 53:1
In 2022 the median pay for a worker at this company was US$84,290. The CEO was paid 53 times this amount. Exorbitant CEO pay is a major contributor to rising inequality. CEOs are getting more because of their power to set pay, not because they are increasing productivity or possess specific, high-demand skills. The economy would suffer no harm if CEOs were paid less (or taxed more). In contrast, the CEO-to-typical-worker compensation ratio was 20-to-1 in 1965 and 58-to-1 in 1989.
Source: AFL-CIO
(2023)
CDP Forests score of C
In 2023, the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) asked companies to provide data about their efforts towards removing commodity-driven deforestation and forest degradation from its direct operations and supply chains. Responding companies are scored across four key areas: disclosure; awareness; management; and leadership. This company received a CDP Forests score of C.
Source: CDP
(2023)
Company Details
Type:
Public company
Revenue:
3.1 billion USD
(2016)
Employees:
5,000
(2015)
Subsidiaries:
Ask Media Group LLC
Online services
Founded in 1997 as Ask Jeeves. Acquired by IAC in 2005, and rebranded as Ask in 2006.
Contact Details
Products / Brands
Ask Media Group
Ask
Search Engines