iac/interactivecorp ( also known as iac ) is an american media and internet company , with over 150 brands across 100 countries , headquartered in new york city .

joey levin , who previously led the company 's search & applications segment , has been the company 's chief executive officer since june 2015 .

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joey levin is the chief executive officer ( ceo ) of iac ( nasdaq : iac ) .
barry diller is also stepping down as iac’s ceo , and will be replaced by greg blatt , formerly chief executive of iac portfolio company urltoken .
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greg blatt is named ceo of iac . barry diller is named chairman and senior executive of iac .
iac / interactivecorp is forming a new digital publishing company that will group all of its websites together .
video : iac’s collection of premium digital video properties and platforms , including iac’s next big bet vimeo , electus ( which includes collegehumor ) , and iac films .
barry diller , the chairman of iac , will spin off the company’s online dating business into a separate publicly traded company by the end of the year .
iac is a leading media and internet company with more than 150 brands and products serving loyal consumer audiences .
chelsea clinton has joined the board of iac / interactivecorp , the internet media company controlled by barry diller .
iac appoints greg blatt as ceo of match . com . gregg winiarski is named svp , general counsel of iac
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he was also the person iac chairman barry diller tasked with taking the match group forward after the company’s ipo in 2015 .
barry diller has been the chairman of the board and senior executive of expedia group since the completion of the company’s spin - off from iac / interactivecorp ( “iac” ) in august 2005 .
parent company iac has promoted anjali sud , who has been the video company’s general manager , to the ceo spot . she replaces joey levin , who had been running vimeo as an interim manager since june 2016 , while also serving as iac’s ceo .
“along the way , he served three years as ceo of iac , during which time iac experienced strong growth , before returning to match group to commence its life as its own public company .
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new york ( ap ) — iac / interactivecorp is forming a new digital publishing company that will group all of its websites together .
iac ' s the daily beast completes deal with newsweek , forming the newsweek / daily beast company llc . ( announced 11 / 10 )
prior to the purchase , shoebuy was owned by iac , a new york - based media company whose chairman is expedia chairman barry diller .
in july 2009 , iac partnered with ben silverman to create electus , a company focused on multimedia production and online distribution . [ 32 ]
its most recent spinoff was of match group , the parent company of urltoken and tinder , but iac still owns most of that business .
looking ahead , fitzgerald expects all of iac’s businesses to focus on the mobile market in 2017 . iac’s mobile revenue jumped 170 percent in q4 .
there have been media reports that iac was in the hunt for that internet unit and the new digital publishing company may be a good fit .
ms . clinton will earn $ 50 , 000 per year as an iac board member . the company also granted ms . clinton $ 250 , 000 worth of iac shares that vests in equal installments over three years .
angie ' s list ( angi ) on monday agreed to be acquired by iac ( iac ) , the parent company of rival homeadvisor , for more than $ 500 million . the deal comes about a year and a half after angie ' s list rejected a $ 512 million offer from iac .
the company’s match group , which owns match . com , tinder and okcupid , plans to issue less than 20 percent of its shares in the offering , with iac holding the rest , according to a company release .
iac / interactivecorp ( nasdaq : iac ) may have more room to the upside . jefferies has upgraded the internet stock to buy , and analyst brian fitzgerald said investors aren’t fully appreciating the value of the company’s key brands .
paidcontent reports iac ( iaci ) will acquire people media , a company that owns a portfolio of dating sites , for $ 80 million in cash .
iac / interactivecorp , the company behind digital businesses such as dating site match . com , has been seeking a buyer for pricerunner for several months .
iac is an internet and media company and the parent of 16 key brands , some of which run their own , smaller brands under their wings .
media and internet company iac , or interactivecorp , on monday said it is buying angie ' s list inc . with the aim of melding the consumer reviews company with its homeadvisor business and creating a new publicly traded enterprise .
our new name , iac applications , reflects our proud association as part of parent company iac / interactive corp . , a leading media and internet company comprised of some of the world ' s most recognized brands and products , including : homeadvisor , vimeo , about . com , urltoken and the daily beast .
why barry diller stepped down as ceo of iac - dec . 2 , 2010
iac consumer applications and portals changes its name to mindspark interactive network , inc .
iac and urltoken acquire lexico , owner of dictionary . com , urltoken and urltoken
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chairman of the board and senior executive iac / interactivecorp expedia group , inc .
handing over search advertising and technology to google has been a good bet for the company . google has actually been contributing to a portion of iac’s ask . com’s search results and last fall , iac announced that it would be completely outsourcing ask’s search ( although it’s unclear to which company , it could be google ) .
the company did so with cramer - fave online travel company expedia , tripadvisor , home shopping network , and ticketmaster , which has since merged with live nation .
the new york - based iac is run by media mogul barry diller . the company also owns internet brands such as vimeo , college humor and about . com .
depending upon the number of angie’s list shareholders electing to receive cash , iac projects it will own between 87 percent and 90 percent of the post - merger company .
iac / interactivecorp is acquiring urltoken inc . for a sum it did not disclose .
iac completes spin - off of expedia , inc . ( announced 12 / 04 )
iac makes 30 % investment in elong , inc . ( announced 7 / 04 )
iac / interactive is expected to acquire ask jeeves in a stock transaction , exchanging shares in iac / interactive for shares in ask jeeves , then buying 60 percent of the just - issued iac / interactive shares back for about $ 1 . 2 billion .
iac / interactivecorp ceo barry diller to take the stand - mar . 13 , 2008
wednesday ' s testimony from iac vice chairman victor kaufman revealed that iac and liberty , several times throughout 2007 , discussed a swap agreement whereby liberty would exchange its iac shares for full ownership of the home shopping network . the deal didn ' t happen .
iac ' s retailing segment , including hsn tv , hsn . com , and the
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anjali sud gets a promotion ; joey levin goes back to running iac full time .
iac / interactivecorp ( iac ) , incorporated on july 28 , 1986 , is a media and internet company . the company ' s brands include homeadvisor , vimeo , dictionary . com , the daily beast , investopedia and match group ' s online dating portfolio , which includes match , tinder , plentyoffish and okcupid . the company operates through segments , which include match group , homeadvisor , video , applications and publishing .
in august 2005 , the company bundled together its travel - related sites , including expedia , and spun them off as a new publicly traded company on the nasdaq .
true enough , diller still currently owns shares representing approximately 34 % of the total votes of all classes of iac stock , the largest individual voting stake in the company .
operating segments iac’s core areas of operation are angi homeservices inc . , match group , video , publishing , and applications . the company reports revenue in the following segments :
about iac iac ( nasdaq : iac ) is a leading media and internet company composed of widely known consumer brands , such as match , tinder , plentyoffish and okcupid , which are part of match group’s online dating portfolio , homeadvisor and angie’s list , operated by angi homeservices , as well as vimeo , dotdash , dictionary . com , the daily beast and investopedia . the company is headquartered in new york city and has offices worldwide .
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ziff communications company is formed , with ziff - davis becoming one of its divisions .
the daily - deal pioneer’s run as an independent company could be nearing an end .
, the one - time parent company that still owns a majority of match stock .
angie ' s list on monday , may 1 , 2017 , agreed to be acquired by iac , the parent company of rival homeadvisor , for more than $ 500 million .
in january 2015 , iac sold urbanspoon to zomato for $ 52 million . [ 49 ]
iac will produce the various corvette components in dayton , tenn . pre - production and prototype components are currently being tested and iac expects to begin full - scale production in july .
iac expects to issue less than 20 % of its common stock in the offering , which could be completed during the fourth quarter of this year , iac said in a release .
, iac ' s chairman and senior executive .
over the last two decades , iac and its progeny have grown into seven separate public companies with a current shareholder value of over
copley said iac ' s decision to keep the angie’s list name could be considered reassuring .
iac ( nasdaq : iac ) is a leading media and internet company comprised of widely known consumer brands such as homeadvisor , vimeo , dictionary . com , the daily beast , investopedia , and match group ' s online dating portfolio , which includes match , tinder , plentyoffish and okcupid . the company is headquartered in new york city and has offices worldwide .
in january 2013 , iac acquired online tutoring firm tutor . com . [ 41 ] on august 3 , 2013 , iac sold newsweek to the international business times on undisclosed terms . [ 42 ] in november 2013 , iac acquired investopedia and pricerunner from valueclick . [ 43 ]
it was iac / interactivecorp ' s first massachusetts acquisition since 2004 , when it acquired the travel search engine tripadvisor . iac / interactivecorp also contributed to a $ 16 million funding round last fall for brightcove inc . , a cambridge , mass . , internet video company .
another highly - anticipated product iac is involved in with gm is for the 2014 chevrolet camaro . iac will produce the instrument panel for the next - generation muscle car here in michigan .
homeadvisor ceo chris terrill will stay in that role at the post - merger angi homeservices , and iac interactive ceo joey levin will become chairman of its board , the company said .
on august 26 , 2012 , iac acquired urltoken from the new york times . [ 40 ]
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right before liberty’s exchange of shares with iac , barry diller , who will now serve as the company’s chairman and senior executive , exchanged about 4 . 3 million shares of iac common stock held by him for an equal number of shares of class b common stock held by liberty .
i am grateful to barry and the iac management team for affording me the opportunity to serve as the cfo of such a great , dynamic company ,
said kip .
today ' s announcements make clear that exciting times lie ahead for iac , and i am confident that
iac ( nasdaq : iac ) is a leading media and internet company comprised of widely known consumer brands such as vimeo , dictionary . com , dotdash , the daily beast and investopedia , along with angi homeservices inc . which operates homeadvisor and angie’s list , and match . . .
iac / interactivecorp , the internet company headed by barry diller , is close to an agreement to acquire ask jeeves inc . , the nation ' s fourth - largest search engine company , for about $ 1 . 9 billion , according to an executive involved in the negotiations .
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iac interactive corp . ( nasdaq : iac ) , the new york city - based parent company of homeadvisor , announced today that it and indianapolis - based angie’s list ( nasdaq : angi ) reached agreement on the deal , which is scheduled to close in the fourth quarter this year .
but perhaps he is at the perfect company for him , as iac is a rather unusual media business . with minimal exposure in television , music or film , and hardly any in print – it recently purchased newsweek magazine – it is essentially a holding company for about 60 websites .
appointed to the position in june 2015 , mr . levin is responsible for the strategic leadership of iac and its operating businesses . in addition , he serves on the board of directors of iac .
greg blatt has been a senior member of the iac group for 14 years having starting as general counsel , his tenure including stints as the ceo of iac , urltoken and the entire match group .
iac is a company with its roots in the entertainment business ,
said van veen .
from barry diller ' s days at paramount and iac ' s early involvement in reveille to collegehumor ' s ten weekly original videos and the growing editorial voice of the daily beast , iac has , in one way or another , had a hand in content creation since its founding .
following the shift in focus to online assets , the company changed its name to usa interactive in may 2002 ; interactivecorp in june 2003 ; and finally to iac / interactivecorp in july 2004 .
it ' s because iac is a confusing conglomerate of online businesses that people simply don ' t understand . they don ' t know how iac is structured , and more importantly , they can ' t keep track of what iac even owns ,
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on december 9 , 2015 , iac announced the creation of iac publishing , a unit that combines the daily beast , about . com , urltoken and investopedia into a single operating group . [ 54 ]
on thursday , liberty attorney kevin abrams pressed diller about iac ' s lackluster stock performance and his less successful deals . diller admitted he was frustrated with iac ' s stock performance in recent years , but insisted that the opportunity to unlock each company ' s true value is driving his breakup plan .
iac and servicemagic acquire a majority stake in the koening company ( which owns urltoken and 123getaquote . co . uk ) and acquires urltoken from groupe cyberarchi therefore launching servicemagic europe in conjunction with servicemagic international
iac is reorganizing and rationalizing . greg blatt , who has been chief executive officer of the company since 2010 , will become chairman of the newly created match group , which will house the firm’s online dating businesses , tutor . com , fitness site dailyburn , and the company’s interest in skyllzone . ( iac is the parent company of the daily beast . ) urltoken ceo sam yagan will serve as ceo of the newly constituted match group . search & applications is headed by ceo joey levin .
buffeted by the tech ad recession and verging on bankruptcy , company completes a sweeping financial reorganization .
and in september , the company added discount travel website hotwire to its growing list of acquisitions .
the parent company that owns dating brands tinder , urltoken and okcupid wants to play the field .
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the new publicly traded company will be called angi homeservices inc . and be headquartered in colorado .
angie ' s list to be acquired by homeadvisor parent company the new publicly traded company will be called angi homeservices inc . and be headquartered in colorado . check out this story on urltoken urltoken
has served as the ceo of iac search & applications , overseeing the desktop software , mobile applications , and media properties that comprises iac ' s search & applications segment , including about . com , apalon , ask . com , ask . fm , citysearch , citygrid , dictionary . com , investopedia , mindspark , pricerunner , and slimware . prior to being appointed to his role at iac search & applications , mr . levin served as senior vice president , mergers & acquisitions and finance for iac , and held various roles within iac since joining the company in 2003 . prior to joining iac , mr . levin worked in the technology mergers & acquisitions group for credit suisse first boston ( now credit suisse ) in
the most appealing company in the split - up appears to be iac . its outlook was helped yesterday by news that iac had renewed its deal with google to market ads on urltoken and some of its other internet sites . that deal , worth $ 3 . 5 billion over five years , is more lucrative than an earlier deal , in the opinion of james j . friedland , a cowen & company analyst . he estimates that google will give 85 percent or more of the sales revenue to iac .
the new york - based iac is run by media mogul barry diller . the company also owns internet brands such as vimeo , college humor and about . com . ( gregory bull / ap photo )
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the deal , expected to close in the fourth quarter , is the end of an era for indianapolis ' best - known technology company . the new publicly traded company will be called angi homeservices inc . and will be headquartered in golden , colo . homeadvisor ceo chris terrill will lead the company .
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iac is using proceeds from the ipo to pay down debt . the ipo will also help distinguish match group from iac ' s nondating oriented portfolio companies , such as video website vimeo and humor website college humor .
in january 2014 , iac acquired a segment of valueclick ' s business , including investopedia and pricerunner . [ 47 ] later that year , in august , iac acquired urltoken for an undisclosed sum . [ 48 ]
an earlier version of this post carried an incorrect headline that said iac was spinning off its dating business .
“they had to ( sell to iac ) . they weren’t going to make it on their own . ”
an earlier version of this story gave an incorrect title for joey levin , ceo of iac interactive corp .
barry diller is the chairman and senior executive of iac and the chairman and senior executive of expedia group .
iac ( nasdaq : iac ) is a leading media and internet company comprised of widely known consumer brands such as vimeo , dictionary . com , dotdash , the daily beast and investopedia , along with angi homeservices inc . which operates homeadvisor and angie’s list , and match group’s online dating portfolio , which includes match , tinder , plentyoffish and okcupid . the company is headquartered in new york city and has offices worldwide .
following the shift in focus to online assets , the company changed its name to usa interactive in may 2002 ; interactivecorp in june 2003 ; and finally to iac / interactivecorp in july 2004 . [ 16 ]
the company recently celebrated the opening of its 10th manufacturing facility in china , in the southwest city of chongqing . it brings iac’s manufacturing facilities in asia to 17 , supported by six technical and engineering centers .
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the tinder parent is a popular growth play , but the company could eventually become a dividend payer .
juul is a $ 15 billion company . so what’s so wrong with silicon valley investing in sin ?
the dhi group , inc . compensation committee reviews and recommends policies relating to compensation and benefits of the company’s directors and employees and is responsible for approving the compensation of the company’s chief executive officer and other executive officers . the compensation committee also administers the issuance of awards under the company’s equity incentive plans .
in 2010 , iac acquired dating site singlesnet [ 33 ] and fitness site dailyburn . [ 34 ] later that year , barry diller stepped down as ceo of iac . [ 35 ] in february 2011 , iac acquired the free - to - contact dating site , okcupid , for $ 50 million . [ 36 ] in april 2011 , iac extended its deal with google , originally worth $ 3 . 5 billion , to hand over all search advertising on urltoken and other iac search products through march 31 , 2016 . [ 37 ]
the texas - based company , owned by media mogul barry diller ' s iac / interactivecorp , has developed online dating sites that work well on smartphones , attracting busy young professionals that are highly coveted by advertisers .
dailyburn , formerly known as gyminee , a social network for fitness and diet tracking , online accountability , and motivation , has been sold . iac has acquired a majority stake in the company for an undisclosed sum .
iac to buy lexico to boost its urltoken
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in q1 2018 , iac revenue was nearly $ 1 billion , up 31 % year - over - year .
greg blatt , iac’s ceo since 2010 , will lead the new match group housing online dating ventures and more .
with the leadership shakeup , iac ceo joey levin will become the chairman of the match group board of directors .
from 1995 to late 2010 , mr . diller served as the chairman and the chief executive officer of iac .
diller on tuesday denied reports that the french media conglomerate is considering a spinoff of the combined entertainment company .
bought a controlling stake in silver king communications , taking control of the television company as chairman and ceo .
now it looks like he’s content , or content - ish , keeping the company where it has been .
but he said he did recognize that iac could act as a sort of “central flywheel” to create , buy and finance companies to later be spun out . it occurred to him , he said , when he was talking to the chief executive of ticketmaster , which was then a wholly owned company of iac in the mid - 2000s .
mr . diller will continue to run iac , which will include the company’s core internet businesses : the search engine ask . com , the dating site urltoken and citysearch . in addition , he will join the board of at least one of the four other entities that iac plans to create next year , and possibly two of them .
. depending upon the number of angie ' s list stockholders electing to receive cash , upon completion of the transaction , iac will own between approximately 87 percent and approximately 90 percent of the equity value of the combined company .
from november 2009 to january 2012 , mr . levin served as chief executive officer of mindspark interactive network , an iac subsidiary . prior to his appointment at mindspark , mr . levin served as senior vice president , mergers & acquisitions and finance for iac , and has held various roles within iac since joining the company in 2003 . prior to joining iac , mr . levin worked in the technology mergers & acquisitions group for credit suisse first boston ( now credit suisse ) in san francisco advising public and private technology and e - commerce companies on a variety of transactions .
iac’s family of websites is one of the largest in the world , comprised of more than 150 brands and products .
iac completes the sale of home shopping europe gmbh & co . kg to karstadtquelle ag ( announced 5 / 07 )
iac ' s businesses engage consumers around the world . . . from search and entertainment to dating and home repair .
buzz aldrin will give a speech at the 67th iac in guadalajara on sunday , september 25 at 1 : 00pm .
the best explanation i’ve heard from iac - adjacent folks : iac chairman barry diller doesn’t really want to spend the money vimeo would need to spend to create a credible subscription service in an era when everyone is launching a subscription service .
a securities filing issued on monday disclosed that chelsea clinton , 31 , is now a director of iac / interactivecorp .
the iac announcement arrived less than two hours after yahoo said that it had scrapped plans to spin off its alibaba holdings and was instead exploring the formation of a new company consisting of everything but alibaba , including its internet unit .
match group will start next year with a new ceo as greg blatt announces his intentions to leave the company .
terrill in a statement touted what he considers the growth opportunity for his soon - to - be new company .
said clinton will be paid
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the battle between the media titans stems from diller ' s proposal to break up iac - a portfolio of vastly different internet and media holdings - into five separate companies . malone ' s liberty media ( linta ) owns a 30 % financial stake in iac , but controls 61 % voting power as the sole owner of iac ' s class b stock .
iac was incorporated in 1986 under the name silver king broadcasting company , as a subsidiary of the home shopping network . in 1992 , silver king was spun off to home shopping network shareholders as a separately traded public company . in august 1995 , barry diller bought a controlling stake in silver king communications , taking control of the television company as chairman and ceo . [ 5 ] a year later , silver king communications and home shopping network merged and acquired a third company , savoy pictures entertainment . the three companies were combined to create hsn , inc . [ 6 ]
we’re curious to see how this works out for iac — especially since analysts have claimed that yahoo would be worth more if it followed suit . for a look at how iac’s properties got divided , be sure too have a look below .
does this mean diller is stepping back from the company ?
that ' s ridiculous because now i have direct control over the company . if anything i ' m stepping closer . frankly my family and i want to be in this for the long term , but now the company will be managed more aggressively by greg . the company needs a different kind of ceo . i have been so identified with this company .
ah , so the moves are also about succession and at least partly even looking beyond to the day when diller is no longer active .
big move for liberty media , iac and the latter’s barry diller today . the former has exchanged its entire equity stake in the internet holding company for a combination of assets and cash in a transaction intended to be tax - free to both companies . liberty has exchanged approximately 12 . 8 million shares of iac stock for all of the capital stock of a wholly - owned subsidiary of iac that holds the evite and urltoken businesses , and approximately $ 220 million in cash .
iac ( nasdaq : iaci ) is a leading media and internet company comprised of more than 150 brands and products , including ask . com , about . com , match . com , homeadvisor and vimeo . focused in the areas of search , applications , online dating , local and media , iac ' s family of websites is one of the largest in the world , with more than a billion monthly visits across more than 100 countries . the company is headquartered in
people familiar with dramafever say that iac , which already owns web video hub vimeo , is in talks with the company , which offers free ad - supported videos , as well as a $ 10 - a - month subscription service .
homeadvisor began as servicemagic and was acquired by iac in 2004 . in 2012 , the site was rebranded and relaunched as homeadvisor . the company has been doing lots of consumer advertising to build its brand and has expanded into international markets .
the news comes week after iac laid off most of its urltoken staff and effectively surrendered its search operations to its competitors .
diller takes the stand in his high - profile battle with onetime pal john malone over the future of iac / interactivecorp .
barry diller is set thursday to defend his record as a media mogul in bid to retain control of iac / interactivecorp .
iac / interactivecorp said thursday it ' s planning an initial public offering for its online dating business , the match group .
in addition to the buy rating , jefferies has upped its price target for iac stock from $ 85 to $ 92 .
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iac / interactivecorp has announced an agreement to acquire servicemagic inc . , an online home services marketplace , in a cash transaction . terms of the agreement were not disclosed . servicemagic will remain an independent brand within the iac local and media services group .
provides iac’s search products and network partners with sponsored listings and other search - related services , is comparable to the previous agreement .
buzz will be at a press conference at the iac in jerusalem on monday , october 12 , 2015 at 12 : 00pm .
iac also announced thursday that chief financial officer jeff kip was resigning to spend more time with his family and pursue other interests .
in late 2015 , iac interactive offered a $ 512 million cash buyout to acquire angie’s list , but that offer was rejected .
, it ' s a more than satisfactory record . as part of this evolution , in 2008 we spun off four companies simultaneously , leaving us with a much smaller iac . since that time we ' ve grown the company substantially , more than quadrupling the company ' s value , with the match group leading the way – and so now , under the superb leadership of
in brooklyn , the company has arrayed thousands of tiny antennas — each the size of a thumbprint — so that each subscriber has an assigned antenna . that way , the company says , it complies with laws involving the exhibition of copyrighted material .
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on the business front , the station group has been meeting with rep firms to discuss selling ad time for the company .
messier said he expected 2002 to be a year of growth with no major changes to the company ' s basic structure .
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the company estimates that match alone has helped put together more than 10 million couples , who have then gone on to have those million babies , and the company is optimistic it will see a steady stream of new users for years to come .
at this point , after the universal deal was approved . continuing its acquisition strategy , the company acquired urltoken in may 1999
the combined company will be called angi homeservices inc . and will keep both the angie ' s list and homeadvisor brands .
the company has been planning to add a new headquarters and tech development office in denver ' s booming river north neighborhood .
“this is now the 10th publicly traded company to emerge from what was one company , in 1995 , with $ 48 million in sales and a market capitalization of $ 201 million – the beginning of iac . today , the equity value of the companies created is in excess of $ 43 billion , with a compounded annual return of 13 . 3 percent . while it’s hard to predict the future , i think we’ll just keep going , ” said barry diller , chairman of iac and expedia , inc .
new york - based iac , which is controlled by media mogul barry diller , will own between 87 % and 90 % of angi homeservices inc . , depending on how many angie ' s list shareholders take cash instead of stock in the combined company .
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on december 22 , 2013 , iac fired their director of corporate communications , justine sacco . she became a source of controversy for a
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iac has yet to explain why it dropped its plans , which levin had been talking up as recently as its may earnings call .
in a move that is aimed at bolstering iac’s lagging share price , simplifying its convoluted corporate structure and maybe even placating his old partner john c . malone , mr . diller announced that he was breaking the $ 18 billion company into five publicly traded businesses .
in addition to match group , jefferies projects 35 percent revenue growth from homeadvisor this year after the company delivered 38 percent revenue growth in 2016 . fitzgerald also noted that vimeo’s new direct - to - consumer offering could supply additional revenue upside for iac this year .
iac is a leading media and internet company comprised of widely known consumer brands such as vimeo , dictionary . com , dotdash , the daily beast and investopedia , along with angi homeservices inc . which operates homeadvisor and angie’s list , and match group’s online dating portfolio , which includes match , tinder , plentyoffish and okcupid . the company is headquartered in new york city and has offices worldwide .
pricerunner was part of a portfolio of internet assets sold by valueclick to mr diller ' s company just over two years ago .
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for the most part , though , expedia has been a profitable company and has had the resources to keep expanding its portfolio .
as match group is a solidly profitable company , investors may be wondering if or when it might start to pay a dividend .
iac , angi homeservices inc . , angie ' s list and certain of their directors and executive officers may be deemed participants in the solicitation of proxies from angie ' s list ' s stockholders in connection with the proposed transactions . information about the directors and executive officers of iac is set forth in the definitive proxy statement for iac ' s 2017 annual meeting of stockholders , as previously filed with the sec on
iac is buying angie’s list and will combine it with its own home services lead - gen site , homeadvisor , in a deal worth in excess of $ 500 million . the merged entity will then be spun out as a new public company : angi homeservices inc .
iac led a $ 20 . 5 million round of financing for aereo , and mr . diller is joining the start - up’s board .
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and so began what has turned iac into a minifactory of spinoffs . “i’m really an anti - conglomerateur , ” mr . diller said .
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in may 2008 , iac and urltoken acquired lexico , the owner of dictionary . com , thesaurus . com , and reference . com .
according to fitzgerald , the strong growth in match group inc ( nasdaq : mtch ) and homeadvisor suggests iac stock has room to run .
iac has spawned 10 public companies , including angi homeservices inc . match group , expedia , tripadvisor , hsn , tree , interval , and live nation ( formerly ticketmaster ) , creating equity value in excess of $ 47 billion over the course of more than 20 years . since mr . diller took control of iac , a dollar invested in the company has returned shareholders a 14 % compound annual growth rate .
“we will continue to grow for sure because one of our core fundamentals has been that the industry needed a global interior supplier , ” said james k . kamsickas , iac president and ceo , during an interview at the company’s north american headquarters earlier this year in southfield .
the arrangement raises questions about the future of angie ' s list ' s indianapolis footprint , as well as how many employees will remain with the combined company . iac expects to cut $ 50 million to $ 75 million a year in costs by the end of 2018 .
urbanspoon , which was part of nasdaq - listed umbrella firm for various internet ventures iac , has a presence in six countries including the us , canada , ireland , the uk , australia and new zealand . it was a self funded venture before iac snapped the firm in 2009 .
. in 1992 , silver king was spun off to home shopping network shareholders as a separately traded public company . in august 1995 ,
. the angi homeservices inc . class a common stock issued in the merger will possess one vote per share and is expected to be listed for trading on nasdaq at closing of the transaction . angi homeservices inc . will also issue shares of class b common stock , possessing 10 votes per share , to iac in exchange for the contribution by iac of homeadvisor . upon closing of the transaction , depending upon the number of angie ' s list stockholders electing to receive cash , iac will hold between approximately 87 percent and approximately 90 percent of the combined company ' s equity value and approximately 98 percent of the total voting power , and former angie ' s list stockholders will hold equity in the combined company representing between approximately 13 percent and approximately 10 percent of the combined company ' s equity value . iac will designate a majority of the initial members of the board of directors of the combined company . the transaction , which is subject to the satisfaction of customary closing conditions , including regulatory approvals and the approval by angie ' s list stockholders , is expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2017 .
there was no indication yesterday of how his new pay package would shape up . at least one analyst asked whether iac would get an investment banking fee for splitting up the company , in the manner that private equity firms do . a spokesman said there would be no fees .
bringing operations in - house has helped iac assure their clients – primarily major automakers – that there won’t be any kinks in the supply chain .
“this is diller moving around the assets , ” said chris marangi , who follows the company for gabelli & company . “they spun off expedia two and half years ago . now there is a recognition that there is not a lot of synergy between the remaining companies . ”
in 2008 , mr . diller began a grand experiment of breaking up iac , which is based in new york . there’s expedia , tripadvisor ( a spinoff of expedia ) , ticketmaster , lendingtree , interval leisure group , hsn and now match . at the time , iac was considered by some to be suffering under what skeptics called the “diller discount . ” a 2006 barron’s article , “barry diller’s dilemma , ” argued that iac’s assets were vastly undervalued as a conglomerate , but even when he began to split the company up , the stocks of the spinoffs initially underperformed .
since iac’s inception more than 20 years ago , iac businesses have consistently unleashed the power of digital interactivity to transform daily living . businesses like expedia and ticketmaster proved that entire industries , such as travel and ticketing , could move from offline to online at a previously unthinkable pace . over time , the company added to those businesses , growing them into massive entities then spinning them off to shareholders , only to start building anew .
j . p . morgan securities llc acted as financial advisor to iac and homeadvisor , and wachtell lipton rosen & katz llp acted as legal counsel . allen & company llc and bofa merrill lynch acted as financial advisors to angie’s list , and sidley austin llp served as legal counsel .
the company took a leap into mobile at the beginning of the year , with new capabilities for publishers to launch their own custom apps .
this led to the creation of a new entity called vivendi universal entertainment ( barry diller became the ceo of the newly created company ) .
the combined company , he added , will face pressure from other tech companies , possibly including giants such as google , amazon and facebook .
prior to this , joey levin was the ceo of iac search & applications , overseeing the desktop software , mobile applications , and media properties that comprise iac’s search & applications segment : about . com , apalon , ask . com , askfm , citysearch , citygrid , dictionary . com , investopedia , mindspark , pricerunner , and slimware . in this role he was responsible for setting overall strategy and maximizing opportunities across iac’s search and applications brands .
upon closing of the acquisition , management of servicemagic ' s lending and real estate businesses will fall under the iac financial services and real estate group .
the correct answer is iac , barry diller ’s hodgepodge of internet businesses that has long lived in the shadow of tech behemoths like amazon and facebook .
this has made it even tougher for iac to find ways to spend its prodigious cash pile of $ 870m , a recently - issued dividend notwithstanding .
just before our interview , walking through the lobby of iac’s luxurious , frank gehry - designed building , i encountered mr diller himself , now chairman .
as gm brings production of the next - generation camaro to lansing in a few years , iac will move production of the instrument panel to alma .
, originally worth $ 3 . 5 billion , to hand over all search advertising on urltoken and other iac search products through march 31 , 2016 .
the move is part of a rationalization of the many operating units of iac into three groups : the newly formed match group ; the search and applications business , which accounts for about 60 percent of iac’s revenues ; and media businesses , which include vimeo , the atavist , and the daily beast .
, and to pursue other interests . mr . kip will remain with iac for an interim period and will help with transition to a new cfo .
“they had to ( sell to iac ) , ” copley , the analyst , said . “they weren’t going to make it on their own . ”
investors and security holders are urged to carefully review and consider each of iac’s and angie’s list’s public filings with the securities and exchange commission ( the “sec” ) , including but not limited to , if applicable , their annual reports on form 10 - k , their proxy statements , their current reports on form 8 - k and their quarterly reports on form 10 - q . the documents filed by iac with the sec may be obtained free of charge at iac’s website at urltoken or at the sec’s website at urltoken . these documents may also be obtained free of charge from iac by requesting them in writing to iac investor relations , 555 west 18th street , new york , ny 10011 , or by telephone at 1 - 212 - 314 - 7400 .
as part of iac ' s cash - and - stock deal , angie ' s list shareholders can receive either one share of class a common stock of the new company , or $ 8 . 50 per share of angie ' s list that they own . that represents a 44 . 3 premium over monday ' s closing price of $ 5 . 89 . iac will not pay more than $ 130 million in cash for the transaction .
j . p . morgan securities llc acted as financial advisor to iac and homeadvisor , and wachtell lipton rosen & katz llp acted as legal counsel . allen & company llc and bofa merrill lynch acted as financial advisors to angie ' s list , and sidley austin llp served as legal counsel .
iac operates more than 50 leading and diversified internet businesses across 30 countries . . . our mission is to harness the power of interactivity to make daily life easier and more productive for people all over the world . to view a full list of the companies of iac please visit our website at urltoken .
) is a leading media and internet company comprised of widely known consumer brands such as homeadvisor , vimeo , dictionary . com , the daily beast , investopedia , and match group ' s online dating portfolio , which includes match , tinder , plentyoffish and okcupid . the company is headquartered in
hsn , inc . acquired several assets in the late - 1990s . in may 1997 , the company acquired a controlling stake in ticketmaster group ;
iac / interactive owns a variety of internet businesses . its principle holdings are expedia , ticketmaster , home shopping network , urltoken and citysearch . advertising spending on search sites is rapidly growing and mr . diller ' s company appears to be trying to tap into a market dominated by google and yahoo .
iac , which owns sites like match . com , tinder and the daily beast , will merge angie ' s list with its own reviews site homeadvisor . the newly combined , publicly - traded company will be named angi homeservices and both the angie ' s list and homeadvisor brands will be retained .
iac expects the match group to issue less than 20 % of its common stock in the initial public offering , with iac ' s remaining stake in the match group represented by both high - and low - vote common shares . the ipo is expected to be completed during the fourth quarter of this year .


mekog ( maatschappij tot exploitatie van kooksovengas , english coke oven gas exploitation company ) was a chemical company founded 1928 that manufactured fertilizer using hydrogen from coke oven gas as a feedstock .

the company 's facilities were located on the site of the koninklijke nederlandsche hoogovens en staalfabrieken steelworks near ijmuiden in the netherlands .

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shell companies first entered the chemicals industry in 1929 , via a partnership in the netherlands called nv mekog , which manufactured ammonia from coke - oven gas .
oci n . v . is a global producer and distributor of natural gas - based fertilizers & industrial chemicals based in the netherlands .
orascom construction industries s . a . e . ( oci s . a . e . ) is the former parent company of oci n . v . oci n . v . acquired 99 . 84 % of oci s . a . e . in a mandatory tender offer between 2013 and 2014 . the residual shares remain listed on the egyptian exchange under the symbol ocic . the company intends to relaunch the mandatory tender offer subject to regulatory approvals .
oci s . a . e . owns certain fertilizer and construction activities based in north africa . as part of the demerger of the engineering and construction group to form orascom construction limited ( orascom construction ) in march 2015 , the company intends to demerge oci s . a . e . into two separate groups , an egyptian fertilizer group company and an egyptian construction group company ( egypt demerger ) .
this process will be the final step in the complete separation of both businesses . upon completion of the egypt demerger , oci s . a . e . ’s egyptian construction group company ( construction egypt ) will formally become a legal subsidiary of orsacom construction . the egypt demerger requires the approval of efsa and gafi .
on 28 january 2015 , the oci s . a . e . board of directors approved the egypt demerger . on 29 january 2015 , oci s . a . e . published an invitation to its shareholders to attend an egm on 15 february to approve the egypt demerger in principle . on 15 february 2015 , such egm was conducted wherein the egypt demerger was approved in principle .
until the egypt demerger is approved and effected , orascom construction retains the economic benefits and liabilities of the construction activities under oci s . a . e . , and oci n . v . retains the economic benefits and liabilities of the fertilizer activities under oci s . a . e . through a conditional sale agreement , which is described in more detail in the orascom construction prospectus found on its website .
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the petrochemicals industry is diverse and shell chemicals focuses on producing basic or ‘building - block’ chemicals , for sale in bulk to other chemicals companies or industries . shell has more than 85 years’ experience in the chemicals industry and we are well positioned to be part of the global growth in the chemicals industry . in 2015 we sold more than 17 million tonnes of high - quality product , to nearly 1 , 000 customers .
meanwhile , in the united states , the shell chemical company ( founded 1929 ) began the world ' s first production of ammonia from natural gas in california in 1931 . it also started production of chemical solvents from refinery gases in california during the early 1930s while in 1942 it pioneered the production of butadiene , a key raw material for synthetic rubbers .
in 1941 , production of teepol liquid detergent began at stanlow in the uk , the first manufacture of a petroleum - based organic chemical in europe .
in the decades that have followed , shell chemicals companies have played a major part in the growth of the petrochemicals sector and developed some of its key manufacturing processes . in the table below are some of the highlights of that history of innovation .
with a competitive edge in chemical feedstocks , underpinned by a strong product portfolio and proprietary shell technology , the business is entering a new period of growth .
the table shows the years in which original processes developed by shell were commercialised . current shell chemicals activities are shown in bold , although the processes that are used today sometimes differ from the original version .
liquid propylene process ( lipp ) and shell high activity catalyst ( shac ) system . the lipp - shac process is now a basell technology .
completion of the shell eastern petrochemicals complex in singapore , shell ' s largest , fully integrated hub to - date . the omega technology is used in the mono - ethylene glycol plant .
shell first to offer a globally available portfolio of natural gas - based fluids and solvents for the chemical industry , manufactured at the world’s largest gtl plant , pearl gtl in qatar .
in addition , shell researchers have achieved major improvements in the ethylene oxide ( eo ) process over the past 50 years , by making a process switch from air to oxygen and by continuous catalyst improvements .
as well as operating a number of wholly - owned manufacturing facilities and marketing a broad range of base chemicals and intermediates through six product lines , shell chemicals companies participate in a number of strategic joint ventures .
experience old - ijmuiden is a 3 ½ mile ( 5 . 5 km ) walk which takes you along 25 historical and cultural places of this former fishing neighbourhood
solid information boards show photo’s and information about old - ijmuiden in the olden days ; places and buildings that have disappeared or changed . on this page you will find more information in english about places along the route , with many photo’s and stories .
the old ijmuiden heritage walk is part of the story project experience old ijmuiden . stories have been collected about the history of old ijmuiden , from the construction of the north sea canal in 1876 until today . the stories were published in the ijmuider courant in 2014 - 2015 and in a book , be leef ijmuiden ( experience old ijmuiden ) . the project is commissioned by the velsen welfare foundation and the stories connect foundation .
because ijmuiden was the only north sea port between hoek van holland and den helder , fishing boats from miles around tried to find shelter in the north sea canal estuary , between the jetties , thus obstructing the passage to amsterdam . this is why the vissershaven ( fisher harbour ) opened in 1896 , thus creating the harbour head .
the fortress was built between 1881 and 1888 and is the largest of the defence line of amsterdam , which is a unesco world heritage site . the fortress became an island in 1929 and was also part of the atlantikwall in world war ii .
in 1876 king willem iii opened the north sea canal , the kleine sluis ( small lock ) and the zuidersluis ( southern lock ) . the noordersluis ( northern lock , 1928 ) with its length of 400 metres , width of 40 metres and depth of 15 metres was the largest in the world .
until around 1900 fish were preserved by filling them with salt ; from then on ice was used for this purpose . the ice was obtained from ponds of large estates or even imported from norway . in more modern times the ice was made in ice factories like koelhuis ijsvries .
the oldest buildings of ijmuiden line the sluisplein . at the end of the 19 th century ten staff dwellings , seven government buildings and warehouses for pilotage were built there .
from the harbour office at 3 sluisplein the lockkeeper had an excellent view over the locks . on the corner of sluisplein and visseringstraat the old bell tower ( 1896 - 1925 ) is situated . on the island beyond the southern lock houses for staff of the locks and the power station were built between 1909 and 1917 , as well as land batteries for the dutch world war i coastal defence .
hotel augusta was built in the year 1907 and commemorates the name of augusta victoria , wife of the german kaiser wilhelm ii . the hotel was originally owned by the heere family . unlike a large part of ijmuiden , augusta ‘survived’ world war ii . all these years augusta remained in possession of the heere family . their children ran augusta until the current owners , john and monique van waveren , took over the hotel in 1984 . at that time the building was a mere ruin . the restaurant part remained original . the salon café used to house tobacconist dorresteijn , and was later bought by poulterer onrust , locally known as ‘arie kip’ . after several years the adjacent building ( now called the orange lounge ) was added to the hotel . on the current location of the reception , the breakfast room and the crown hall used to be the haberdashery of the botman family . on the corner was the baptist community centre .
the thalia theatre was built in 1890 as an old - catholic church with presbytery . when a new church was built on the wilhelminakade , thalia church was transformed into a basketry and fishnet - repair workshop . in 1910 the building was turned into a cinema in art deco - style . the movie would often be interrupted by loud announcements of the imminent departure of a fishing boat . the men concerned left the cinema to join their boats . because german propaganda films were shown in thalia during world war ii , the theatre survived the numerous bombings . until 1969 thalia was used as a cinema ; afterwards the building was put into use by the civil defence corps . the current owners , john and monique van waveren , have turned it into a theatre - cum - party centre once again .
in 1848 the amsterdam professor simon vissering wrote about ijmuiden in magazine de gids : ‘an amsterdam sea harbour lying at the estuary of a canal lying between the ij and the north sea’ . he was way ahead of his time . on 8 march 1865 the directors of the amsterdamsche kanaal maatschappij ( akm – amsterdam canal company ) cut the first sod in the dunes of the estate of de breesaap . it was an amsterdam party , to which the local authorities of velsen , the small town to which the de breesaap estate belonged , were not even invited .
the heavy digging was done by common polderlabourers and navvies , who came from all parts of the netherlands and even from as far as germany and belgium . on the edge of hamlet de heide the unmarried men lived in barracks . the ‘keetbaas’ ( boss ) and his wife were masters of the camp and made a lot of money from selling liquor to the weary navvies . canal workers with families had to fend for themselves . they built huts , made from faggots and clay , in the dunes or dug holes in the ground .
the construction of the locks and the digging was supervised by the english contracting firm lee & son . the site foremen would divide and rule : part of the labour force held a permanent appointment , the rest was hired by the day . the wages were low and there was much uncertainty among the workforce . strikes were bound to happen and in 1886 villa wijkeroog , the head office of the english engineers and foremen on the north side of the canal , was set on fire .
on 1 november 1876 king willem iii opened the north sea canal . the canal connecting amsterdam and the north sea by a fast route now , cut across “holland at its narrowest part” aboard steamer de stad breda the king sailed through the new locks . he signed an official charter , thus giving the harbour of ijmuiden , the ij estuary , its name .
the kleine sluis ( small lock ) and the zuidersluis ( southern lock ) were opened simultaneously with the north sea canal . the middensluis ( middle lock ) opened in 1896 and the noordersluis ( northern lock ) in 1928 . with its length of 400 metres , width of 40 metres and depth of 15 metres this was then the largest in the world .
the armoured fortress with its forty - odd rooms and the impressive dome hall is the largest of the defence line of amsterdam , a circle of defensive works around the capital . the defence line is a unesco world heritage site . the fortress was built between 1881 and 1888 on the mainland for defending the north sea canal and the sea locks against attacks from the sea . because the north sea canal was widened when the northern lock was built the fortress became an island in 1929 . it contained a variety of cannons and seven machine gun posts .
after world war i the island remained uninhabited for years . when preparing the fortress for battle during the mobilisation in 1940 , dutch soldiers came across a dilapidated mess . in the may days of 1940 not a single shot was fired . after the dutch capitulation german soldiers settled on the island . they were ill at ease there and called it ‘die ratteninsel” ( rat island ) .
for the germans the island was a strategically important position in the atlantikwall , which was to prevent an allied invasion along the european coast .
one of the oldest companies of ijmuiden is the shipping agency of halverhout en zwart . since 1876 the firm has offered its services to maritime companies in the north sea canal area . a wooden shed on the northern side of the north sea canal housed the first office of this shipping agency . the piece of land for its office was provided free of charge by maatschappij ijmuiden ( ijmuiden foundation ) from messrs bik and arnold . it was the first private building of a maritime service company in ijmuiden . later the company moved to the corner of visseringstraat and kanaalstraat . the firm is presently called royal united shipping agencies halverhout en zurmühlen b . v . and is established at the felison terminal , where the ferry to england also leaves .
the navvies and canal diggers mainly lived in de heide , which was later called velseroord , situated on the southern side of the canal . the english had their living quarters in the environs of country estate wijkeroog . this community was known as the english village . to show the english they were indispensable to digging the canal , the amsterdam canal company decided to build a canteen on piles in the polder wetlands : the english provision stores . liquor , smoking materials and other goodies were sold there for reduced prices . the local tax on spirits provided the municipal treasury with a piece of the pie too . concrete casters came to live in the village as well , because they were urgently needed . they worked in the concrete factory where the blocks for the piers were cast . the blocks were transported by a narrow - gauge railway on flat wagons , pulled by a tank engine , to the piers . on the piers the concrete blocks were moved by titan cranes . the cranes were made in england , had a radius of twelve metres and operated along rails .
soon after the north sea canal was opened fishing boats from miles around , even from england and denmark , tried to find shelter between the ijmuiden jetties . on the piers the eternal light was burning ; the new harbour lights were able to burn for twelve days and nights , thanks to a special fuel supply .
in ijmuiden a thriving fishing trade arose . coastal fishermen from urk , volendam , nieuwediep , katwijk and vlaardingen sailed between the piers and their smacks , cutters and luggers dropped anchor in the outer harbour . the ‘vletterlieden’ ( the pilots’ predecessors ) helped the fishermen to bring their catches ashore . there the fish was sold privately . with dog carts or with baskets strapped on their backs tradesmen from egmond and other surrounding villages went to ijmuiden to buy fish . the fishmongers between them fixed the prices ; they didn’t deem it necessary to involve the fishermen .
around 1880 the fishermen agreed that private selling of fish was not satisfactory any more : the fishing trade was in need of a reorganisation . reijer visser from nieuwediep organised an official fish auction near the locks . in kanaalstraat he built a pub ( café afslag – the auction pub ) and started a ship provisions store where fishermen could buy reasonably priced victuals . the egmond fishmongers raised a storm of protest : no more price - fixing for them . the first fish auctioned by reijer visser came from the middelharnis smack titia jacoba , owned by captain maarten van delft . van delft made a fantastic calculation and got 1 , 194 guilders for 294 cod fish , 900 haddock , 87 halibuts and turbot an 180 pieces of thornback . the government granted more licences to start a fish auction , i . e . vischafslag planteijdt on ericssonstraat , and consequently there was more competition . planteijdt later initiated the coöperatieve vischafslag ( cooperative fish auction ) , which was established as a protest against the government auctions .
fishing activities were expanding . in 1885 three new jetties were built . when these proved to be insufficient the western dunes were levelled to construct the vissershaven ( fishers harbour ) , which opened in 1896 . the first trawlers , called ‘trolders’ by the people of ijmuiden , were steaming into the harbour . because the government noticed there was good money to be earned in fishing , a wooden auction was built on the head of the vissershaven , called the lattenmarkt ( slats market ) . private auctioneers were allowed to use this auction . the government ruled that ‘it is forbidden to hold an auction any place other than designated by the harbour master in the ‘vishal’ ( fish building ) . as a result the private auctions lost their monopoly position . a fishing war followed , won by the government . in 1899 the government established the staatsvissershavenbedrijf ( state fishing harbour company ) , employing state auctioneers who had the exclusive right to sell fish publicly in the fish building . the first 145 - metres long stone fish building was built in 1900 . in the vernacular this was called “lely’s building” .
west of the vissershaven a small harbour for pilotage and dredging equipment was built . along trawlerkade the first buildings arose in 1901 . subsequently the area south of the vissershaven was divided into practical plots and given to companies wanting to set up their businesses in the direct vicinity of the harbour . apart from fish merchants and towing services also technical companies , supporting and supplying the shipping industry such as the predecessors of zwart techniek , hera machinebouw and van laar maritiem , established their businesses here .
in 1914 it was decided to build a new harbour . it was partially situated on the same spot as the old auxiliary harbour and was accessible through the vissershaven . 1920 saw the construction of the haringhaven ( herring harbour ) in the present direction . in 1939 the building of the slipways south - westerly from the haringhaven was started and in 1950 two new slipways in the haringhaven were completed .
until around 1900 fish were preserved by filling them with salt ; from then on ice was used for this purpose . firm s . j . groen was the first to build a large ice warehouse with cold stores , called mercurius , at the corner of zeestraat ( later called frögerstraat ) and visseringstraat . in the summer the ice was imported from norway ; in the winter the owners of the estates velserbeek and rooswijk permitted ice being taken from their frozen ponds . many ice factories followed and some years later factories such as nv ijsfabriek ijmuiden , ijsfabriek de noordpool en nv kristalijsfabriek groenland , south of the vissershaven , made artificial ice . nv ijsfabriek , later called koelhuis ijsvries from 1911 established on sluisplein , was the first ice factory in the vicinity of the fish building . during the first years only ice was made , but after world war i the company specialized in freezing fish , eggs , bulbs and fruit . the modernization of its machinery led to a 200 – ton ice production a day . later the modern koelhuis ijsvries was built on kanaalstraat and in 1955 ice factory and cold stores were brought under one board of directors , under the name of verenigde koelhuizen en ijsfabrieken nv .
in 1986 pieter schmidt van gelder established a paper factory , as part of van gelder en zonen ( 1784 ) , in velsen along the north sea canal . it was one of the first companies in velsen . the name crown was added in 1963 , as a result of making cardboard for punched cards in cooperation with the american paper factory crown zellerbach . in 2015 crown en van gelder employ 280 people and produce 220 , 000 tons of paper per year for printers , labels and special packaging
even before the opening of the north sea canal the first houses were built , which was the beginning of ijmuiden . these first residents were civil servants , for whom in 1875 a row of lockkeepers houses were built near the lock . head engineer justus dirks from the amsterdam canal company asked seven - year old alida smakman , the assistant lockkeeper’s daughter , to lay the first stone . mayor enschedé and the velsen town council were watching while alida and her father laid the first stone .
the bik family and the descendants of this well - to - do patrician family played an important part in the development of ijmuiden . in 1851 brothers - in - law adrianus bik and jan willem arnold bought de breesaap estate for one million guilders . in 1863 part of it was given to the amsterdam canal company for digging the north sea canal . messrs . bik and arnold were entrepreneurs and pioneers in heart and soul , showing true social involvement . in 1876 they established the burgerlijke maatschap ( civil partnership ) , later called maatschappij ijmuiden ( ijmuiden foundation ) , in which the part of de breesaap south of the canal ( 355 acres ) was placed . the area was levelled for building activities and was the foundation of ijmuiden . in 1877 the foundation presented a modest development plan for housing , industry and fishery . the plan was accompanied by ‘regulations concerning the building of houses and the hygiene thereof’
financed by jan willem arnold the first forty numbered working - class houses were built on a site not far from the lock . although built with the best intentions , the neighbourhood and its shabby houses soon became a notorious slum , called ‘the forty’ . in 1897 the houses were occupied by the first working - class families , most of whom thought they were better off than before . mainly fishermen from egmond lived in the forty” . the entrance to the dwellings was through hoeksteeg , between prins hendrikstraat and zeestraat ( later frogerstraat ) . the kitchen had a surface area of one square metre and some box - beds could only be slept in with pulled up knees . a privy was placed outside the houses and inhabitants had to fetch water from the pump near the entrance of this neighbourhood .
the development plan of the ijmuiden foundation showed streets in straight lines , which were connected with kanaalstraat . a new neighbourhood was built : the new town of ijmuiden was booming ; the industrious pioneer spirit accompanied by a wind of change .
before the construction of the railway between velsen and ijmuiden an omnibus - service , a large horse - drawn carriage with full - length seats , ran between velsen railway station and hotel nommer eén on kanaalstraat in ijmuiden .
from 1867 the train from the hollandse ijzeren spoorweg maatschappij ( dutch iron railway company ) connected haarlem and uitgeest , via the velserspoorbrug : a large swing bridge near the present paper factory van gelder . it was not until 1883 that the construction of the railway line to ijmuiden was under way . for the section ijmuiden – velsen part of ‘the hoge berg’ was levelled . at first a little railway station with a wooden platform was built , near the locks ( annastraat ) . in 1886 the line became a double track . the fish transport made demands too and after the completion of the vissershaven the fish merchants insisted on a station near the harbour . railway station ijmuiden , situated on stationsplein at the bottom of oranjestraat , opened in 1899 . the fish train had its own station and could be loaded behind the fish building via the fish bridge .
the ijmuiden railway was closed down in 1983 , but was still used for refrigerated fish transport . in 1995 the station was demolished .
many cherished the thought that ijmuiden would soon be a stylish tourist spot . in 1887 hotel nommer eén was built at the corner of oranjestraat – kanaalstraat : ‘the only building with a second floor’ . the hotel was a meeting place for shipowners and fish merchants and served as a cultural and community centre . when the railway line was first built it also served as a buffet for the train passengers , until in 1899 the station was built . jacob list , who bought the hotel from hugo jacob werkhoven , made it very prosperous . in 1943 the hotel had to be demolished , by order of the german occupying forces ; its last owner was gerardus milne .
short after hotel nommer eén was built a speculative citizen of amsterdam built a second hotel , which had to be more distinguished , more beautiful and more comfortable : hotel willem barendsz . the hotel was intended for housing the luxury passengers from the mail boats and suez ships . in good weather you could see the westertoren in amsterdam from the dome on the roof .
of course many a day tripper and even foreign tourists came to look at the giant lock . the luxury tourists , however , sailed on to amsterdam . the large hotel rooms remained empty and the hotel became dilapidated . the only way to make a little money was to rent out function rooms to the rising number of religious communities on a sunday . pilots and ‘vletterlieden’ used the dome as a watchtower . before the building was eventually pulled down , it had been used by the boon brothers as a livery stable .
in 1905 the private “vereeniging visscherijschool ijmuiden” ( association fishery school ijmuiden ) was founded . this school trained skippers , first mates and engineers because ‘something had to be done about training these lads if the fishing industry was to have fresh and new blood in its fishing fleet’ . the fishery school could use a class room in school b on oranjestraat and two old pilot boats . the first headmaster – teacher taught fourteen pupils from 6 to 8 o’clock in the evening .
because of financial difficulties the town council took control over the fishing school in 1911 . after being temporarily housed in the ‘klapschool’ on president krügerstraat , the school moved to a new building at the corner of kompasstraat and havenkade in 1916 . in 1952 the name was changed into ‘gemeentelijke school voor visserij en scheepvaart’ ( municipal school of fishery and shipping trade ) and since 1981 it has been called ‘school voor zeevaart en techniek” ( nautical and technical school ) . in 1988 the school moved to a new building on sluisplein with again a different name : ‘nova college maritiem instituut ijmond” . ( nova college maritime institute ijmuiden )
in 1989 a foundation was set up to preserve the old school building and to turn it into a museum . more than seventy ijmuiden volunteers partook in the restoration . in 1994 minister hedy d’ancona of welfare , public health an culture opened the zee - and havenmuseum ( sea and harbour museum ) .
in 1917 h . j . e . wenckebach presented his plan for a dutch steelworks . the ‘committee for establishing a steel and roll works in the netherlands’ preferred ijmuiden to rotterdam because of the firm subsoil . the first phase saw the realisation of two blast furnaces , a coke - oven battery , an inner and outer harbour , a railway yard , a power station and a by - products plant for cleaning the coke - oven gas .
at the beginning of the twentieth century the fishing trade was becoming more regulated . despite strikes and other setbacks a number of bona fide fishmongers established themselves in ijmuiden . after world war i had started it was tumultuous within the fishing trade and new names worked their way up . many of these fishmongers originated from egmond aan zee , being the core of the ijmuiden fishing trade . they did not just buy and sell fish , but they also started owning herring luggers and exporting salted herrings .
in the interbellum ijmuiden got into decline . the economic recession caused a depression in the fishing trade . because of the german inflation trade with the hinterland ground to a halt ; the trawlers stayed idly in the harbour , thus affecting the fishing trade and causing the fishermen to go on strike . when in 1933 the shipowners revoked the collective agreement and proposed a fifteen percent wage reduction , the ijmuiden federation announced a big strike among the fishermen . this strike lasted from 3 january until 11 july and is the longest in the history of the fishing industry . emotions were running high , but eventually the actions were undermined by infighting and all efforts proved to have been to no avail .
the conditions aboard the ships were wretched and caused another strike in 1936 . this time the workers did win , but it did not do them much good , because of the crisis . the fishing trade did not give up , however , and found new markets in czechoslovakia and france . in due time the fishing trade slowly recovered and the so - called haddock boats sailed for the fishing grounds again .
national socialism , promising a better future , cropped up in the netherlands too . in 1939 mobilization was proclaimed and ijmuiden awaited a dire lot : when world war ii broke out everything that had been built was to be destroyed .
for a few pennies jacob visser brought people from the harbour head to the beach by ferry , called japie overzet ( japie ferry ) in the vernacular . in 1928 he bought his first towboat , alberdina , and two years later the powerful neeltje followed , which he used for towing coal barges through the ijmuiden locks . for towing the heavy coals , coming from the limburg mines , strong boats were needed . later jacob visser also had a towing service near the vissershaven .
during world war ii trade was slack . fishermen still at sea when the war broke out were given orders to sail for the nearest english port ; the steam trawlers , lying in the vissershaven , had to make preparations to cross over to england . in the estuary large ships were sunk to deny the germans access to the harbour and locks , thus enabling only small fishing boats to sail in or out .
after the war jacob visser resumed his coal barge towing trade and because of the booming fishing industry towing services were much in demand . he bought several new tow boats : triton ( 1949 ) , thetis ( 1956 ) and argus .
in 1968 jacob visser sold the company to his employee , ben iskes . his son jim iskes , who trained as a first mate at the nautical and technical school , is the manager of this tug towage and salvage company nowadays .
because ijmuiden was growing rapidly de vereniging ijmuidens belang ( society for ijmuiden community interests ) wanted to make a cemetery , which the ijmuiden foundation and the town council arranged for by deforesting and levelling the southern part of the de breesaap estate . former landowner jan braam was appointed overseer / gravedigger in 1896 ; in which year the cemetery saw 48 burials .
the entrance to this westerbegraafplaats ( western cemetery ) is through kerkstraat , which used to be a sandy path . the hearse had to pass a deep gully and even the railway track . a strong team of horses was needed to get the hearse uphill , through the sand . railway men used to put planks on the track to enable the hearse to pass and the slope was made passable with flattened fishing baskets .
it often happened that the horses refused to negotiate the steep slope . after requesting the vicar to walk on ahead , the coachman , yelling and swearing , then spurred on the horses .
over the gully a wooden footbridge was built in due course , to be replaced later by a small concrete bridge . in 1930 the town council had the present juliana bridge built in amsterdam school style .
pre - war ijmuiden , with willemsplein at its centre , was a pleasant town until world war ii broke out in 1940 . the jetties were bombed , jewish refugees tried to flee europe via ijmuiden and the dutch royal family were brought to england by destroyer hms codrington . the dutch government had the north sea canal estuary blocked by sinking ships , among which passengers ship jan pieterszoon coen . the port remained open for small vessels .
in 1942 german troops built a defence line from norway to spain : the famous atlantikwall , with ijmuiden as a strategic ‘festung’ ( fortress ) . around ijmuiden barriers were made , such as bunkers , anti - tank pits and mine fields . ijmuiden became a ‘sperrgebiet’ ( prohibited area ) and the town was vacated . the germans also constructed fields of fire in ijmuiden and velsen - noord to position their anti - aircraft guns against a possible allied overland invasion , demolishing hundreds of houses in the process . in 1942 en 1943 people sometimes were forced to leave their houses within 48 hours and even had to organise their own transportation . these inhabitants took refuge somewhere within the town or outside , even as far as friesland . only people with an ‘ausweis” ( work permit ) were allowed to enter the area .
the harbour area in old - ijmuiden was the operating base for the kriegsmarine ( navy ) . a large part of the harbour was used for moorings for the schnellboote ( torpedo boats ) ; aimed at attacking allied convoys along the english coast . the germans built a schnellboot - bunker in the haringhaven and an even bigger one near the semaphore , where the traffic - control was situated . most of both harbours and fishing buildings were destroyed during bombings of the schnellboot - bunker .
at the end of the war old - ijmuiden was in ruins . the buildings that were not completely demolished were heavily damaged by the many bombings of the harbour area . the total of destroyed buildings amounted to 3 , 190 houses , two churches , nine schools and 159 other buildings . many more were damaged : 4 , 600 houses , ten churches and 363 other buildings . the old ijmuiden was never going to be the same again ; many inhabitants of ijmuiden longed for the pre - war conviviality .
after the war old - ijmuiden was a sad and dilapidated place . everywhere were empty spots , such as the completely wiped out police station and bandstand in what used to be willemsplein . the koning willemshuis and hotel nommer eén on kanaalstraat , café cycloop on prins hendrikstraat : everything was bombed or demolished . only the gebouw voor christelijke belangen ( building for christian interests ) on enchedéplein , the old mercurius on breesaapstraat , café afslag , the old planteijdt auction on kanaalstraat and the bell telephone building near the old lock were still standing .
most of the reconstruction was done in east - ijmuiden and not in old - ijmuiden . the few still - existing houses became more and more run down , because no maintenance was ever done . “the old nest by the sea” had become well nigh uninhabitable .
mayor kwint had been in contact with architect willem dudok before the war had even finished . it was his job to give ijmuiden a new face . this is indeed what he did , but only for east - ijmuiden , however . to commemorate the tragic war events he designed plein 1945 , where the new town hall was built . from then on the town council was not established in velsen anymore but in ijmuiden . old - ijmuiden was destined to become an industrial estate .
dismal and damaged ijmuiden was recovering slowly . families , whose fathers had left for england by trawler in 1940 , were reunited , fishing boats , confiscated by the germans , sailed again en the fishing buildings were rebuilt . the industry , such as hoogovens , bombed heavily during the war , recovered too . many people were not able to go back to old - ijmuiden and went to live in east - ijmuiden , later in duinwijk .
as late as 1962 the town council devised a development plan for old - ijmuiden . the area west of oranjestraat was destined for small - scale industry . east of oranjestraat was to become a residential area with new twelve - story apartment blocks . most of the ramshackle buildings as far as koningsplein were to be demolished .
the inhabitants protested : they thought the character of their neighbourhood was about to change too much . they set up committee old - ijmuiden , which aims were to keep the original street pattern and to restore the houses that were still fit to live in . in 1973 a compromise was reached : no more grand - scale demolition , but on bloemstraat and s . p . kuijperplantsoen three - story apartments blocks did arise . in spite of this houses on schoolstraat and generaal de wetstraat were pulled down , as was the groen van prinsterer school on koningsplein and the roman catholic gregorius church on kanaalstraat . in 1979 a new housing estate was built in the demolished area , followed by 42 new dwellings on the ‘new’ willemsplein .
heated discussions took place during town council meetings about the demolition plans for the villa’s on kanaalstraat , especially about villa nooitgedacht , built in 1900 as villa tosari . it had been the domain of squatters for years but at the end of the eighties the villa , like community centre de brulboei ( the foghorn ) across the street , was eventually demolished by court order . subsequently the new housing project was refused a building permit , however , because the site appeared to be situated within the hoogovens noise zone .
at the beginning of the nineties the government designated old - ijmuiden as a social renewal area ; a neighbourhood getting more money and attention from the local authorities . not until 1996 and 2001 did building start on kerkstraat – kanaalstraat , followed by new housing projects on bik - en arnoldkade and duinstraat .
the ijmuiden harbour is a dynamic port on the north sea canal estuary and is always accessible without any obstacles . the open seaport has a good reputation in the field of storage and transhipment of fresh and deep frozen fish , offshore , ferries , cruises and as well as in the field of assembling and constructing offshore wind farms . until 1989 the seaport was owned by the state : the staatsvissershavenbedrijf ( state fishing harbour company ) . in that year the seaport was privatized : minister kroes from transport and public works signed the deed of conveyance to seaport ijmuiden plc . this is a private company , which now owns the harbours and the ijmuiden fish auction .
one hundred and fifty small companies in the harbour area partook in a € 5 . 3 million investment initiative , called the bos - group . entrepreneurs were charged reasonable prices when buying the land their premises were built on , provided they bought shares in the new company .
maintenance was overdue , so the first tasks sea port ijmuiden plc set themselves were modernizing the fish auction and investing in the harbour area . in 1990 the trawlerkade and leonarduskade northwest of the middle harbour area were realized and in 1991 the fish auction introduced the mobile auction clock , which heralded the end of oral sale . in 1994 the dutch fish auction ijmuiden did its first test with phone auctioning , operating by means of telephone lines . from 2008 the auction has used the pefa - auction system via the internet .
in 1994 near the harbour head the felison terminal was built . at first the scandinavia seaways ferries to norway and sweden docked there . from 1998 the dfds seaways have operated a daily service to newcastle in england .
in 1999 the foundation stone was laid for the so - called third harbour . it was meant to cater for companies lacking in space to expand in the present harbour and for the coastal trade , which is an alternative for the clogged roads of the netherlands . the new ijmond harbour was finished in 2004 and is now developing into an operating base of building wind farms off the dutch coast and wind farm eneco luchterduinen . since 2012 it has also been a major cruise ships terminal .
as of 2009 a metamorphosis is taking place in the middle harbour area . reconstructing the area between vissershaven and haringhaven is part of a grand - scale project , enhancing the position of ijmuiden as ‘a transfer table for deep frozen fish’ . completion of this renewal project is due in 2016 .
from the town and environment - project emerges that improving the quality of life in old - ijmuiden is a major issue in the twenty - first century . west of oranjestraat , near the harbour , parts of the former , redeveloped industrial estate has been transformed into a new residential area . on the eastern side , where the villa’s are too , old neighbourhoods are being renovated . during the sixties in the area between oranjestraat and koningsplein many of the original buildings were replaced by galleried flats and home zones . because of this most of the old street pattern has disappeared .
in the new urban development plan conservation of the present historical buildings and reconstruction of the old , rectangular street plan are the keynotes . the characteristic environment , the views , the locks , the fishing harbour and its small - scaleness have been an inspiration for the urban development plan .
in the middle of the neighbourhood the authentic thalia theatre has taken its prominent place again on a yet to be constructed square and the white theatre in the former pen power station has also become a cultural meeting point .
the other special buildings in the area , such as the church on helmstraat and the engelmundus church on wilhelminakade are in need of extra attention , as is koningsplein .
by reconstructing the former street pattern the view of the harbour and the north sea canal should be experienced in the whole area .
the new premises will consist of small - scale , detached houses . along the north sea canal and the harbour buildings of varying height can be built . the old buildings and the small - scale area are making old - ijmuiden an attractive place , where living , working and recreation go hand in hand .
projects like town and environment and urban renewal have been started to improve the quality of life in old - ijmuiden . businesses causing ( noise ) pollution have been moved or cleaned up and old houses have been demolished . the harbour head has been completely renovated because of the arrival of the ferry service to england and by establishing sea port ijmuiden a modern dock industry has been created . government and market players are building new houses for several target groups and are restoring the old street pattern . the thalia theatre , the white theatre , the nautical and technical school , the sea and harbour museum and fortress island give the neighbourhood an important cultural and educational boost . the elderly may live in residential homes such as breezicht and w . f . vissershuis and the local residents can meet in community centre de brulboei . the redevelopment of old - ijmuiden is coming to a standstill , however , partly because of the economic crisis and major attention should be given to the issue of social cohesion .
harbour , sea , fishery , the canal and locks are connecting factors for old - ijmuiden . many residents earn or used to earn their money in these industries or work across the canal at “de hoogovens” . these people can tell a story or two about working and living in a unique part of ijmuiden . stories we should not forget and which have to be shared with the younger people growing up in the neighbourhood as well as new residents . stories connect people and provide the area with an identity of its own . stories keep people connected with the past , bring unity and create new ideas for developing old - ijmuiden . by recording old - ijmuiden life stories and passing them on through all kinds of activities people will come together and old - ijmuiden is going to be a better place to live in . the neighbourhood will retrieve its character and will be back on the map again .
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in order to clarify the character of the itowappu system , which was established by the edo bakufu government in 1604 in relation to the portuguese silk trade between nagasaki and makao , the portuguese documents are as important as the japanese , dutch , or british records . however , the portuguese traders , unlike the english and dutch , left no record on their commercial activities in japan . it is therefore the missionary documents which complement , to a certain degree , the lack of the portuguese rccords . the jesuit missionaries , from the outset of the christian mission in japan , shared the same interests with the portuguese in the trade , since their work in japan considerably depended on the income from the trade . in addition , the missionaries were in a position wherd they could obtain a thorough knowledge of the negotiation at nagasaki , as they played an important part as an intermediary between portuguese and japanese merchants . by examining they church documents left by these missionaries , it is possible to clarify several points concerning the itowappu system . ( 1 ) the immediate cause of the establishment of this system mentioned in itowappu yuisho gaki ( history of itowappu ) , a japanese document , is not to be trusted . ( 2 ) the itowappu system was said to have following characteristics : ( a ) the itowappu merchants ( and the bakufu ) bought all of the silk from the portuguese at a time ; ( b ) they took advantage of the monopoly position in this transaction ; ( c ) the japanese buyers had the right to set the price . among these characteristics , the wholesale system ( a ) was the portuguese way of negotiation even before the establishment of the system . therefore , it has nothing to do with the itowappu system . as for the character ( c ) , the church documents do not prove it . tough the point ( b ) is important , it was a problem of distribution among japanese merchants after the portuguese had sold the silk . as a result , the missionaries were not interested in this matter , and the church documents tell us almost nothing about it . yet , one of the points which are clarified by the above documents shows that the nagasaki bugyo held an important role in negotiating the pancada , the price of silk , with the portuguese .