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SEGMENT INFORMATION (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2011
SEGMENT INFORMATION |
Schedule of reconciliation of revenues from segments to consolidated |
|  | Years Ended December 31, |
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|  | 2011 |  | 2010 |  | 2009 |
|  | (In thousands) |
Revenue: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Search & Applications |  | $ | 1,040,507 |  | $ | 805,284 |  | $ | 649,642 |
Match |  |  | 518,027 |  |  | 400,723 |  |  | 342,598 |
Local |  |  | 303,418 |  |  | 263,749 |  |  | 230,426 |
Media |  |  | 70,164 |  |  | 49,692 |  |  | 14,833 |
Other |  |  | 128,065 |  |  | 118,749 |  |  | 110,765 |
Inter-segment elimination |  |  | (737 | ) |  | (1,382 | ) |  | (1,569 | )
Total |  | $ | 2,059,444 |  | $ | 1,636,815 |  | $ | 1,346,695 |
Schedule of reconciliation of operating income from segments to consolidated |
|  | Years Ended December 31, |
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|  | 2011 |  | 2010 |  | 2009 |
|  | (In thousands) |
Operating Income (Loss): |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Search & Applications |  | $ | 204,006 |  | $ | 128,356 |  | $ | (967,657 | )
Match |  |  | 137,555 |  |  | 115,367 |  |  | 84,655 |
Local |  |  | 25,533 |  |  | 8,405 |  |  | 3,974 |
Media |  |  | (16,275 | ) |  | (23,385 | ) |  | (16,061 | )
Other |  |  | (3,896 | ) |  | (31,600 | ) |  | (9,165 | )
Corporate |  |  | (149,161 | ) |  | (147,348 | ) |  | (133,733 | )
Total |  | $ | 197,762 |  | $ | 49,795 |  | $ | (1,037,987 | )
Schedule of reconciliation of Operating Income Before Amortization from segments to consolidated |
|  | Years Ended December 31, |
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|  | 2011 |  | 2010 |  | 2009 |
|  | (In thousands) |
Operating Income Before Amortization(a): |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Search & Applications |  | $ | 204,980 |  | $ | 140,792 |  | $ | 103,856 |
Match |  |  | 156,274 |  |  | 122,057 |  |  | 94,124 |
Local |  |  | 28,284 |  |  | 10,671 |  |  | 12,357 |
Media |  |  | (15,845 | ) |  | (21,849 | ) |  | (15,518 | )
Other |  |  | (2,499 | ) |  | 2,091 |  |  | (7,493 | )
Corporate |  |  | (62,787 | ) |  | (64,183 | ) |  | (65,465 | )
Total |  | $ | 308,407 |  | $ | 189,579 |  | $ | 121,861 |
(a) The Company's primary metric is Operating Income Before Amortization, which is defined as operating income excluding, if applicable: (1) non-cash compensation expense, (2) amortization of non-cash marketing, (3) amortization and impairment of intangibles, (4) goodwill impairment and (5) one-time items. The Company believes this measure is useful to investors because it represents the operating results from IAC's segments, taking into account depreciation, which it believes is an ongoing cost of doing business, but excluding the effects of any other non-cash expenses. Operating Income Before Amortization has certain limitations in that it does not take into account the impact to IAC's statement of operations of certain expenses, including non-cash compensation, non-cash marketing, and acquisition related accounting. IAC endeavors to compensate for the limitations of the non-U.S. GAAP measure presented by providing the comparable U.S. GAAP measure with equal or greater prominence, financial statements prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP, and descriptions of the reconciling items, including quantifying such items, to derive the non-U.S. GAAP measure.
Schedule of reconciliation of segment assets to consolidated assets |
|  | December 31, |
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|  | 2011 |  | 2010 |
|  | (In thousands) |
Segment Assets(b): |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Search & Applications |  | $ | 246,459 |  | $ | 260,288 |
Match |  |  | 190,338 |  |  | 196,177 |
Local |  |  | 46,581 |  |  | 42,473 |
Media |  |  | 25,429 |  |  | 23,252 |
Other |  |  | 15,910 |  |  | 13,191 |
Corporate |  |  | 1,148,517 |  |  | 1,559,161 |
Total |  | $ | 1,673,234 |  | $ | 2,094,542 |
(b) Consistent with the Company's primary metric (described in (a) above), the Company excludes, if applicable, goodwill and intangible assets from the measure of segment assets presented above.
Schedule of reconciliation of depreciation from segments to consolidated |
|  | Years Ended December 31, |
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|  | 2011 |  | 2010 |  | 2009 |
|  | (In thousands) |
Depreciation: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Search & Applications |  | $ | 25,484 |  | $ | 35,754 |  | $ | 31,395 |
Match |  |  | 10,780 |  |  | 11,042 |  |  | 9,821 |
Local |  |  | 10,388 |  |  | 7,785 |  |  | 6,259 |
Media |  |  | 703 |  |  | 245 |  |  | 169 |
Other |  |  | 851 |  |  | 828 |  |  | 2,575 |
Corporate |  |  | 8,513 |  |  | 8,243 |  |  | 11,172 |
Total |  | $ | 56,719 |  | $ | 63,897 |  | $ | 61,391 |
Schedule of reconciliation of capital expenditures from segments to consolidated |
|  | Years Ended December 31, |
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|  | 2011 |  | 2010 |  | 2009 |
|  | (In thousands) |
Capital expenditures: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Search & Applications |  | $ | 8,698 |  | $ | 17,169 |  | $ | 16,913 |
Match |  |  | 17,447 |  |  | 10,087 |  |  | 7,814 |
Local |  |  | 9,299 |  |  | 10,513 |  |  | 7,482 |
Media |  |  | 905 |  |  | 474 |  |  | 273 |
Other |  |  | 970 |  |  | 951 |  |  | 1,221 |
Corporate |  |  | 2,635 |  |  | 635 |  |  | 235 |
Total |  | $ | 39,954 |  | $ | 39,829 |  | $ | 33,938 |
Schedule of revenue and long-lived assets, excluding goodwill and intangible assets, by geographical segments |
|  | Years Ended December 31, |
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|  | 2011 |  | 2010 |  | 2009 |
|  | (In thousands) |
Revenue |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
United States |  | $ | 1,583,322 |  | $ | 1,359,655 |  | $ | 1,138,820 |
All other countries |  |  | 476,122 |  |  | 277,160 |  |  | 207,875 |
Total |  | $ | 2,059,444 |  | $ | 1,636,815 |  | $ | 1,346,695 |
|  | December 31, |
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|  | 2011 |  | 2010 |
|  | (In thousands) |
Long-lived assets (excluding goodwill and intangible assets) |  |  |  |  |  |  |
United States |  | $ | 246,550 |  | $ | 267,060 |
All other countries |  |  | 13,038 |  |  | 868 |
Total |  | $ | 259,588 |  | $ | 267,928 |
Schedule of reconciliation of Operating Income Before Amortization to operating income (loss) for the entity's reportable segments |
|  | Year Ended December 31, 2011 |
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|  | Operating Income Before Amortization |  | Non-Cash Compensation Expense |  | Amortization of Intangibles |  | Operating Income (Loss) |
|  | (In thousands) |
Search & Applications |  | $ | 204,980 |  | $ | 202 |  | $ | (1,176 | ) | $ | 204,006 |
Match |  |  | 156,274 |  |  | (1,642 | ) |  | (17,077 | ) |  | 137,555 |
Local |  |  | 28,284 |  |  | — |  |  | (2,751 | ) |  | 25,533 |
Media |  |  | (15,845 | ) |  | (427 | ) |  | (3 | ) |  | (16,275 | )
Other |  |  | (2,499 | ) |  | (347 | ) |  | (1,050 | ) |  | (3,896 | )
Corporate |  |  | (62,787 | ) |  | (86,374 | ) |  | — |  |  | (149,161 | )
Total |  | $ | 308,407 |  | $ | (88,588 | ) | $ | (22,057 | ) | $ | 197,762 |
|  | Year Ended December 31, 2010 |
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|  | Operating Income Before Amortization |  | Non-Cash Compensation Expense |  | Amortization of Intangibles |  | Goodwill Impairment |  | Operating Income (Loss) |
|  | (In thousands) |
Search & Applications |  | $ | 140,792 |  | $ | (630 | ) | $ | (11,806 | ) | $ | — |  | $ | 128,356 |
Match |  |  | 122,057 |  |  | 153 |  |  | (6,843 | ) |  | — |  |  | 115,367 |
Local |  |  | 10,671 |  |  | — |  |  | (2,266 | ) |  | — |  |  | 8,405 |
Media |  |  | (21,849 | ) |  | (458 | ) |  | (1,078 | ) |  | — |  |  | (23,385 | )
Other |  |  | 2,091 |  |  | (180 | ) |  | (5,479 | ) |  | (28,032 | ) |  | (31,600 | )
Corporate |  |  | (64,183 | ) |  | (83,165 | ) |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | (147,348 | )
Total |  | $ | 189,579 |  | $ | (84,280 | ) | $ | (27,472 | ) | $ | (28,032 | ) | $ | 49,795 |
|  | Year Ended December 31, 2009 |
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|  | Operating Income Before Amortization |  | Non-Cash Compensation Expense |  | Amortization of Intangibles |  | Amortization of Non-Cash Marketing |  | Goodwill Impairment |  | Operating (Loss) Income |
|  | (In thousands) |
Search & Applications |  | $ | 103,856 |  | $ | (663 | ) | $ | (147,488 | ) | $ | (6,494 | ) | $ | (916,868 | ) | $ | (967,657 | )
Match |  |  | 94,124 |  |  | (154 | ) |  | (4,940 | ) |  | (4,375 | ) |  | — |  |  | 84,655 |
Local |  |  | 12,357 |  |  | (150 | ) |  | (3,234 | ) |  | (4,999 | ) |  | — |  |  | 3,974 |
Media |  |  | (15,518 | ) |  | (226 | ) |  | (317 | ) |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | (16,061 | )
Other |  |  | (7,493 | ) |  | (620 | ) |  | (1,052 | ) |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | (9,165 | )
Corporate |  |  | (65,465 | ) |  | (68,268 | ) |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | (133,733 | )
Total |  | $ | 121,861 |  | $ | (70,081 | ) | $ | (157,031 | ) | $ | (15,868 | ) | $ | (916,868 | ) | $ | (1,037,987 | )
Schedule of reconciliation of segment assets to total assets |
|  | December 31, 2011 |
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|  | Segment Assets |  | Goodwill |  | Indefinite-Lived Intangible Assets |  | Definite-Lived Intangible Assets |  | Total Assets |
|  | (In thousands) |
Search & Applications |  | $ | 246,459 |  | $ | 526,444 |  | $ | 163,604 |  | $ | 6 |  | $ | 936,513 |
Match |  |  | 190,338 |  |  | 667,073 |  |  | 156,699 |  |  | 21,501 |  |  | 1,035,611 |
Local |  |  | 46,581 |  |  | 127,698 |  |  | 18,205 |  |  | 1,293 |  |  | 193,777 |
Media |  |  | 25,429 |  |  | 15,590 |  |  | 1,800 |  |  | — |  |  | 42,819 |
Other |  |  | 15,910 |  |  | 21,719 |  |  | 11,180 |  |  | 3,819 |  |  | 52,628 |
Corporate(c) |  |  | 1,148,517 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 1,148,517 |
Total |  | $ | 1,673,234 |  | $ | 1,358,524 |  | $ | 351,488 |  | $ | 26,619 |  | $ | 3,409,865 |
|  | December 31, 2010 |
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|  | Segment Assets |  | Goodwill |  | Indefinite-Lived Intangible Assets |  | Definite-Lived Intangible Assets |  | Total Assets |
|  | (In thousands) |
Search & Applications |  | $ | 260,288 |  | $ | 526,681 |  | $ | 163,604 |  | $ | 1,181 |  | $ | 951,754 |
Match(d) |  |  | 196,177 |  |  | 297,974 |  |  | 42,118 |  |  | 979 |  |  | 537,248 |
Local |  |  | 42,473 |  |  | 127,367 |  |  | 17,719 |  |  | 4,005 |  |  | 191,564 |
Media |  |  | 23,252 |  |  | 15,759 |  |  | 2,400 |  |  | 20 |  |  | 41,431 |
Other |  |  | 13,191 |  |  | 21,712 |  |  | 11,180 |  |  | 1,838 |  |  | 47,921 |
Corporate(c) |  |  | 1,559,161 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 1,559,161 |
Total |  | $ | 2,094,542 |  | $ | 989,493 |  | $ | 237,021 |  | $ | 8,023 |  | $ | 3,329,079 |
(c) Corporate assets consist primarily of cash and cash equivalents, marketable securities and IAC's headquarters building. (d) Included in the segment assets of Match at December 31, 2010 is its investment in Meetic, which was accounted for as an equity method investment. During the third quarter of 2011, Match obtained a controlling financial interest in Meetic. Accordingly, this purchase was accounted for under the acquisition method of accounting.

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