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RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2011
RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS  
RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

NOTE 19—RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

        On December 1, 2010, the Company completed a tax-free exchange with Liberty. See Note 12 for additional information regarding this exchange.

        In connection with and following the Expedia spin-off, the Company and Expedia entered into various commercial agreements, which generally include distribution agreements, services agreements and advertising agreements, as well as a cost sharing agreement. Transactions related to these agreements have, in recent years, been immaterial. The Company and Expedia are related parties since they are under common control, given that Mr. Diller serves as Chairman and Senior Executive of both IAC and Expedia.

        In addition, each of the Company and Expedia has a 50% ownership interest in an aircraft that may be used by both companies. Members of this aircraft's flight crew are employed by an entity in which each of the Company and Expedia has a 50% ownership interest. The Company and Expedia have agreed to share costs relating to flight crew compensation and benefits pro-rata according to each company's respective usage of the aircraft, for which they are separately billed by the entity described above. From 2009 through 2011, total payments made to this entity by the Company were immaterial.