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GUARANTOR AND NON-GUARANTOR FINANCIAL INFORMATION (Details2) - USD ($)
$ in Thousands
 3 Months Ended 6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2015
Jun. 30, 2014
Jun. 30, 2015
Jun. 30, 2014
Condensed Financial Statements, Captions [Line Items]        
Revenue $ 771,132 $ 756,315 $ 1,543,644 $ 1,496,562
Operating costs and expenses:        
Cost of revenue (exclusive of depreciation shown separately below) 183,276 210,730 374,829 419,964
Selling and marketing expense 319,397 272,490 677,063 571,089
General and administrative expense 129,349 109,897 244,143 204,986
Product development expense 46,430 38,845 91,687 77,661
Depreciation 15,500 15,257 31,068 30,075
Amortization of intangibles 14,411 13,406 26,966 25,385
Total operating costs and expenses 708,363 660,625 1,445,756 1,329,160
Operating income 62,769 95,690 97,888 167,402
Equity in earnings of unconsolidated affiliates     (477) (8,785)
Interest expense (15,214) (14,046) (29,278) (28,110)
Other (expense) income, net (1,638) (69,750) 5,350 (71,708)
Earnings from continuing operations before income taxes 45,917 11,894 73,960 67,584
Income tax benefit (provision) 11,968 (29,889) 5,788 (51,274)
Earnings (loss) from continuing operations 57,885 (17,995) 79,748 16,310
Loss from discontinued operations, net of tax (153) (868) (28) (1,682)
Net earnings (loss) 57,732 (18,863) 79,720 14,628
Net loss attributable to noncontrolling interests 1,573 867 5,990 3,261
Net earnings (loss) attributable to IAC shareholders 59,305 (17,996) 85,710 17,889
Comprehensive (loss) income attributable to IAC shareholders 72,283 (20,205) 43,115 21,029
Total Eliminations        
Condensed Financial Statements, Captions [Line Items]        
Revenue (3,395) (3,344) (6,044) (6,330)
Operating costs and expenses:        
Cost of revenue (exclusive of depreciation shown separately below) (193) (687) (390) (1,647)
Selling and marketing expense (3,209) (2,439) (5,619) (4,137)
General and administrative expense 7 13 (35) 26
Product development expense 0 (231) 0 (572)
Depreciation 0 0 0 0
Amortization of intangibles 0 0 0 0
Total operating costs and expenses (3,395) (3,344) (6,044) (6,330)
Operating income 0 0 0 0
Equity in earnings of unconsolidated affiliates (83,876) (13,561) (141,696) (68,102)
Interest expense 0 0 0 0
Other (expense) income, net 0 0 0 0
Earnings from continuing operations before income taxes (83,876) (13,561) (141,696) (68,102)
Income tax benefit (provision) 0 0 0 0
Earnings (loss) from continuing operations (83,876) (13,561) (141,696) (68,102)
Loss from discontinued operations, net of tax (3) 27 (3) 40
Net earnings (loss) (83,879) (13,534) (141,699) (68,062)
Net loss attributable to noncontrolling interests 0 0 0 0
Net earnings (loss) attributable to IAC shareholders (83,879) (13,534) (141,699) (68,062)
Comprehensive (loss) income attributable to IAC shareholders (94,235) (10,284) (89,526) (68,865)
IAC Consolidated        
Condensed Financial Statements, Captions [Line Items]        
Revenue 771,132 756,315 1,543,644 1,496,562
Operating costs and expenses:        
Cost of revenue (exclusive of depreciation shown separately below) 183,276 210,730 374,829 419,964
Selling and marketing expense 319,397 272,490 677,063 571,089
General and administrative expense 129,349 109,897 244,143 204,986
Product development expense 46,430 38,845 91,687 77,661
Depreciation 15,500 15,257 31,068 30,075
Amortization of intangibles 14,411 13,406 26,966 25,385
Total operating costs and expenses 708,363 660,625 1,445,756 1,329,160
Operating income 62,769 95,690 97,888 167,402
Equity in earnings of unconsolidated affiliates 0 0 0 0
Interest expense (15,214) (14,046) (29,278) (28,110)
Other (expense) income, net (1,638) (69,750) 5,350 (71,708)
Earnings from continuing operations before income taxes 45,917 11,894 73,960 67,584
Income tax benefit (provision) 11,968 (29,889) 5,788 (51,274)
Earnings (loss) from continuing operations 57,885 (17,995) 79,748 16,310
Loss from discontinued operations, net of tax (153) (868) (28) (1,682)
Net earnings (loss) 57,732 (18,863) 79,720 14,628
Net loss attributable to noncontrolling interests 1,573 867 5,990 3,261
Net earnings (loss) attributable to IAC shareholders 59,305 (17,996) 85,710 17,889
Comprehensive (loss) income attributable to IAC shareholders 72,283 (20,205) 43,115 21,029
IAC        
Condensed Financial Statements, Captions [Line Items]        
Revenue 0 0 0 0
Operating costs and expenses:        
Cost of revenue (exclusive of depreciation shown separately below) 294 383 539 355
Selling and marketing expense 1,010 619 2,065 811
General and administrative expense 33,942 26,609 58,006 49,055
Product development expense 2,330 1,705 4,507 3,176
Depreciation 426 312 827 641
Amortization of intangibles 0 0 0 0
Total operating costs and expenses 38,002 29,628 65,944 54,038
Operating income (38,002) (29,628) (65,944) (54,038)
Equity in earnings of unconsolidated affiliates 70,523 8,264 124,647 62,561
Interest expense (12,992) (12,985) (25,982) (25,970)
Other (expense) income, net (7,506) 6,537 (16,859) 16,222
Earnings from continuing operations before income taxes 12,023 (27,812) 15,862 (1,225)
Income tax benefit (provision) 47,435 10,684 69,876 20,796
Earnings (loss) from continuing operations 59,458 (17,128) 85,738 19,571
Loss from discontinued operations, net of tax (153) (868) (28) (1,682)
Net earnings (loss) 59,305 (17,996) 85,710 17,889
Net loss attributable to noncontrolling interests 0 0 0 0
Net earnings (loss) attributable to IAC shareholders 59,305 (17,996) 85,710 17,889
Comprehensive (loss) income attributable to IAC shareholders 72,283 (20,205) 43,115 21,029
Guarantor Subsidiaries        
Condensed Financial Statements, Captions [Line Items]        
Revenue 586,067 556,162 1,180,868 1,102,488
Operating costs and expenses:        
Cost of revenue (exclusive of depreciation shown separately below) 117,383 126,162 237,124 255,463
Selling and marketing expense 264,647 220,152 553,272 456,493
General and administrative expense 66,336 48,459 132,089 94,134
Product development expense 30,996 26,305 62,130 53,401
Depreciation 11,110 9,224 22,690 18,785
Amortization of intangibles 6,226 9,659 12,496 18,660
Total operating costs and expenses 496,698 439,961 1,019,801 896,936
Operating income 89,369 116,201 161,067 205,552
Equity in earnings of unconsolidated affiliates 13,353 5,297 17,049 5,541
Interest expense (2,211) (1,052) (3,257) (2,094)
Other (expense) income, net 17,787 (13,834) 29,179 (24,361)
Earnings from continuing operations before income taxes 118,298 106,612 204,038 184,638
Income tax benefit (provision) (40,470) (39,785) (72,266) (69,729)
Earnings (loss) from continuing operations 77,828 66,827 131,772 114,909
Loss from discontinued operations, net of tax 0 0 0 0
Net earnings (loss) 77,828 66,827 131,772 114,909
Net loss attributable to noncontrolling interests 0 0 0 0
Net earnings (loss) attributable to IAC shareholders 77,828 66,827 131,772 114,909
Comprehensive (loss) income attributable to IAC shareholders 79,129 66,163 127,288 114,629
Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries        
Condensed Financial Statements, Captions [Line Items]        
Revenue 188,460 203,497 368,820 400,404
Operating costs and expenses:        
Cost of revenue (exclusive of depreciation shown separately below) 65,792 84,872 137,556 165,793
Selling and marketing expense 56,949 54,158 127,345 117,922
General and administrative expense 29,064 34,816 54,083 61,771
Product development expense 13,104 11,066 25,050 21,656
Depreciation 3,964 5,721 7,551 10,649
Amortization of intangibles 8,185 3,747 14,470 6,725
Total operating costs and expenses 177,058 194,380 366,055 384,516
Operating income 11,402 9,117 2,765 15,888
Equity in earnings of unconsolidated affiliates 0 0 0 0
Interest expense (11) (9) (39) (46)
Other (expense) income, net (11,919) (62,453) (6,970) (63,569)
Earnings from continuing operations before income taxes (528) (53,345) (4,244) (47,727)
Income tax benefit (provision) 5,003 (788) 8,178 (2,341)
Earnings (loss) from continuing operations 4,475 (54,133) 3,934 (50,068)
Loss from discontinued operations, net of tax 3 (27) 3 (40)
Net earnings (loss) 4,478 (54,160) 3,937 (50,108)
Net loss attributable to noncontrolling interests 1,573 867 5,990 3,261
Net earnings (loss) attributable to IAC shareholders 6,051 (53,293) 9,927 (46,847)
Comprehensive (loss) income attributable to IAC shareholders $ 15,106 $ (55,879) $ (37,762) $ (45,764)