Ask Media Group
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Online services
Founded in 1997 as Ask Jeeves. Acquired by IAC in 2005, and rebranded as Ask in 2006.
Company Ownership
Ask Media Group LLC | USA | website | ||||
IAC/InterActiveCorp ![]() owns 100% of Ask Media Group LLC |
USA | website | ||||
Media and internet Company is comprised of more than 150 consumer media and internet brands and products in six segments: Match Group (online dating including Match and Tinder), Home Advisor, Video (including Vimeo), Applications, Publishing and other. |
Company Assessment
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IAC/InterActiveCorp | ||||
This company is listed as having best practice on a report card on lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender equality in corporate America.
Source: Human Rights Campaign (2020) |
This company received an S&P Global ESG Score of 6/100 in the Interactive Media Services & Home Entertainment category of the 2019 SAM Corporate Sustainability Assessment, an annual evaluation of companies' sustainability practices. The rankings are based on an analysis of corporate economic, environmental and social performance, assessing issues such as corporate governance, risk management, environmental reporting, climate strategy, human rights and labour practices.
Source: S&P Global (2019)
JUST Capital polls Americans every year to identify the issues that matter most in defining just business behaviour. For their 2021 rankings the public identified 19 issues, which are organised under the headings Workers, Communities, Customers, Shareholders and Environment. JUST Capital then define metrics that map to those issues and track and analyse the largest, publicly traded U.S. companies. This analysis powers their rankings, in which this company ranked Bottom 10% of 928 companies, and 13th of 14 Internet companies.
Source: JUST Capital (2020)
This company scores Ethical Consumer's worst rating for the likely use of tax avoidance strategies, and has at least two high risk subsidiaries in tax havens.
Source: Ethical Consumer (2018)
In 2019 the median pay for a worker at this company was US$53,981. The CEO was paid 287 times this amount. Exorbitant CEO pay is a major contributor to rising inequality. CEOs are getting more because of their power to set pay, not because they are increasing productivity or possess specific, high-demand skills. The economy would suffer no harm if CEOs were paid less (or taxed more). In contrast, the CEO-to-typical-worker compensation ratio was 20-to-1 in 1965 and 58-to-1 in 1989.
Source: AFL-CIO (2020) |
Company Details
Type | Wholly-owned subsidiary |
Contact Details
Address | Oakland, California, USA |
Website | www.askmediagroup.com |
Products / Brands
Ask Media Group
Ask Search Engines |