[LA.pm] contrasting London and LA

[David Pisoni]

On Aug 12, 2006, at 10.27 , Robert Spier wrote:
>> Well, Citysearch == Ticketmaster (and many other brands.)
>
> This is not true, and has not been true for many years.
>
> When I left, the companies shared a parent company and some corporate
> IT infrastructure (i.e. Exchange Servers and a few other things).
> That's pretty much it.

On Aug 14, 2006, at 08.41 , Todd Cranston-Cuebas wrote:

> David,
>
> Wanted to point out that while Ticketmaster and Citysearch are both  
> IAC
> companies (owned by InterActiveCorp), the relationship really isn't
> Citysearch == Ticketmaster. At one point, that was much closer to  
> being
> true, but for many years now, the two companies act independently  
> in just
> about every way short of certain cross-promotion agreements. In  
> fact, it is
> my understanding that Citysearch is now doing more Java  
> development, but
> honestly, I'd need someone from that team to clarify the situation.

I got it guys, thanks. :)

Per Ask's point, you can't blame me too much for drawing the  
inference, erroneous as it may have been.

David