Just when you thought it was all said and done between The New York Times Co. and the About Group, Barry Diller seems ready to shake things up.
According to a Reuters report, Diller's IAC/InteractiveCorp made a bid for About.com for over $300 million, which far exceeds the $270 million offer from Answers.com reported earlier this month. For IAC, About.com would help buffet IAC's revamped Ask.com, which recently moved away from an algorithmic search-based traffic model.
It is unclear exactly where the New York Times Co.
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