Doug Leeds

This article is about the CEO (born 1968) of IAC Publishing. For the CEO (1947–2011) of Storeboard Media, see Douglas B. Leeds.
Doug Leeds
Leeds in 2014
Born (1968-05-16) May 16, 1968 (age 56)
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
OccupationCEO
SpouseTracy Leeds
Children3

Doug Leeds (born 16 May 1968), is the Chief Executive Officer of IAC Publishing,[1] a digital media operating group launched on December 9, 2015, by media and Internet conglomerate IAC.[2] The single digital media publisher reaches 100 million monthly uniques according to comScore October 2015 numbers[2] and includes publishing brands About.com, The Daily Beast, Investopedia and Dictionary.com.[3] Digital publishing is one of four key areas of strategic focus for IAC, as Leeds noted to the WSJ,[2] saying that "bringing the sites under one umbrella will allow IAC to combine their strengths". Leeds previously held the title of Ask.com CEO since 2010.

  1. ^ "IAC Combines About.com and the Daily Beast to Impress Wall Street and Advertisers". Re/code. Retrieved 2015-12-09.
  2. ^ a b c Alpert, Lukas I. "IAC Places Next Bet on Digital Media". Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved 2015-12-09.
  3. ^ jinglebellscao, Jing Cao (9 December 2015). "IAC Forms New Business Segment in Post-Match Shift to Publishing". Bloomberg.com. Retrieved 2015-12-09.