Press Release: USA Interactive
July 16, 2002
New York, NY -- USA Interactive (Nasdaq: USAI), formerly USA Networks, Inc., announced today the formation of a
new Affiliate Relations Group. Peter Ruben has been appointed Executive Vice President of the Affiliate Relations
Group, overseeing USA Interactive's cable and satellite distribution efforts for HSN, America's Store and future
networks in development, such as the forthcoming cable travel network in the United States.
In his new role, Mr. Ruben will report to Victor Kaufman, Vice Chairman, USA Interactive, and work directly with
John Watson, Chief Operating Officer, HSN, on distribution and affiliate relations issues relating to HSN. In addition
to Mr. Ruben, the new team will include Rob Constable, Vice President, Affiliate Relations Group. Mr. Constable
was formerly Vice President, Affiliate Relations at USA Networks, Inc. Both will continue to be based in New York.
Handling cable and satellite distribution for both HSN and other USA Interactive programming initiatives, the Affiliate
Relations Group will initially be comprised of the existing team at HSN that focused on broadcast sales. The affiliate
sales team, headed by Todd Cralley, Vice President, Affiliate Sales, will include Tim Larson, EJ Klein and Zene
Coley. Also reporting to Mr. Ruben will be the HSN broadcast sales department, including Cynthia Spano, Sandra
Woodsworth and Barry Donaldson.
Mr. Ruben has been with USA for the past eight years, first as Vice President, National Accounts at the former
USA Networks, Inc. He was subsequently promoted to Senior Vice President, National Accounts and the Western Region,
and most recently served as Executive Vice President, Affiliate Relations. Prior to USA, Mr. Ruben had various
sales and marketing roles at Paragon Cable, a partnership between Houston Industries and ATC (now Time Warner Cable)
including Vice President Marketing and Programming for Paragon's Upper Manhattan Division and Vice President of
Sales and Marketing for Paragon's Los Angeles Division. Mr. Ruben received his MBA from UCLA's Anderson School
of Business and has a BA in Economics from Rutgers University.
About USA Interactive
USA Interactive (Nasdaq: USAI), via the Internet, the television and the telephone, engages worldwide in the business
of interactivity across electronic retailing, travel services, ticketing services, personals services, local information
services and teleservices. USA is comprised of HSN; Expedia, Inc. (Nasdaq: EXPE); Hotels.com (Nasdaq: ROOM ); TV
Travel Group; Ticketmaster (Nasdaq: TMCS), which operates Match.com and Citysearch; Precision Response Corporation;
Electronic Commerce Solutions; Styleclick (OTC: IBUYA); and will include Interval International upon the close
of the USA/Interval acquisition.
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