DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS (Details 7) (Lending Tree Loans, Discontinued operations, Loans held for sale, USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified			6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2013 item	Dec. 31, 2012 item	Jun. 30, 2012 Measured at Fair Value
Fair Value Measurements
Number of loans held for sale or carried at the lower of cost or market (LOCOM) value assessed on an individual loan basis	0	0
Gain due to change in fair value of loans held for sale			$ 3.1

For each line item in the statement of financial position, the amounts of gains and losses from fair value changes included in earnings.

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-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 825

-SubTopic 10

-Section 50

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