SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION


                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549


                                    FORM 8-K

                 CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d)
                   OF THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934


          Date of Report (Date of Earliest Event Reported) May 16, 2005
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                          LYNCH INTERACTIVE CORPORATION
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             (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)



                    Delaware          1-15097           06-1458056

                 (State or other   (Commission File   (IRS Employer
                 Jurisdiction of        Number)       Identification)
                  Incorporation)




                  401 Theodore Fremd Avenue Rye, New York 10580
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               (Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)



        Registrant's Telephone Number, Including Area Code: 914-921-8821
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ITEM 7. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
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     (c)  Exhibit  99.1--Press Release of Lynch Interactive  Corporation,  dated
                         May 16, 2005

ITEM 12. Results of Operations and Financial Condition.
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     Attached as Exhibit 99.1 is a copy of the press  release  announcing  Lynch
Interactive  Corporation's  operating  results for the  quarter  ended March 31,
2005, together with related developments.

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                                    SIGNATURE

     Pursuant  to  requirements  of the  Securities  Exchange  Act of 1934,  the
Registrant has duly caused this current report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

                                               LYNCH INTERACTIVE CORPORATION


                                               /s/Robert E. Dolan
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                                               Robert E. Dolan
                                               Chief Financial Officer




Date: May 17, 2005

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