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) August 17, 2003
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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
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(State or other                  (Commission File                (IRS Employer
Jurisdiction of                       Number)                   Identification)
Incorporation)




                  401 Theodore Fremd Avenue Rye, New York 10580

               (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
          August 16, 2003

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 reporting operating results for the second quarter of
2003.


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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: August 17, 2003


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                                  EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit 99.1--Press Release of Lynch Interactive  Corporation,  dated August 16,
              2003.