OPW EXCLUSIVE
PALO ALTO, CA — FriendFinder has launched it’s latest new site, adding to it’s network of 15 online personals sites. ItalianFriendFinder will target Italian speakers and those of Italian heritage. FriendFinder, which was founded in 1996 by Dr Andrew Conru, has achieved great success in it’s approach of segmenting the online personals market by lifestyle (e.g. adultfriendfinder), culture/religion (e.g.jewishfriendfinder) and age (e.g.seniorfriendfinder).
Month: June 2004
AttractONE.com; What You See is Who You Get
BELLEVUE, Wash., /PRNewswire/ — …"AttractONE.com offers a more natural way to get to know potential suitors- through group chats. By watching people interact, hearing them speak and watching their expressions onscreen, getting to know their friends, you can get a better idea of who they are." explains CEO Richard Braun. …AttractONE.com launches June 29, 7 PM (Eastern). …online launch event for the press.
MingleMatch; Significant Milestone With Color Code Personality Profiling
PROVO, Utah, /PRNewswire/ — MingleMatch …today announced it recently exceeded 170,000 members that have taken advantage of the Color Code Relationship Profile service. …Provides subscribers with a greater level of personal awareness, more accurate matching of members, and an insightful compatibility assessment. …45-question profile. …25 niche online dating sites.
Social Network; Multiply Boosts Content Storage Space, Email Alternative
BOCA RATON, Fla., PRNewswire — Multiply.com, a new web-based communication tool powered by social networks, today announced it will offer its users one gigabyte (GB) worth of free storage space for digital photo albums, blogs and simple text communication. …"Unlike first-generation social networking sites that are focused on expanding one’s contacts for the purpose of dating or finding a job, Multiply is about fostering communication with one’s existing social network," says co-founder Michael Gersh. …Users can filter their messages to only view messages from close friends and family.
Israelis Clicking for Love on Cable TV
JERUSALEM – Widowed for nine years, 64-year-old Sophie decided it was time for a male companion. So she donned a black, low-cut dress to tape a segment for "Clicka," Israel’s new, 24-hour cable TV dating channel — the latest high-tech version of the traditional Jewish matchmaker. …Segments are taped for later broadcast, with contact information flashing on the screen. ($10 a month) …Britain has a similar service, called The Dating Channel on Sky Digital.
Israelis Clicking for Love on Cable TV
JERUSALEM – Widowed for nine years, 64-year-old Sophie decided it was time for a male companion. So she donned a black, low-cut dress to tape a segment for "Clicka," Israel’s new, 24-hour cable TV dating channel — the latest high-tech version of the traditional Jewish matchmaker. …Segments are taped for later broadcast, with contact information flashing on the screen. ($10 a month) …Britain has a similar service, called The Dating Channel on Sky Digital.
Award-Winning Journalist Debuts Column for Gay.com and PlanetOut.com
SAN FRANCISCO, June 24 /PRNewswire/ — PlanetOut Inc, a leading online media company serving the LGBT community globally, today announced that journalist and author Chris Bull joined the PlanetOut news team as senior political correspondent. Bull will write a weekly political column for PlanetOut.com News and Gay.com News, widely-read sources for daily news about and of interest to the global LGBT community.
Male Marital Outlook Linked to Upbringing
NEW YORK – AP – While most single young men aspire to marriage, about one-fifth are deeply skeptical of the institution and their prospects of making it work, according to a new national survey which closely links men’s marital outlook to their upbringing. …"A huge percentage of the men say they’ll marry when it’s time to settle down, which a lot of women don’t quite understand. A word of advice to women — make sure you’re getting the guy at just this time." …22% of the unmarried men were depicted as "hardcore marriage avoiders." …American men marry at 27, compared to 23 in 1970.
‘Mr Right’ Wants to Take His Time Tying the Knot
NEW YORK (Reuters) – There’s good news and bad news for aspiring brides: Many young men still want to marry, but most prefer to put it off until they are good and ready. "Most men are the marrying kind," said Barbara Dafoe Whitehead, a director of the National Marriage Project at Rutgers University in New Jersey. …49% of single men 25-34 would tie the knot tomorrow if the right woman came along. 53% said they are not interested in getting hitched any time soon. …Many young men are waiting until they have a good education and a firm financial footing. Meanwhile, they want to enjoy the single life.
Wanted: New Friend, Must Have Bluetooth
SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Student Gracinia Lim has made new friends thanks to mobile phone software that alerts her to compatible people nearby. She is an early customer of a service in Singapore called BEDD that uses Bluetooth wireless communications to scan strangers’ phones for their personal profiles. The application joins a swelling number of Internet and mobile phone based services that offer to widen people’s social networks. …"People spend tons of money at dating and matchmaking agencies or on personal ads — for a small amount of money, this software could help change their lives," Carlton said. (57c / month)