IT BUSINESS — Jan 5 — Vintacom is a subsidiary of Think Partnership Inc. and develops online dating software and social networking applications. Properties include DreamMates.com, PassionatePersonals.com, FlirtOverFifty.com, CocktailConnection.com and MeetForCoffee.com. It also has partnerships with more than 150 other properties, including American Greetings, Great Expectations, Intermix, dating.com and Canwest Interactive. With its technology refresh, the company has consolidated four systems down to one cluster.
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Month: January 2007
Vintacom Properties
IT BUSINESS — Jan 5 — Vintacom is a subsidiary of Think Partnership Inc. and develops online dating software and social networking applications. Properties include DreamMates.com, PassionatePersonals.com, FlirtOverFifty.com, CocktailConnection.com and MeetForCoffee.com. It also has partnerships with more than 150 other properties, including American Greetings, Great Expectations, Intermix, dating.com and Canwest Interactive. With its technology refresh, the company has consolidated four systems down to one cluster.
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Daters Reputation Sites
OPW — Jan 5 — You've probably heard of Truedater.com by now. Truedater allows internet daters to post reviews on other daters. I wondered if they had to got to any level critical mass by now. Alas, looks like they're not doing that well. They're at 640k Alexa rank, with a 270k decline. Integridate.com has just started up so perhaps they'll get more press attention and word-of-mouth. Do you think these sites have a future? Why might dating sites partner with them. – Mark Brooks
Daters Reputation Sites
OPW — Jan 5 — You've probably heard of Truedater.com by now. Truedater allows internet daters to post reviews on other daters. I wondered if they had to got to any level critical mass by now. Alas, looks like they're not doing that well. They're at 640k Alexa rank, with a 270k decline. Integridate.com has just started up so perhaps they'll get more press attention and word-of-mouth. Do you think these sites have a future? Why might dating sites partner with them. – Mark Brooks
How do You Spend Your Day?
OUT OF MY GORD BLOG — Jan 4 — The U.S. Census Bureau has just released its new statistical abstract. Here's how the average adult or teen will spend his or her time in 2007: 65 days in front of the TV; 41 days listening to the radio; a little over a week on the Internet; a week reading a daily newspaper; and another week listening to recorded music. FULL ARTICLE @OOMG
Mark Brooks: I'm online 45+ hours a week, never watch TV, watch Netflix movies 6 hours a week, listen to internet radio (Rhapsody, Shoutcast) 3 hours a week, read online news several hours a week and read physical newspapers and magazines a couple of hours a week. How about you? How about the average internet dater? Your comments please…
How do You Spend Your Day?
OUT OF MY GORD BLOG — Jan 4 — The U.S. Census Bureau has just released its new statistical abstract. Here's how the average adult or teen will spend his or her time in 2007: 65 days in front of the TV; 41 days listening to the radio; a little over a week on the Internet; a week reading a daily newspaper; and another week listening to recorded music. FULL ARTICLE @OOMG
Mark Brooks: I'm online 45+ hours a week, never watch TV, watch Netflix movies 6 hours a week, listen to internet radio (Rhapsody, Shoutcast) 3 hours a week, read online news several hours a week and read physical newspapers and magazines a couple of hours a week. How about you? How about the average internet dater? Your comments please…
iDate Update
OPW — Dec 4th — iDate is all about making personal connections with the people that run the online dating industry. Paying $800 (through Jan 10th) for this two-day conference makes sense if you want to meet up with fellow industry peers, learn more about new revenue opportunities and meet potential business partners. This year iDate is reaching out to the social networking industry and VC’s so expect a better turmout from social networking services and finance people.
iDate Update
OPW — Dec 4th — iDate is all about making personal connections with the people that run the online dating industry. Paying $800 (through Jan 10th) for this two-day conference makes sense if you want to meet up with fellow industry peers, learn more about new revenue opportunities and meet potential business partners. This year iDate is reaching out to the social networking industry and VC’s so expect a better turmout from social networking services and finance people.
Top 10 Media Trend Predictions for 2007
MOJO.COM — Jan 3 — 2007 will see development in the following areas:
- VIDEO – Users will demand more quality in online video. Also, there’s way too many platforms and formats. Industry standards are needed.
- THE RETURN OF EMAIL – Email marketing is making a slow but sure return to the landscape in 2007.
- VERTICAL RISING – The rise of vertical communities will continue.
- ACQUISITIONS – CNET for sale? Perhaps. Yahoo! and AOL? We think Google will block that. eBay will probably make a major move, maybe even with InterActive Corp. After MySpace fails with advertisers, Rupert Murdoch will turn to eBay’s Meg Whitman and lure her to run FIM/MySpace. Facebook will not sell. That ship has sailed.
- OLD MEDIA vs NEW MEDIA – Old media will wake up and realize that Google is worth much more than they are combined and they try to collude to take on Google.
Top 10 Media Trend Predictions for 2007
MOJO.COM — Jan 3 — 2007 will see development in the following areas:
- VIDEO – Users will demand more quality in online video. Also, there’s way too many platforms and formats. Industry standards are needed.
- THE RETURN OF EMAIL – Email marketing is making a slow but sure return to the landscape in 2007.
- VERTICAL RISING – The rise of vertical communities will continue.
- ACQUISITIONS – CNET for sale? Perhaps. Yahoo! and AOL? We think Google will block that. eBay will probably make a major move, maybe even with InterActive Corp. After MySpace fails with advertisers, Rupert Murdoch will turn to eBay’s Meg Whitman and lure her to run FIM/MySpace. Facebook will not sell. That ship has sailed.
- OLD MEDIA vs NEW MEDIA – Old media will wake up and realize that Google is worth much more than they are combined and they try to collude to take on Google.