PRESS RELEASE – Feb 11 – Meetic, the European leader in online dating, announces its annual revenue for 2009. The Group’s total consolidated annual revenue came to 164.5M euros, up +23% on the previous financial
year. Match International contributed 32.4M euros. The Meetic Group had
920,286 subscribers at the end of Dec 2009, compared to 696,472
subscribers at the end of Dec 2008. Read the full press release here.
Month: February 2010
Neu.de And Match.com Partner
OPEN PR – Feb 10 – Match.com partners with German dating site Neu.de. Neu.de, which is the most popular German dating site in 2009 (according to MetrixLab, Europe's largest online research agency), belongs to Meetic group since 2008. Starting Feb 9th, Match.com in Germany will be powered by Neu.de. Match.com European member base will merge with Neu.de. FULL ARTICLE @ OPEN PR
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Dating Site Match.com Rebrands With Animated TV Ad
MUMBRELLA – Feb 10 - Match.com has undergone a
rebrand led by an animated TV ad featuring characters designed to
appeal to different types of consumers. The campaign, created by US
Sydney, has scraped the old tagline “Make love happen”, for “Where you
found me”. FULL ARTICLE @ NUMBRELLA
Post V-Day Dream Date Offered By SpeedDate.com
PRESS RELEASE – Feb 10 - SpeedDate will give one lucky person the chance to truly experience the date of their dreams. From February 8-14, folks will be encouraged to share their worst or most amusing dating stories. On Feb 15th, SpeedDate will choose a winner who will receive either a trip for two to Las Vegas, romantic day of wine tasting in Napa Valley, or dinner and limo in their hometown.
Frisco Couple Offers Sex Advice
THE 33TV – Feb 8 - Jennifer Hunt and Dan Baritchi are partners, both professionally and personally. The Frisco couple gets up to 4M hits a month to their online video-show called "Ask Dan and Jennifer". On it, they give simple, straightforward advice on love and sex. The pair generates their own content for their shows and takes questions from the public online.
The full article was originally published at The 33TV, but is no longer available.
Easydate Ltd And Dating Factory Partner
PR WEB – Feb 8 – Easydate owns one of the top ten UK dating brands BeNaughty.com, and with this partnership can now address the German, French Spanish and Italian speaking markets using Dating Factory’s white label dating platform. Datingfactory.com offers a multi lingual / multi cultural platform to open the door into Europe for major dating brands and general webmasters without them having to invest in multilingual staff, infrastructure and ongoing maintenance. FULL ARTICLE @ PR WEB
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Singles Focus On Emotional Aspects Of A Relationship
MONEY CONTROL – Feb 9 - Singles looking for love put too much emphasis
on looks and passion in trying to find their perfect match, according
to research released ahead of Valentine's Day by eHarmony. Single women
aged under 45 were 13 times more likely than married women under 45 to
stress the importance of feeling passion and desire toward their
partners. Single women aged over 45 were twice as likely to stress the
importance of love, compared to their married peers who were more
likely to cite companionship. FULL ARTICLE @ MONEY CONTROL
Valentine’s Day Massacre On Sugardaddie.com
PR WEB – Feb 9 – Traditionally a man was safe on Valentine’s Day if he gave his love interest a dozen red roses and a box of chocolates, but over the recent years that has changed, especially on the upscale dating site Sugardaddie.com. Men on this site give extravagant gifts such as condos, cars, diamonds and trips around the world. In a recent poll taken on Sugardaddie.com, these attractive women, overwhelmingly stated they require much more than roses. FULL ARTICLE @ PR WEB
Success Of Ashley Madison
IT BUSINESS – Feb 9 - Ashley Madison is the fastest growing site in North America. CEO Noel Biderman says he's just offering a niche service others are ignoring. Since launching eight years ago, Ashley Madison has 5.2M members in four different countries. The secret of the site's success has a lot to do with the smart use of social media. There have also been several spin-off sites. EstablishedMen promises to connect rich businessmen with young, beautiful women for “mentoring.” Other sites connect older women with young men, or cater to the swingers lifestyle. FULL ARTICLE @ IT BUSINESS
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iDate Miami Photos
Close to 500 internet dating industry executives, matchmakers, software
providers, marketing/advertising firms, venture capitalists, affiliate
managers, payment processors, background search companies and
affiliates were in attendance. Check out pictures from the first online
dating awards. The winners were announced At the Royal Palm Hotel in Miami Beach on January 28, 2010.
iDate conventions are considered some of the most
prominent and beneficial events for executives in the online personals
and matchmaking industries. The next Internet Dating Conference will
take place in Los Angeles on June 16-18 and will be held at the SLS
Hotel in Beverly Hills.