LEGAL NEWSLINE – Mar 10 – A Florida man has filed a class action lawsuit against Tinder over its recent announcement that it will be charging users $2.99 per month. He claims he would have reconsidered his decision to download and use the Tinder app if he had known that it would one day no longer be free. He called it a bait-and-switch ploy and says the app’s users became addicted to it.
by John O'Brien
The full article was originally published at Legal Newsline, but is no longer available.
SF WEEKLY – Mar 10 – In theory, the Craigslist “missed connections” page is a good idea. But in reality, who comes home after such an instance and immediately hops on Craigslist to see if the other person has written a post about them? Probably, almost no one. This was one of Paris-based entrepreneur Didier Rappaport’s inspirations behind founding Happn, a new app that’slike Craigslist missed connections and Tinder rolled into one. The app was launched in Paris in early 2014 and has since been expanded to several major cities in Europe and South America, and also L.A., Boston, and San Francisco. There are 2M Happn users to date.
TECH CRUNCH – Mar 11 – Bumble, the dating app created by former Tinder VP of Marketing Whitney Wolfe, has released a feature called Backtrack that is identical to the rewind feature in Tinder Plus, allowing users to reverse accidental left swipes. Unlike Tinder, however, Bumble users each have three free backtracks, which refill after three hours. If a user needs more than three backtracks, that user can share Bumble on social media sites.
COURTLAND BROOKS – Mar 11 – TED Talks introduce ideas worth spreading. Here's what the Courtland Brooks team thinks are of specific interest to you.
DALLAS BUSINESS JOURNAL – Mar 10 – Courtem, a Dallas-based startup's dating app, has attracted the attention of one of the most prominent Dallas entrepreneurs and investors: Mark Cuban. The von Gontard brothers – Peter, Alex, Adie, Andrew – created Courtem nine months ago and launched it on Dec. 4. The startup has so far raised $3M from a group of investors. Courtem allows users to instantly propose a date to other users.
by Danielle Abril
See full article at Dallas Business Journal
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THE LINE – Mar 10 - SparkStarter is a matchmaking and dating app developed by MSP entrepreneur Tony Kramer. It promises a better, less awkward way for singles to meet. The app launched in mid-February and claims ~2M users. SparkStarter syncs with Facebook and lets single users browse their friends and friends-of-friends. When they find someone appealing, they can “vote up” to create a “Spark” — a potential match — and get formally introduced by a mutual friend.
by Brian Martucci
See full article at The Line
YONHAPNEWS – Mar 10 - Ashley Madison has resumed service for local customers under a new domain – http://www.ashleymadison.co.kr after the country's top court abolished a decades-old anti-adultery law late last month.
See full article at YonhapNews
NY TIMES – Mar 9 – Gleeden's latest ad campaign — evoking the temptations of Eve with a partly eaten apple — has spawned a backlash and a national debate in France. The Catholic Family Associations filed a legal complaint against the site. Bus company Keolis said it withdrew the ad last month after receiving 500 complaints in a week. An anti-Gleeden petition that was circulated on social media garnered ~20K signatures. Gleeden launched in 2009, and has ~1M subscribers in France and 2.4M globally.
OPW – Mar 10 - The new Internet dating jobs listing is live on the Internet Dating Jobs blog.
Below see a couple of this month's most interesting offers:
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From our esteemed Courtland Brooks clients:
DatingFactory
Customer Communication and Marketing Manager
Global Personals USA (Webdate, Fling, WealthyMen, Crush.com)
Brand Manager (Stunr.com)
MillionaireMatch
Marketing Managers
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eHarmony
Director, Product Management (Mobile)
Jiayuan
Co-director of the new media to promote
Lovoo
Head of Concept
Match.com, Chemistry.com, People Media
Director, Advertising Sales
POF
Director of Strategy and Analytics
Spark Networks
Senior Director, Conversion & Retention
To see more open positions go here.
Do you have an idating industry job offer which is not included? Please, send it to petra@courtlandbrooks.com and we will add it to the list.
MARKETWIRED – Mar 5 – The Q4 2014 revenue was $3.3M, up 11% YOY. Net loss was $248K, down 62.5% YOY.
See full article at Marketwired