Month: September 2016

Internet Dating Jobs Listing Update – September 2016

Posted on September 11, 2016

Internet dating jobs logo OPW – Sep 11 - 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:

Badoo
  Group Finance Director

Global Personals USA (Webdate, Fling, WealthyMen, Crush.com)
  Product Manager

Jiayuan
  Co-director of the new media – Beijing

Match.com, Chemistry.com, People Media
  Associate/Director, Offline Media Buying & Analytics

OKCupid
  Director of Product Design

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.

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China’s Mistress Hunters Saves Marriages

Posted on September 9, 2016

Weiqing agentsAFP – Sep 8 – Rather than seek a divorce, a wife whose husband is having an affair hires "Mistress hunter", a specialist to earn the other woman's trust, and then persuade her to end the the extra-marital relationship. The service costs $60K – $75k. One such company is Weiqing which has 59 offices across the country, and offers free legal advice and lectures. Its founder Shu Xin has 300 agents at his command. "Every year we save ~5k couples." The mistress hunters are mostly women and are all psychology, sociology or law graduates. They spend three years learning the ropes before being sent out into the field, where they pose as neighbours, cleaners or babysitters.

See full article at DailyMail

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Chinese Dating App Momo Bets On Music

Posted on September 7, 2016

Momo app logoWSJ – Sep 7 – Momo, the Chinese Tinder, has moved from hooking up users to letting them get hooked on live music. It added a live-streaming function and lets users watch musicians perform live and interact with them. The shift has created a big splash. Momo's net revenue for Q2 tripled from a year earlier. That is mostly thanks to its live-streaming service, which already makes up more than half of the firm's revenue. Momo's stock has risen 56% since it released results.

by Jacky Wong
See full article at WSJ

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Match.com Launched Mobile Apps For The Latin American Market

Posted on September 7, 2016

Matchcom app iconEXPANSIÓN – Sep 7 - Match.com app will be available in Mexico and 5 other countries in Latin America this September to attract users 30+. "The age range of Match.com active users is 30-50 years," estimated Gael Deheneffe, director of Match.com for Latin America. He is projecting 30% increase of active users in Mexico after the apps' launch.

by Gabriela Chávez
See full article at Expansión

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MapleMatch.com To Save US Singles From The Horror Of Trump Presidency

Posted on September 7, 2016

BBC.CO.UK – Sep 7 – Canada could see an influx of immigrants if Donald Trump is elected president in November. ~20% of US citizens would consider emigrating if he made it to the White House. Joe Goldman has seen this as an opportunity and launched Maple Match, a dating site aimed at Americans who want to meet Canadians.

See full article at BBC

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British Muslim Makes A Fortune From A “Second Wife” Matchmaking Site

Posted on September 7, 2016

Secondwife screenshotNEW EUROPE – Sep 7 - Azad Chaiwala has set up SecondWife.com, a site that promises to find Muslim men a second wife. He said he is making tons of money and has ~100k users of  whom ~2% pay for a premium membership. Bigamy is illegal in the UK and punishable by seven years imprisonment. Chaiwala says that there is no legal signing of a marriage certificate or registration of the relationship as a marriage. "Legally this would then be seen as no different to one man having multiple female companions," the site specifies.

by Dan Alexe
See full article at New Europe

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Lunch Actually Raised 7-digit From A Japanese Social Network

Posted on September 7, 2016

Lunchactually logo oct 15E27 – Sep 6 – Lunch Actually, the Singapore-based premium dating platform, will use the new capital to ramp up presence in existing markets – Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand and Indonesia as well as expand to one new market. The investors are: Sat.1 mixi, Japanese social media network and publisher of mobile game Monster Strikea and Fatfish, a VP and development firm.

by Yon Heong Tun
See full article at E27

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This post also appears on InternetDatingInvestments.

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ProSiebenSat.1 Buys Majority Of Online Dating Group Parship Elite

Posted on September 5, 2016

Parship elitepartner logosREUTERS – Sep 5 – German broadcaster ProSiebenSat.1 is buying a majority stake in German online dating group Parship Elite in a deal valuing the company at 300M Eur ($335M) to expand its digital portfolio. ProSieben is paying 100M Eur for 50% plus one share in Parship Elite Group, which operates Parship and Elite Partner in the German-speaking world. It will also replace loans worth 100M Eur with preferred capital bearing a fixed rate of interest. The previous owners, Oakley Capital Private Equity II and the existing management, will keep just under 50% of shares in the group.

by Maria Sheahan
See full article at Reuters

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This post also appears on InternetDatingInvestments.

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Kelly Steckelberg Has Fallen In Love With Creating Opportunity At Zoosk

Posted on September 5, 2016

Zoosk kelly steckelberg sep 2016SBN ONLINE – Sep 1 – Kelly Steckelberg didn't grow up with aspirations to become a CEO. She has a background in finance and accounting and hoped to one day be a CFO at a public company. She was named CEO of Zoosk in Dec 2014. "It was certainly a stretch and I've learned a ton in the last year and a half", she said. "One of the things I promoted is to be transparent," Steckelberg says. "We're going to be transparent about financial results and the issues that we face." As she looks to the future, Zoosk is both confident and curious about what the years ahead will bring to Zoosk and the world of online dating. She is confident the number of people who do online dating will only continue to grow.

by Mark Scott
See full article at SBN Online

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Lloyd Miller Is Quietly Increasing Shares In Spark Networks

Posted on September 5, 2016

Sparknetworks logo new Jan 13CONSUMER EAGLE – Sep 2 – The major shareholder of Spark Networks, Lloyd Miller, has just obtained ~ 568k shares of the company, coming to a total transaction of $938K. Lloyd is trying to quietly increase his company's share, same as he did in the last month. He acquired another 1.05M shares worth $1.61M. Lloyd Miller now has ownership of 5.35M shares of the company. Osmium Partners holds 7.35% of its portfolio in Spark Networks for 3.45M shares.

by Darren Black
See full article at Consumer Eagle

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This post also appears on InternetDatingInvestments.

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