Month: November 2016
America’s Asian Dating App East Meet East Raised $1 Million
PR NEWSWIRE – Nov 15 – East Meet East, the app and website that matches Asian and Asian American singles in the U.S., has raised $1M. The funding will be used to further develop the mobile app and accelerate the company's growth, specifically in the U.S., Canada, Australia, the U.K., and Hong Kong. The investors in this round include: 500 Startups, East Ventures, DeNA1, iSGS Investment Works, Shintaro Yamada and others.
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Tinder Goes Down With Thousands Claiming They Lost Their Matches
Hong Kong’s DateTix Bought Thailand Dating App Noonswoon
by Kevin McSpadden
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Spark Networks Q3 Financial Results – Revenue Down 28%, Loss Decreased
MARKETWIRED – Nov 10 – Q3 revenue was $8.4M, a 28% decrease YOY, driven by decreases in both average paying subscribers and average revenue per user. Total direct marketing expenses decreased 72% to $1.2M. Q3 net loss was $94k, a $728k improvement versus the year ago period. CEO Danny Rosenthal stated: "We have made the decision to focus on improving JDate and Christian Mingle. Accordingly, we have paused work on initiatives that do not support this objective which includes the Church Partnership Program, the CrossPaths mobile application, and the expansion of Christian Mingle into Latin America.
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Snap Interactive Reports Q3 Results
ACCESSWIRE – Nov 10 – Q3 revenues decreased 16% YOY to $2.9M. Net income for Q3 totaled $500k, the highest net income ever recorded by the Company. SNAP announced and closed a merger with Paltalk, a leader in online and mobile video chat, creating a significantly larger, well capitalized public entity with combined annual revenues estimated at $30M.
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Hack Reportedly Exposes 412M FriendFinder Networks Accounts
CNET – Nov 13 – The hack included email addresses and passwords collected over 20 years from six adult-oriented FriendFinder websites, including Penthouse.com, according to LeakedSource, which disclosed the breach. FriendFinder confirmed the site vulnerability. The hack marks the second time in two years that AdultFriendFinder has been hacked. It was also hacked in May 2015, exposing ~3.5M accounts.
by Steven Musil
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Spex Is A New Dating App For People Wearing Glasses
REFINERY29 – Nov 14 – Spex is a new dating service for people who wear glasses or are attracted to those who do. The app, which is still in development and currently only exists as a website, was the brainchild of Charly Lester, who was inspired by her own self-consciousness when dating in glasses. "I wear glasses, and when I go on a first date I usually wear contacts as I am a bit embarrassed about them," she said. "But I realised some people actually really like glasses and some people even say they find it their partner's most attractive feature."
by Natalie Gil
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Irena Brooks: Why would anyone deliberately seek a partner with eye problems so he/she could pass them on to their future children? Don't get me wrong. I have nothing against people who wear glasses. I wear glasses myself. If you are not comfortable wearing your glasses on your first date, you probably have the wrong glasses :).
CitySwoon Is Coming To Canberra
CANBERRATIMES – Nov 13 – Husband and wife team Brett Couston and Louise O'Connor launched the events, which are a hybrid between online matching and face-to-face speed dating, and they're coming to Canberra for the first time this month. Participants create a profile online, then buy tickets to the events they want to go to. They're then matched with the people going to the same event that the system determines they're most compatible with. The night is run similar to a speed dating event and everyone is sent a photo of each of their scheduled dates via sms. The next day, participants return to the website and can choose to communicate further with dates if they wish.
Internet Dating Jobs Listing Update – November 2016
OPW – Nov 12 - 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:
eHarmony
Director, Data Science
Global Personals USA (Webdate, Fling, WealthyMen, Crush.com)
Product Manager
Match.com, Chemistry.com, People Media
Director, Offline Marketing Attribution Analytics
OKCupid
Director of Product Design
Parship.de
Art Director ElitePartner
Spark Networks
General Counsel
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.