NICKI SWIFT – June 12 – Steve Harvey is a man of many talents: he's a comedian, talk show host, game show host, author, and businessman. And in 2009, he wrote a book titled – Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Man: What Men Really Think About Love, Relationships, Intimacy, and Commitment, introducing himself as an expert in the dating and romance scene. In 2014, Steve Harvey launched Delightful, an online dating site in partnership with Match Group. Delightful's slogan, "Find love and keep it", is how the site branded itself. Delightful contains lots of advice and insight from Steve Harvey.
Month: June 2020
Japan to Ban Forcible Outing of LGBTQI People
STAROBSERVER – June 12 – Forcible outing of LGBTQI persons may soon be a criminal offence in a region in Japan. The proposed law will penalise a person or organisation which either forces an LGBTQI person to come out against their will or reveals their sexual orientation or gender identity without their consent.
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Internet Dating Jobs Listing Update – June 2020
OPW – June 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:
Badoo
Head of Creative
Bumble
France Country Lead
Lovoo
Head of Finance & Controlling
Match Group
VP, Product – Match Affinity
Muzmatch
Head of Community
The League
Director or VP of Operations & Finance
Tinder
Sr. Director, Global Media
To see more open positions go here.
Do you have an idating industry job offer which is not included? Please, send it to tips@onlinepersonalswatch.com and we will add it to the list.
The Growth Stages of the Internet Dating Industry
1994-2008 – The Age of Web-based Internet Dating
2008-2020 – The Age of Mobile/App based Internet Dating
I think you could generally say that in each of these era's, you had to be on the web, and then on mobile, to be seeing double digit growth each year.
Now I think about it, later in 2005 I remember standing on stage at the Mobile Dating Conference and predicting that we would go "straight to Star Trek," in the USA, and all be using screen based phones. See slide 18 of my slide deck from 2005. In 2007 the iPhone emerged, and the rest was history.
What's next? On last Friday's IDEA webinar call, I eluded to it at the end of the webinar. (The webinar will be live on OPW tomorrow btw). IMHO the next two ages of Internet Dating are…
2020-2025 – The Age of Video based Internet Dating
Each of these stages took a while to build to, but now, I can definitively say, we are in the video based Internet Dating age.
Video connects people, is safer, richer and more dynamic, and allows humans to be humans, communicating far more naturally (and honestly). Covid-19 has firmly driven home the need for video now, and it's just a given at this stage.
With each transition to new media, there are winners and laggards. Some make the transition to the new medium, and win market share. Others hold onto the past, miss the boat, and in some cases, die a slow and painful death.
What's after video? At this stage, I'm convinced that Augmented Reality will mark the next major experiential shift and opportunity for greatly enhancing the user experience in Internet dating. So, I'd predict…
2025-2030 – The Age of Augmented Reality based Internet Dating
If you'd like a good book on this subject, I suggest Scoble's new book "The Infinite Retina."
The Meet Group Launches Monetization on Gay Dating App GROWLr
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Positive Singles Introduces a New ‘Discreet App Icon’ Feature
NEWSWIRE – June 10 – Discreet app icon is a customization tool for its users to replace the app image on their phone with another symbol. They can replace the icons, but the app name remains the same.
IAC & Match Set Deadline to Choose Separation Compensation
SEEKING ALPHA – June 11 – IAC and Match Group have set a deadline for Match stockholders to choose their form of compensation for Match's separation from IAC. They'll need to choose by 5 p.m. NYC time on June 18. If the deal is completed, each Match stockholder will be able to receive for each share: one share of common stock in "New Match," and either $3 in cash, or a fraction of a share with a value of $3.
Video Dating: An All-Star IDEA.gp Webinar
OPW – June 11 – The IDEA webinar on Video dating happened last Friday.
We discussed the behavior of Internet daters as they move towards using video more. The challenges of video dating, and the solutions.
Panelists:
- Geoff Cook, CEO/Co-Founder of The Meet Group
- Ravi Mehta, Former Chief Product Officer, Tinder
- Christof Wittig, CEO/Founder of Hornet
- Sai Swaminathan, Chief Portal Officer of Matrimony.com
- Shahzad Younas, CEO/Founder of MuzMatch
Prosieben to Float Its Dating Business in 2022
FINANZEN.AT – June 10 – ProSieben is planning to spin off its dating business unit from the subsidiary Nucom and "bring it to the stock exchange at the right time at a profit," said board spokesman and CEO/CFO Rainer Beaujean. "We are currently targeting the 2022 financial year for this." ProSiebenSat.1 announced the acquisition of The Meet Group through Nucom for ~$500M in March. The meet shareholders approved the deal last week, now the antitrust authorities still have to agree. Prosieben will hold 55% of the merged online dating business, including the former Parship Group (Parship, ElitePartner, eharmony), and General Atlantic will hold 45%. The Parship Group was valued at €726M on the transaction's announcement date. "We are convinced that the takeover of The Meet Group will generate very high additional value," said Beaujean.
See full article at Finanzen.at
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