LINKEDIN – Anna Maria Wanninger, the Managing Director of Lovoo, will be stepping down. She will remain at the company till the end of this year to ensure a smooth handover with the new management team. Claudio Di Vincenzo and Brad Richards, as well as Parship Group CEO Marc Schachtel and CMO Herbert Murschenhofer will now be managing directors at Lovoo.
Month: August 2022
Tinder Turns 10: What Have We Learned From a Decade of Dating Apps?
THE GUARDIAN – A decade ago, online dating existed through sites such as match and OKCupid tended to attract older users, and had a stigma. Apps like Grindr (launched 2009), and Tinder (2012) radically changed online dating. Emily Witt, the author of Future Sex, a book that examines sex in the internet age, tells Nosheen Iqbal about the origin story of Tinder, meeting the founders, and why it was such an instant success. Dating apps have grown in response to a culture where people are single longer and a changing sexual morality that's open to different kinds of relationships.
by Nosheen Iqbal
See full article at The Guardian
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New Dating App Matches Singletons Who Know That They Don’t Want Kids
DAILY STAR – Kindred connects people who don't want children. The app launched this year in London, and made it into Elle UK's three recommended top dating apps.
by Katie-Ann Gupwell
See fulll article at Daily Star
Mark Brooks: Niche dating apps do well to focus on lifestyle, religion, geographic locations…and on occasion showstoppers. This is a good example of a showstopper criteria.
Bumble Reaches for Inclusivity With Black-Focused Show
MEDIA POST – Bumble has teamed with Black-owned creative agency 19th & Park and singer/actress Teyana Taylor's all-women production company, for "Luv2SeeIt," a YouTube series about Black dating that will debut six 20-minute episodes every other Wednesday through Oct. 19. The first episode is up now. Taylor will interview Black artists, actors, athletes and entrepreneurs about relationships, sex/intimacy, red flags for dating profiles, and dating after a loss.
Conservative Dating App The Right Stuff Launches With Bizarre Video
VERDICT.CO.UK – The Right Stuff first hit the news in January following a $1.5M seed round from Thiel. At the time, John McEntee, the former Trump political aide behind the company, said The Right Stuff aimed to launch in the summer. Ryann McEnany, the younger sister of former Trump White House secretary Kayleigh McEnany, stars in the video and said that The Right Stuff will launch in September. The app is invite-only and free to use, at least for the basic package. The video also showcases how conservatives can create conversation starters by filling in different prompts. In one prompt shown in the video, it says "Alexa, change the…" to which fingers supposedly belonging to McEnany type in and finish the sentence with the word "president". The Right Stuff isn't Thiel's first conservative tech investment. He has also injected dosh into the YouTube-like video-sharing app Rumble, which has become a hit with conservatives because it has looser content moderation rules, as Business Insider reported.
by Eric Johansson
See full article at Verdict.co.uk
Bumble’s Q2 2022 Results, Bumble Revenue up 33%, Badoo Down 14%
GLOBE NEWSWIRE – Total Revenue increased 18.4% to $220.5M, compared to $186.2M. This includes an unfavorable impact of $9.4M from foreign currency movements YOY. Bumble app revenue grew 33.2% to $169.6M. Badoo app and other revenue declined 13.7% to $50.8M. Total paying users increased to 3M, compared to 2.9M. Net loss was $6.4M, compared to net loss of $11.1M.
Global Love Conference – London, Sep 21st, 2022
OPW – The next Global Love Conference is taking place in London, on the 21st of September 2022. Early-Bird tickets are available now for 1 week only. Find out more here.
Forging Connections Inside “The Fourth Place”
How Filteroff Dumped Traditional Online Dating
STRATEGY ONLINE – Filteroff is a dating app that blends an online platform with more personal interaction than swiping left or right. Users create a profile and are set up on three curated dates. They just determine the time with their date, then hop on a three-minute video chat and decide afterward if they'd like to pursue the match. "Our community loves the ability to meet people before the IRL experience," says founder Zach Schleien. "It's like the first date before the first date. We're all about meeting people, not profiles."
by Chelsea Clarke
See full article at Strategy Online
Dating News Headlines: Bumble
Quick links to today's dating news headlines
- Bumble Inc. Announces Second Quarter 2022 Results – Globe Newswire