LIVEMINT – May 29 – Gleeden, a dating site/app for married individuals, is making inroads in India and already has 120K subscribers. Run entirely by a team of 20 women, the website is free for female subscribers, men pay for subscription packages starting at Rs. 700. So far, the online dating industry in India has been dominated by apps like Tinder, Truly Madly, Woo, Thrill and Happn, according to KPMG. ~6M singles are estimated to be registered on several dating apps across the country.
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Brandon Wade: Love Is For Poor People
MIRROR.CO.UK – May 19 – Brandon Wade set up controversial dating site Seeking Arrangement and is hosting the UK's first 'Sugar Baby' summit. He has said love is for poor people and women look for an older lover because men are "more successful". He was joined by Emma Gammer, an experienced 'Sugar Baby' who defended the dating site, but Good Morning Britain's Ben Shephard questioned whether it was "prostitution".
by Kyle O'Sullivan
See full article at Mirror.co.uk
Gleeden, The French Version Of Ashley Madison, To Enter India
Seeking Arrangement Is Hosting A Sugar Baby Summit
UNICORN BOOTY – Apr 3 - Seeking Arrangement is hosting a Sugar Baby Summit, a paid seminar for sugar babies in London this May, where they will learn how to succeed in getting a Sugar Daddy. Tickets start at $90.
by Alexander Kacala
See full article at Unicorn Booty
France: Catholics Lose Court Case Against Gleeden
EURONEWS – Feb 9 – The National Confederation of Catholic Family Associations (CNAFC) brought the case against BlackDivine, the parent company of Gleeden, claiming that the business model was illegal and anti-social, and in direct violation of the civil code. A Paris court has ruled against the Catholic group. During the court case, the Catholic association called for an end to Gleeden's ad campaigns, claiming they preached infidelity. It also demanded the cancellation of contracts between the site and its customers. Gleeden describes itself as "the first extramarital dating site made by women." The company was founded in France in 2009.
Ashley Madison’s Hack Documentary On Netflix Now
DECIDER – Feb 2 – Netflix released the documentary Ashley Madison: Sex, Lies and Cyber Attacks jarringly close to Valentine's Day (it originally aired on the UK's Channel 4 in August). Former CEO Noel Biderman did not participate in the making of the documentary.
by Jenna Marotta
See full article at Decider
Threesome App CEO: ‘Swiping Is Dead’
YAHOO! FINANCE – Jan 14 – According to Dimo Trifonov, CEO of the threesome app Feeld, swiping is merely a "temporary solution to a problem of digital overconsumption and messy, unstructured databases of things." The 26-year-old entrepreneur launched Feeld in 2014 for people to explore the possibilities of threesomes. The app gained some notoriety for Tinder's attempt to sue the startup over its former name 3nder. 3nder changed its name to Feeld in August, a move Trifonov argues hasn't significantly affected its user base of 2M people. Feeld is abandoning the swiping model and "we are also getting rid of the 'judgment user interface' of liking and disliking people", he says. Feeld also plans on launching an entirely new, unnamed app in the spring focused on bringing people together for events.
by JP Mangalindan
See full article at Yahoo! Finance
Ashley Madison Data Breach Claims Should Be Arbitrated, Company Says
NATIONAL LAW JOURNAL – Jan 5 – AshleyMadison.com's parent company is hoping to knock out ~20 class actions filed over its 2015 data breach by invoking online arbitration agreements users signed when they subscribed to its matchmaking services. According to Ruby Corp, AM parents company, users agreed to arbitrate their disputes when they set up an account on AshleyMadison.com. Lawyers are due in court on Jan 6 to schedule oral arguments on the matter.
by Amanda Bronstad
The full article was originally published at National Law Journal, but is no longer available.
Cheating Website Victoria Milan Plans To Double Its 75K Irish Members In 2017
IRISHMIRROR.IE – Jan 5 – "We currently have ~75k Irish users and are aiming to reach 150k users in 2017 with our marketing and PR activations", said Sigurd Vedal, CEO of Victoria Milan. Although the figures sound ambitious, Mr Vedal says since he launched the website in 2010 they've racked up ~5.8M members in 33 countries.
by Kathy Armstrong
See full article at IrishMirror.ie
Ashley Madison Settles With FTC, Agreed To Pay $1.65M Fine
BLOOMBERG MARKETS – Dec 14 – AshleyMadison.com's owner agreed to pay a steeply discounted $1.65M settlement to resolve state and federal probes into a 2015 hack that exposed personal data of 37M users. The fine was reduced ~90% from $17.5M due to an "inability to pay". Company spokeswoman Debra Quinn declined to comment on why the company can't afford to pay the full settlement, despite reporting more users than it had at the time of the breach.
by Erik Larson
See full article at Bloomberg Markets