BBJ – July 23 – Dating app Happn has launched in Budapest. The app counts ~5M users around the world, in cities such as Paris, London, New York, Barcelona, Madrid, San Francisco, Buenos Aires, Santiago, Mexico and Sao Paulo.
by Christian Keszthelyi
See full article at Budapest Business Journal
STANDARD.CO.UK – July 9 – Coffee Meets Bagel, a dating site founded by three US-based, South Korean-born sisters, uses Facebook profile to recommend matches based on users’ friends of friends. Every day at noon, users receive their top match and have 24 hours to "like" or "pass". The app is already available in the US, Hong Kong, Sydney and Toronto.
by Jamie Nimmo
See full article at Standard.co.uk
BUSINESS INSIDER – July 4 - Ashley Madison revealed that it could abandon its London IPO, which was estimated to raise £135M ($200M) because it has potentially found a "better option." "We don't want to rush and make a mistake, but we are looking to commit to a decision around August," said Noel Biderman, CEO of Avid Life Media which owns Ashley Madison.
by Lianna Brinded
See full article at Business Insider
TELEGRAPH.CO.UK – June 19 – Lulu, the controversial dating app that lets women rate men, has launched in the UK, following success in the US (it had ~ 200K users after two months, and a 60% retention rate). It allows women to comment on and rate the men they know and have dated.
DAILYMAIL.CO.UK – June 14 – There are currently ~6M people claiming benefits according to the DWP (Department for Work and Pension). A new dating site for those people, called BenefitsBritain.com, launched on Friday, with Benefits Street star White Dee approached to be the site's poster girl.
GRUENDERSZENE – June 10 – Tomorrow Focus, Munich-based Internet group, sold its dating portal Elite Partner to Oakley Capital for 22M EUR. Tomorrow Focus wants to focus on the online travel market. Oakley Capital, headquartered in London, is a private equity firm which focuses on investments in telecommunications, information technology and media. Oakley also bought Parship in May 2015.
by Niklaus Wirminghaus
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NEWSONTOUR.DE – June 3 – The hack happened on Tuesday and users were not abble to to login to Lovoo app. Users who accessed Lovoo through www.lovoo.net were redirected to a page with "Free Palestine" slogan. The attacker has manipulated and redirected the DNS server.
MIRROR.CO.UK – Jun 3 – ~10K members have signed up for The Inner Circle, a dating app for elite professionals, in London. Each applicant undergoes an screening process to determine whether they match up to the exclusive standard of The Inner Circle’s community. The website and app is live in cities including Amsterdam, Barcelona, London, Milan, Paris and Stockholm.
by Kirstie McCrum
See full article at Mirror.co.uk
CNBC – June 2 – The average British singleton spends £120 per date (3 to 4 times more than in France or Italy, according to joint research by Match.com and the Centre of Economics and Business Research. Italians spent £43 on a date, while the French only £31. Germans spent ~£39 per date.
DAILYMAIL.COM – May 25 – Only 1,596 of the 26,939 users with a UK email address identified as female. That means the ratio of male to female AFF members in the UK is 16:1. ~4M users of AdultFriendFinder had highly sensitive information, including birthdays, ZIP codes, sexual orientations and email and IP addresses, exposed during the hack.
by Evan Bleier
See full article at DailyMail.co.uk