PR WEB — Aug 10 — BlackPeopleMeet.com and The Steve Harvey Morning
Show are now seeking black singles from Dallas to participate as
contestants in Radio Date™, a creative and interactive take on dating
game shows of the past. One woman and three men, all from Dallas, will
be selected to appear on the show on August 19. The lucky couple's date
will take place Saturday, August 22nd. Winners of the Radio Date
receive an elegant, all-expenses-paid night on the town. FULL ARTICLE @ PR WEB
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People Media Launches New Niche Online Dating Sites
PRWEB — June 25 — People Media, a provider of niche online dating communities, launched six new targeted dating sites for AOL Personals and re-launched all of its existing sites. The new People Media-powered AOL Personals communities are designed expressly for niche audiences, such as BlackPeopleMeet.com for black singles. Additional sites are for singles seeking Jews, Catholics, Christians, single parents and seniors. FULL ARTICLE @ PR WEB
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The Recession. Isn’t It Romantic?
NY TIMES — Feb 12 — Online dating has had a following ever since dating sites popped up around '94, said Mark Brooks, editor of Online Personals Watch. The industry then started leveling off in Feb '05. "Now at a time when money is scarce or uncertain, they don't want to go through it alone," said Dr. Pepper Schwartz of Perfectmatch.com, which had a 51% increase in new members in the Q4 of '08 compared with '07. Speeddate.com's traffic is up 60%. "During recessions people stay at home more, they don't want to pay and go to bars. They're going online to meet each other," said Markus Frind, the CEO of Plentyoffish, a free site, where visits have increased 77% from Dec '07 to Dec '08, and 32% over the last three months. While "marriage" and "children" were always popular key words, Mr. Frind said, during this period last year Plentyoffish.com users mentioned the word "job" in their profiles 5.5% of the time. This year, that number has risen to 7.7%. On BlackPeopleMeet, the percentage of people listing "job" as a criterion when asked 'What are you looking for in a partner?' increased 18% from Jan '08 to Jan '09. Offline romance specialists say they are also seeing a spike in business. From Oct through Dec'08, new membership at The Right One/Together Dating, a dating service with 60 locations across the country, increased ~18% compared with the same period the previous year. The price of membership starts at $1,000. "People are putting down deposits rather than paying in full, which is fine," said CEO, Paul Falzone.
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All-New BlackPeopleMeet.com Launched
PR WEB — Sep 15 — People Media
launched the All-New BlackPeopleMeet.com as part of its campaign to
build stronger Black communities. Since 2002, BlackPeopleMeet.com has
grown to become
the web's #1 online destination for Black singles, with nearly 1m
monthly visitors and 300m monthly page views. U.S. Census reports
indicating that only 47% of Black
households contained a married couple. Black single people are far less
likely to get married than the general
population. As a result, 70% of Black children live with unmarried
parents as compared with 39% for all other races. FULL ARTICLE @ PR WEB