ONENEWS NOW – Aug 26 – The dating site has announced it will no longer advertise on the show "Impastor" which is airing on TV Land. That decision comes after OneMillionMoms.com, a division of the American Family Association, launched a campaign urging the dating site to withdraw their financial support.
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SEEKING ALPHA – June 26 – Spark Networks had been suffering significant losses until mid 2014 when new management came in. Their first action was to cut the marketing spent on ChristianMingle. Almost immediately, the company became profitable, but this strategy is unsustainable. A prolonged period of subscriber attrition can be devastating. However, temporarily propping up the company has given new management time to implement its plan to reinvigorate Spark without having to worry about cash. The plan is simple: upgrade technology and begin redeploying ads dollars for ChristianMingle in a more intelligent manner. ChristianMingle looks to be partnering with mega churches and Christian organizations. CEO Michael Egan also noted that customers who were surveyed mentioned that there was a distinct lack of humor in any of the company's ads.
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TECHNOLOGY TELL – Sep 15 – The movie "Christian Mingle" is about a lady who lies about being Christian to get dates. The movie is directed by L.A. Law’s Corbin Bernsen, starring Lacey Chabert, and featuring Christian dating site ChristianMingle.com.
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FOX40 – Lesley and her husband Mike are part of a growing number of people who have met their spouse thanks to online dating. Shayan Zadeh, the CEO of Zoosk, cites recent research that found one out of every three relationships started online. Along with Zadeh, FOX40 spoke with representatives from Match.com, eHarmony, and Christian Mingle. FOX40 also went to a mall and asked people what they thought about online dating. The results were 50-50.
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THE INQUIRER – Jan 22 – Between 2010 and 2013, ChristianMingle saw a 500% increase in registrations from 55+ singles, while JDate.com saw ~70% rise in mature adults registering during the same period. 1 in 4 people over 50 is divorced, compared with 1 in 10 in 1990.
by Terri Akman
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CHRISTIAN TODAY – Jan 8 - ChristianMingle has come up with a new service (Good Deed Dating) that will give the opportunity for singles to get to know one another while volunteering in their communities. Singles will volunteer through projects like food banks and community gardens. The programme will initially run in Los Angeles on 11 January, and Houston and Dallas during the Valentine's Day weekend in February.
OREGON FAITH REPORT – Jan 3 – Home Theater Films announces their newest film, Christian Mingle, directed by Corbin Bernsen. This new romantic comedy will be produced in partnership with ChristianMingle.com. A young, modern, single woman is trying to achieve it all — a successful career, amazing friends and finding Mr. Right.
US NEWS – July 31 – A class action suit against Successful Match alleges that the company broke the law and its promises of confidentiality to customers on PositiveSingles.com by sharing their HIV and STD statuses on "thousands" of spinoff sites, including HIVGayMen.com, STDHookup.com and Blackpoz.com. Meanwhile ChristianMingle.com, a datingsite for Christian singles, is also embroiled in a class action suit, for not offering its dating services to same-sex couples. Christian Mingle is being sued for a violation of human rights law in California, where same-sex marriage is legal.
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USA TODAY – July 18 – Casual, easy and non-threatening — the simple beauty of SMS. For dating, it has given rise to new ways of flirting and even defining exactly what's going on between two people. Hearing someone's voice on the phone is still a key element for a relationship, yet people are increasingly more likely to rely on the relative "safety" of a text for initial contacts. An Independent research firm conducted a survey in May for ChristianMingle.com and JDate.com. One third of singles agree it's less intimidating to ask for a date via SMS, the survey found. One in four say an hour is the longest acceptable response time to a text. According to Nielsen, 764 SMS per person were sent/received each month in the USA in 2012, compared with 165 mobile calls per month.