TIMES ONLINE — Mar 9 — Thomas Enraght-Moony (36) is the CEO of Match.com, which operates in 37 countries and is already the world's biggest internet dating agency. In Britain it is about to get bigger still with a deal to run dating sites for The Sun and News of the World. "One of the interesting things about the UK is that newspaper dating sites are much more powerful than elsewhere," says Enraght-Moony. Thomas started at online broker Etrade, moved to a software start-up, then AT&T Wireless in Seattle, following his former Etrade boss Jim Safka. When Safka became CEO of Match in 2004, Enraght-Moony went, too. Enraght-Moony's job is to push the firm, already growing revenues at 17% a year, to fulfil that potential. FULL ARTICLE @ TIMES ONLINE
Category: Outlets – The Sunday Times
No Sex Please! Platonic Relationships Only
THE TIMES — Oct 20 — PlatonicPartners.co.uk is a niche site dedicated to helping people who don't want sex, but still want loving relationships. The site is targeted at women with low libidos and men suffering from sexual dysfunction. Estimates indicate that 1/3 of women have had no drive at some point in their lives and break-up of marriages occurred in 1/5 of the men suffering from ED. FULL ARTICLE @ TIMES ONLINE
Mark Brooks: The home page states that Platonic Partners is 'a meeting place for companionship and romance free from performance worry'. There are millions of people who suffer from sexual dysfunction, so this is a very valid niche.
How Mobiles Changed Chat-up Lines
TIMES ONLINE — July 24 — According to a study by the London School of Economics, more than half of mobile-users aged 18 to 24 have sent or received an invitation to a date in a text message, while just as many have traded sexually explicit messages; and 53% agreed that sending a flirtatious message to someone while in a relationship was a form of cheating. FULL ARTICLE @ TIMES ONLINE