WLD – Aug 4 – Trinity Mirror, one of the largest multimedia publishers in the UK, has partnered with White Label Dating to launch new online dating site, Mirror Matches.
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UK Global Personals Ranked #31 In European Media Momentum
PRESS RELEASE – May 30 – Global Personals Ltd, the parent company of WhiteLabelDating.com, has been ranked for the 4th consecutive year in the 11th annual Media Momentum Top 50, moving up five places from last year to #31. The list recognises companies with the fastest growing revenue in the European digital economy. In the last three years, Global Personals experienced a 124% increase in revenue.
Global Personals Ranked #34 In The Profit Track 100
PR NEWSWIRE – Apr 14 – Britain’s top 100 companies with the fastest growing profits have been revealed in the 15th annual Sunday Times BDO Profit Track 100. Global Personals ranked #34, going up six places from last year.
WhiteLabelDating.com Partners With US Radio Network
PRESS RELEASE – Mar 10 – Redwood Empire Stereocasters (RES), a leading US radio network, launched SonomaCountyDating.com on WhiteLabelDating.com's platform. 10% of the network’s listeners have already signed up to SonomaCountyDating.com since the launch in December. RES is using the dating site as a channel to generate additional revenue for their network of four radio stations, KJZY, KZST, KWVF, KTRY.
Users Surprised Their Profiles Are Being Shared On Multiple Dating Sites
CBC – Feb 14 – Global Personals is powering ~13K dating sites around the globe with 30M customers. One user signed up for a seniors' dating site and found herself on Toyboy.com, a site for successful ladies and young men. By joining one of Global Personals sites, users agree to the terms of use that say their profile may be available to users of other partner sites.
Global Personals Launches TV Campaign For JustSingles.com
PRESS RELEASE – Jan 7 – JustSingles.com is the parent brand of over 400 niche dating sites in the Just Group portfolio, ranging from sites such as JustSeniorSingles.com to JustGingerSingles.com.
Which Dating Sites Got The Best And Worst PR In 2013?
OPW – Jan 3 – Here are the Courtland Brooks rankings of the top 10 and the worst 4 performing idating sites for PR in 2013. We used Meltwater News and our qualitative analysis.
Best
- Match
- eHarmony
- Tinder
- OkCupid
- AshleyMadison
- Grindr
- Down (BangWithFriends)
- HowAboutWe
- Spark Networks brands
- Zoosk
Worst
- TRUE
- FriendFinder
- Cupid
- White Label Dating
Global Personals Selected For Future Fifty Fast-track
PRESS RELEASE – Dec 6 – UK Global Personals has been chosen for the goverment's Future Fifty fast-track programme. The program aims to connect high-growth companies with experts to help them scale rapidly. The selected companies will receive support from both public and private sectors.
Looking For Love – ITV Documentary
ITV – Oct 30 – In the last night ITV tonight show – Looking For Love, Jonathan Maitland investigated the shift in attitudes towards Internet dating and its effect on relationships. There are 9M online daters in UK. 1 in 5 relationships now start online and ~23% of recently married UK couples met on the Internet. The online dating clearly works but there are some downsides such as scammers. Jonathan interviewed Sonia Richards who was a victim of “romance dating fraud” and sent ~12K pounds to a Nigerian scammer. He talked to Ryan Pitcher, a former GlobalPersonals.co.uk's employee about his job to send fake messages of love to help boost company profits. Jonathan also attended the last iDate conference in Cologne and asked Mark Brooks whether singles are spoiled for choice because of online dating. You can watch the show here.
WhiteLabelDating.com Names Partner Of The Decade
WLD – Oct 28 – WhiteLabelDating.com unveiled its Partner of the Decade at their 5th Partner Conference. The winner is Neil Stanley, serial tech entrepreneur, who operates a diverse dating portfolio including PartnersforParents.co.uk and MatureLove.com. He is bringing in 1M members per year. Other winners are:- Best PR Coverage: KissingGates.com
- Most diverse portfolio: Angus Thody's portfolio, including sites like DanceLoverDating.com
- Biggest UK revenue growth: TheAdultCafe.com
- Biggest international revenue growth: Plenty More LLP (iFancy.com and PlentyMoreFish.com)