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World Dating Partners has hired Christine Johanson to be the new CEO of North American Operations. Christine is tasked with managing and further developing WDP alliances with leading North American brands. Before joining World Dating Partners, Christine was Head of the Global Strategies Division of NeuStar Ultra Services, an organization which works with the largest [...]

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Jim Safka has been named CEO of Ask.com effective immediately.

He will oversee Ask.com’s global operations and continue in his role as CEO of Primal Ventures, a new-venture entity that identifies seeds and incubates business opportunities for IAC (NSDQ: IACI). He was appointed to that role last year after serving as CEO of Match.com from 2004 [...]

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 Anna Zornosa is leaving Yahoo! Personals.
Today we are announcing a transition in leadership within Yahoo! Personals. After two years driving Yahoo! Personals to be one of the leading online dating sites in the industry, Anna Zornosa has decided to pursue a career opportunity outside of Yahoo!
Yahoo! Personals has realized significant growth and delivered enormous value [...]

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Allison Clark, Senior Manager, PR at Match.com and Chemistry.com, is looking for a PR/Marketing Coordinator to support the Marketing and PR management team in administrative, creative and product assignments. A Marketing Coordinator and Marketing Manager are sought as well. Visit www.match.com/careers

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I recently sat down with Aquent to discuss the similarities between job hunters and online daters. Turns out job hunters are as passionate, volatile and demanding as singles.
Aquent acquired Pricejamieson earlier this year. Pricejamieson has published a DatingDirect recruiting video interview. I have not seen this type of video before.  Makes me wish for the [...]

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Several openings at the Match HQ in Dallas.
Systems Engineer
Reporting Analyst
Public Relations Specialist

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I was quoted in an article about the Playboy deal with Lavalife.
Adweek onThe Peeq:
A sexy community where like-minded adults learn from and contribute to a shared philosophy that dares us to explore the quirky, humorous, embarrassing and sublime sides of sex.
Robert X. Cringely gets lightly roasted for his depiction of Quechup.com.
UK dating site First Move [...]

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Chemistry.com PR head Tina Couch has left the building. I enjoyed working with Tina and her team on the chemistry.com blog project earlier this year. Best of luck to Tina in her new endeavors.
Think you have what it takes to jump into the battle with eHarmony? Chemistry.com PR Director auditions are now open.
Speaking of PR, [...]

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Sr. Applications Engineer
Business Development Director
Sr. User Interface Developer
Associate Product Manager
Administrative Assistant

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