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Online Dating Insider delivers cutting-edge insight and commentary on all aspects of the online dating industry. Topics include industry news, site reviews, emerging trends, analysis of dating site features, discussion about safety safety, finance and other issues important to the online dating market. Don’t miss our Tools & Services directory, useful to anyone running dating [...]

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Match, actually Happen Magazine, is hosting a live chat this Thursday August 11 at 8pm EST.

Topic: Dating etiquette explained. The two moderators are Jason Tesauro and Phineas Mollod. They are not names conjured up by spammers, but a pair who recently wrote the book The Modern Lover: A Playbook for Suitors, Spouses and Ringless Carousers.

The [...]

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It looks like the battle between dating/relationship magazines One2One Living and Tango is heating up. Tango has a relationship with PerfectMatch, which has a deal with Lifetime network. Now One2One Living has announced a new advertising campaign on the Oxygen Network. There is also a strange mention of a content media server run by NSYNC [...]

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The International Association of Dating Website has launched their website. Take a moment to register yourself or your company today and make your voice heard on important legislation affecting the online dating industry.
Mission Statement
Our mission is to provide a forum for members to network, provide positive PR for the online dating industry, provide important information [...]

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We’ve written about Inode before. Incode was founded in 2004 to acquire, develop and commercialize innovative and profitable subscription-based eBusinesses in the online dating, information, retail, industrial, and financial services sectors. Incode’s plan is to expand on KissyKat’s (pet lovers dating site) current model and subscriber base. Incode is targeting KissyKat to make a significant [...]

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Terra Lycos is selling its Lycos assets to Daum Communications. Lycos represented about 16 percent of its total earnings in 2003. Terra originally purchased Lycos, based in Waltham, Massachusetts, in May 2000 in a stock deal worth $12.5 billion.
How will this affect Matchmaker? Will Daum pump some marketing dollars into it or leave it [...]

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Ticketmaster, which owns match.com announced back in March that it was to acquire Soulmates Technology for $23M US in stock. “Soulmates delivers a private-label solution for portals seeking a customized personals interface that takes on the look and feel of their site. Through a relationship with MSN, Soulmates Technology is currently utilizing their technology to [...]

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