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It was only a matter of time. It seems that the only browsing model social networking and now social media companies have come up with are variants on HotorNot. Sigh.
The new TwitOrFit shows a random user’s image, along with their most recent Tweet, and gives you the option to either follow their account, or give [...]
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This reminded me of the recent decision for Avid Life Media to turn HotorNot into a market research tool.
SF-based Peanut Labs, a provider of digital market research into the “Gen-Y”€Â? demographic, has raised a $3.2 million first round from Leapfrog Ventures and BV Capital. The company has developed a system, dubbed Sample3.0, that plugs into [...]
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National Post has more on the Avid Life Media acquisition of HotorNot.
When I talked to the reporter, one of the first things I said was the it looks like Avid Life Media is angling for the Barry Diller/IAC keiretsu. (IAC, is actually breaking it’s business units apart.)
In the dating world, the closest analog would be [...]
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I just heard from an intrepid reporter asking about Avid Life Media. Who is Avid Life Media? They own the Ashley Madison dating site, and now they own HotorNot. The reporter was wondering about why Avid would acquire HotorNot. Yesterday I wrote HotOrNot Sold To Canadian Investors. I’ll post more after the article comes out [...]
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Looks like HotorNot has sold for a reported $20 million to Avid Life Media. That seems a bit high but it’s going to take some more sleuthing to find out what the actual number is.
I met James Hong a few years ago at a conference and we briefly talked about different revenue model options. At [...]
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IceBreaker which I wrote about back in November, has landed $7.2 million in new financing, money that the Bellevue startup will use to continue marketing its mobile dating service Crush or Flush. Crush or Flush is similar to a mobile version of HotorNot.
IceBreaker plans to use funds to bolster a research and development center in [...]
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HOTorNOT, the site where I never get rated higher than 5.8, is now free.
Just wanted to drop you a note to let you know that we’ve made HOTorNOT free! You no longer need to buy a star membership in order to write your double matches ;)
We’ve made a lot of changes to the site recently [...]
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I had a chuckle this morning when I saw that Markus says that HotorNot competed with OkCupid. He thinks HotOrNot will move to a hybrid YouTube/dating model. Bizarre that they are shutting down HotOrNot, $5 million revenue for 5 people, but then again, they have to do something, their traffic appears to be tanking.
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