by David Evans | Dating Industry Finance, Dating Markets
Samat Mutra had written a five-part series on Web 3.0 & Gannett. Gannett (GCI) publishes 85 daily newspapers, nearly 1,000 non-daily publications and 23 television stations in the US. In the UK, Gannett publishes 17 daily newspapers and around 300 non-daily...
by David Evans | Uncategorized
Listening to Markus at Plenty Of Fish spread his doom and gloom message about the paid dating market is depressing. Time to change the channel for a moment. Spark Networks and Match are doing quite well. Go browse the financials, it’s all there. If you ignore...
by David Evans | Dating Industry Finance, Dating Markets
Unflattering numbers from Match.com this quarter. One percent membership growth! No wonder they are raising prices and looking to the UK and Asia for growth. Acquistion costs are lower as a percentage of revenue, probably due to price increases, no reduction in CPA....
by David Evans | Dating Markets, Dating Sites & Startups
Christopher Matthews, 54, the founder of the Club Sirius, which he set up from his home near Macclesfield, Cheshire, died when the aircraft he was piloting crashed in Wisconsin. His company OneSaturday, which included Club Sirius, Dateline and Elite dating agencies,...
by David Evans | Dating Markets
Interesting article in the LA Times (reg. required) talking about Matchmaking in Pakistan. One new television program, in which men and women go on the air and describe their soul mates, then receive e-mail proposals from viewers, has swiftly gone from must-shun to...