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Collaboradate has a new blog.
Spark Networks 10-k, lots of financial info, including picking up Schmooze-a-Palooza for $50k. This document should be required reading for anyone in the dating business. If you are about to launch a new dating site, make sure to read “Risk Factors, Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of [...]

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Spark Networks has reported fourth quarter and full year 2006 financial results.
Highlights
* Reported Full Year Revenue of $68.9 Million
* Generated Full Year Net Income of $6.6 Million
* Delivered Full Year EPS of $0.21
* Reported Cash Flow from Operations of $13.1 Million
AmericanSingles revenue down 30%, continues to lose tens of thousands of [...]

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Spark Networks has announced that the Board of Directors has authorized the Company to seek shareholder approval to establish Spark Networks plc as a subsidiary of Spark Networks, Inc., a corporation that will be incorporated in Delaware.
Pending shareholder and U.K. court approval, the shares of the U.K. company, Spark Networks plc, will be cancelled and [...]

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Here are additional details about the Spark Networks/HurryDate deal.
Spark Networks paid $2,000,000 to Hurry upon execution of the Agreement, and an additional sum of up to approximately $250,000 may be paid by the Company to Hurry, calculated based on Hurry’s working capital as of December 31, 2006. Furthermore, over the next two and a half [...]

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Spark Networks plc (AMEX: LOV), a leading provider of online personals services, will host an investor conference call to discuss its results for the fourth quarter and fiscal year ended December 31, 2006. The call is scheduled to take place on Tuesday, February 13, 2007 at 1:30 p.m. Pacific Time and 10:30 p.m. Frankfurt Time.
Call [...]

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Spark Networks announced today that it has acquired the assets of HurryDate, a leading online personals and singles events company.
Greg Liberman, Spark Networks President:
Adding HurryDate to the Spark family is another step towards expanding our offline presence and solidifies our position as the only leading online personals provider to effectively ‘marry’ the online and offline [...]

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