by David Evans | Online Dating Industry
Buried in an article about True I found that Match has eliminated about 30 jobs in its events and new product divisions. Makes sense if they are reconsidering running live events. Link
by David Evans | Dating Research
I love Spring Street Networks, and that fact that they run the personals side of great sites like Nerve and Salon.com, not to mention our local Boston.com. Lavalife seems to be doing ok with the contact-for-credits model, but I have not seen a press release from...
by David Evans | Dating Sites & Startups, Online Dating Industry
Early reports of 130 layoffs seems to be high. Today’s Dallas News states that True said Friday it laid off 90 employees, or about 60 percent of its workforce of about 150, to streamline operations. The company said the affected employees were told of the...
by David Evans | Dating Sites & Startups
It turns out that JDate has been using pornographic model Kari Gold, 18 years old, who lives in Hungary, as a model in their banner ads. The dating site’s banners pop up on news sites, major Israeli portals and on sites providing Hebrew e-mail services. It turns...
by David Evans | Online Dating Industry
I received an email stating that Match.com has stopped throwing offline (Matchlive) events – no speeddating, no singles events. Could that be true, even after Chris Terrill, Match.com’s vice president for off-line initiatives at Match, recently said that...