by David Evans | Dating Industry Finance, Dating Sites & Startups
Alon Carmel, Spark Networks’ co-founders and co-chairmen, has resigned his positions with the company. Mr. Carmel has agreed to continue to serve the company, as a consultant, and Joe Shapira, the company’s co-chairman, will become chairman of the...
by David Evans | Dating Sites & Startups
Paris-based Meetic.com is hosting Valentine’s Eve street parties. The festivities will include DJs and speed-dating stands, where singles have only a few minutes to chat up a potential partner. Predictable, online dating in Europe is taking off as expected, a...
by David Evans | Dating Sites & Startups
In an article highlighting the all-too-familiar slowdown of the online dating industry, Janet Page, a psychotherapist who teaches the Emory University night class “I Will Be Married in a Year,” believes the industry has long taken its members for granted....
by David Evans | Mobile Dating
In time for Valentine’s Day, Sprint has launched two mobile data services for its PCS Vision customer base. SMS.ac allows users to flirt for 25 cents per text message and Match.com Mobile gives users the chance to browse potential mates for free, but actually...
by David Evans | Dating Research
Just in time for Valentine’s Day, online matchmaking service Tickle Inc. today released findings from its Valentine’s Day Bedroom Behavior Study. The study reveals that 69 percent of respondents to Tickle’s TrueMatch Personality Test have an...