by David Evans | Dating Industry Finance
Mashable says: Originally acquired by AOL for $850 million back in 2008, Bebo has clearly been a colossal flop for AOL, and as the company refocuses on content, makes little sense strategically. Along those same lines, AOL unloaded ICQ to DST a little over a month...
by David Evans | Dating Industry Finance, Online Dating Industry
Newsflash: Match.com, an operating business of IAC, today announced an agreement by which Match will become the exclusive online dating site on Yahoo!. Yahoo! Personals users will have the opportunity to move to a new co-branded Match.com experience, “Match.com...
by David Evans | Dating Industry Finance
Today’s guest post is by Ross Felix. Ross has been paying close attention to Spark Networks for quite some time and is well-versed in the challenges it faces today. For those of you who aren’t that familiar with Spark Networks, it’s made up of several...
by David Evans | Dating Industry Finance
As I mentioned recently, Match changes $107.94 for a six-month subscription at the end of a three-day trial. Did you know that back 2006 Match changed only $65.70 for six months? Thats quite a markup. I was reading an article in the Atlantic about The Management Myth....
by David Evans | Dating Industry Finance
Spark Networks, Inc. (AMEX:LOV – News), a leading provider of online personals services, announced today that the Special Committee of the Board of Directors of the Company has unanimously rejected the March 2, 2010 proposal by Great Hill Equity Partners III, LP...
by David Evans | Dating Industry Finance
It took a few years, but the online dating industry consolidation party appears to be in full effect. Hot off the wire is the news that EasyDate is going to acquire the Allegran dating business. The acquisition increases EasyDate’s current portfolio of dating...