Rumor: FriendFinder Acquired for $1 billion
TechCrunch is pushing a rumor that FriendFinder was acquired for more than a billion dollars. What a windfall for founder Andrew Conru if it’s true. Just a few months ago people were saying that Friendfinder (and parent company Various, Inc.), was not a...Spark Networks Consolidates CJ Affiliate Programs
From Commission Junction affiliate program, Snip: To make things easier, Spark Networks Limited ® has rolled all of its CJ ccounts into one. Now you can promote AmericanSingles®.com, BlackSingles.com ®, ChristianMingle®.com (previously Relationships.com), Date.ca...Plentyoffish Worth $1 Billion According to Founder
I was reading Steve Rubel’s post about yet another Internet bubble about to burst, which led me to this article that says Plentyoffish.com is worth $1 billion according to it’s founder. POF being valued at one billion dollars? Not a chance. Hundreds of...Facebook Sells Little Toe to Microsoft for $250 Million
Big news, Microsoft paying $240 million for a sliver of Facebook, 1.6% to be precise. What does this mean to the user? Not much, It’s just corporations doing business with each other. Google has a $900 million ad revenue sharing deal with Myspace. Microsoft gets...This Week in Online Dating
SinglesNet and PlentyofFish at #1 and 2 on Hitwise rankings. Ok, but how much are they paying for the traffic? One million dollars? $10 million? The cost of traffic is something nobody talks about. MSN Dating (Match.c0m), went from #3 to #14, ouch. True.com selects...
From 2002-2019, David Evans helped entrepreneurs, investors, and the media, make sense of the online dating industry.
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