by David Evans | Dating Industry Finance
Spark Networks plc (AMEX: LOV) announced today that it has launched live and anonymous calling and interactive games on a number of its online communities including AmericanSingles, Date.ca and CollegeLuv via Userplane Webchat and Webmessenger applications. This is...
by David Evans | Dating Industry Finance
After practically begging to be bought by Match or Yahoo, Spark Networks board of directors has approved the company’s Share Repurchase plan authorizing the potential repurchase of up to an aggregate of approximately 2,000,000 shares. Those following the Spark story...
by David Evans | Dating Industry Finance, Dating Research
A certain high-ranking official with close ties to the clandestine dating/social-networking industrial complex has forwarded me top secret footage of recently-release video of Eharmony’s CEO speaking with Marketwatch’s Bambi Francisco. Bambi Francisco...
by David Evans | Dating Industry Finance
Think Partnership Inc. has announced a new letter of intent to sell its Internet dating business to Mountains West Exploration Inc. for $21 million. More at Tampa Bay Business Journal. If the deal closes under the stated terms, MWXI will pay $5 million in cash, a...
by David Evans | Dating Industry Finance
Behold, an easy to read breakout of Spark Networks properties, including JDate, American Singles and a new dating site called Other Businesses. I’m working with a client who’s basing some of their P&L assumptions on JDate, the timing couldn’t be...
by David Evans | Dating Industry Finance
David Siminoff, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Spark Networks, appears to be doing at least a few things right since he came on board in August 2004. JDate up approximately 10% in revenue and subscribers. American Singles continues it’s decline, with...