by David Evans | Dating Industry Finance
The UK dating industry is going through some ownership changes. Associated Northcliffe Digital (AND), a division of Associated Newspapers has acquired Allegran, owners of a number of UK dating sites including dating sites including LoopyLove. Allegran Ltd operates...
by David Evans | Dating Industry Finance
Spark Networks subsidiary Minglematch has acquired LDSSingles through an asset purchase. No details of interest in the press release. Here’s an earlier post on the details of Spark’s $13 Million Minglematch acquisition in June 2005. As is often the case,...
by David Evans | Dating Industry Finance
PaidContent says Friendster’s sale process has ended, for now. They are saying no to offers from at least 6-7 bidding parties. The rollercoaster continues.
by David Evans | Dating Industry Finance
Worldwide expansion in Personals grew paid subscribers by 23% over the prior year period, to 1.3 million. Due partly to raising prices. International paid subscribers grew by 20% due to continued expansion in several markets, most notably Scandinavia and Spain. Profit...
by David Evans | Dating Industry Finance
American Singles subscribers continue to decline while “other businesses” grow. Subscriber acquisition costs up almost 50% at JDate and 37% at American Singles due in part to new SAC metrics. I’ll leave it to you to dig into the details. –...
by David Evans | Dating Industry Finance
Spark Networks will host an investor conference call to discuss its results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2006. The call is scheduled to take place on Thursday, April 27, 2006 at 1:30 p.m. Pacific Time. Call Title: Spark Networks Q1 ‘06 Financial Results...