Date.com Buys Matchmaker
Matchmaker, the original online dating site, has been purchased by Date.com. Astute followers of the online dating market know of Matchmaker’s storied history, from it’s BBS origins in the early 1980 to the February 2005 sale of Lycos, parent of...Meetic Acquires Lexa.nl
Meetic has acquired LEXA.nl, one of the largest dating sites in the Netherlands, for $13.6 million. Meetic founder Marc Simoncini: LEXA was acquired by purchasing assets including 30,000 subscribers at the end of December 2005 – compared with 224,618...Spark Network Reports 4Q Numbers
Press Release has full details. Revenue up a paltry 1% for 2005. Loss of $6 million in 2004 to a profit of $6 million in 2005. Total operating expenses down 10% to 10.8 million. JDate revenue up 10% to $6.8 million. 73,000 singles, up 8%. JDate is saturated, they have...Spark Networks Lists On AMEX
Spark Networks, which owns various dating sites including JDate and American Singles, has been approved to trade on the American Stock Exchange under the symbol “LOV.” Spark has been listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange since 2000 under the symbol...The Knot Posts Q4 Profit of $1.48 Million
The Knot enjoyed revenue up 27 percent in Q4 but expenses were up to $36.9 million, including 4.8 million in legal fees related to litigation with WeddingChannel.com. The Knot also tied up with Travel + Leisure magazine to launch a new joint venture in April....
From 2002-2019, David Evans helped entrepreneurs, investors, and the media, make sense of the online dating industry.
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