by David Evans | Dating Industry Finance
As part of the deal, Intermix exercised its option to acquire the 47 percent of MySpace.com that it does not already own. MySpace.com and Intermix’s more than 30 sites will become part of News Corporation’s newly formed Fox Interactive Media unit. Intermix...
by David Evans | Dating Industry Finance, Dating Sites & Startups
Fairfax, publisher of the The Sydney Morning Herald, today said it had bought the privately owned online dating service RSVP.com.au for a whopping $38.92 million ($29M USD). Fairfax group executive Alan Revell said RSVP had solid revenue growth, high margins and...
by David Evans | Dating Industry Finance, Dating Research, Marketing
Much ado about Alexa rankings lately. It’s time to take a hard look at developing an industry standard for ranking dating sites. This is a first pass, hopefully it can be refined over time with feedback and turn out to be something helpful to the industry,...
by David Evans | Dating Industry Finance
PayPal has launched it’s own merchant processing/gateway product called PayPal Website Payments Pro. Customers do not need a PayPal account to pay with their credit cards. $20.00 USD monthly fee No monthly fee until 10/31/2005 No setup fees No cancellation fees...
by David Evans | Dating Industry Finance
From TheDeal.com: Beliefnet Inc. didn’t look to the heavens for its latest round of funding, but rising spirituality across the country did help the multifaith online media company land $7 million in new venture capital in a funding led by the Boston office of...
by David Evans | Dating Industry Finance
Sam over at Christian Cafe.com weighs in on the Spark Networks acquisition of MingleMatch.