by David Evans | Dating Industry Finance
According to a new report from the Online Publishers Association, consumer spending on online content grew to nearly $1.6 billion in 2003, an increase of 18.8% over 2002. The organization’s “2003 Paid Online Content U.S. Market Spending Report,”...
by David Evans | Dating Industry Finance
Snip… Personals/Dating, Business/Investment and Entertainment/Lifestyles – accounted for 64.0 percent of total online content spending in 2003, up slightly from 62.6 percent in 2002. Online Personals/Dating remained the leading paid content category in...
by David Evans | Dating Industry Finance
Tidbits for now from InterActiveCorp Q1 2004 results. Full report is here. Match.com was named the world’s most popular dating site by industry-leading independent measurement firm comScore Media Metrix. In January 2004, Match.com personals sites, which include...
by David Evans | Dating Industry Finance, Marketing
USA Interactive (USAI), the owner of 500-lb gorilla Match.com, is buying all remaining shares of hotel.com in an all-stock transaction worth a reported $1.1 billion. Now you can find a date on Match.com, buy tickets to an event through Ticketmaster and book a hotel...
by David Evans | Dating Industry Finance
Is Ticketmaster Your Perfect Date? Business Week did a piece a while back covering match.com’s finances. If you follow this sort of thing this article gives a good review of their 2001 numbers.
by David Evans | Dating Industry Finance
uDate owns uDate.com and kiss.com. they reported that Net income before tax for the three months ended September 30, 2002 rose to $3.4 million, representing growth of 554% year on year and 18% quarter on quarter. Subscriber numbers fluctuate with marketing initiatives...