SpringStreet slashes staff
I’ve been AFK for a few days and just now catching up on the great links that people have been sending in. In a sign of trouble in the online dating business, personals company Spring Street Networks has reduced its staff by almost half to 12 employees to stem...Hookup, Aisle Nine
Wal-Mart is promoting dating at stores in Germany. Customers are greeted with a glass of wine, a personal profile is filled out and a photo is taken and posted on a bulletin board. Then you walk around with a shopping cart with a bright-red bow on it and try to meet...Online dating has jumped the shark
In case you don’t know, the phrase “jumping the shark” is the exact time when a television show has become cliched and passe. For the series Happy Days, it was when Fonzie jumped his motorcycle over a shark tank. This press release could conceivably...Yahoo! Personals on top
Match.com has lost its lead in the $500 million domestic online personals business. Match wooed 7.4 million visitors in September 2003, compared with Yahoo! Personal’s 6 million. This past September, Match.com had 3.9 million visitors, compared with...eHarmony Presents CD Series
eHarmoney is offering a a 12-part CD series featuring online self-assessments called Finding the Love of your Life. Pricing is $14.95 a month for 12 months or $179.95. Certain dating sites are currently exploring the infomercial angle to pitch similar concepts. Keep...
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