by David Evans | Legal, Online Dating Industry
49-year old David Thomas Davies told a 56-year old Santa Barbara businesswoman he was involved in a top secret British intelligence operation and convinced her to buy him a Porsche Cayenne and give him $70,000 in cash. Also arrested was Carolyn...
by David Evans | Online Dating Industry
Match announced that Jim Safka has been named chief executive officer (CEO) and will start in that position September 9. Mr. Safka has been working with the current CEO, Tim Sullivan, and the senior management team at Match.com to ensure a smooth transition. Tim...
by David Evans | Online Dating Industry
5 million users, with over 6,000 marriages and hundreds of thousands of relationships. Not bad since I heard they only had about 400,000 members last year. Shows you what $5 million in marketing will do for you. Angelique Faul, please let us know how many of those 5...
by David Evans | Online Dating Industry
File under Food For thought. Someone sent me a link to an article the stated that A six-date combination costs an average of $1,198.22 in New York City.
by David Evans | Online Dating Industry
I received a mysterious call this morning at my home telephone from someone looking for some dating industry market information. This person refused to provide their email address or phone number or even hint at what they wanted the information for, to the point of...
by David Evans | Dating Industry Finance, Dating Research, Online Dating Industry
Terra Lycos is selling its Lycos assets to Daum Communications. Lycos represented about 16 percent of its total earnings in 2003. Terra originally purchased Lycos, based in Waltham, Massachusetts, in May 2000 in a stock deal worth $12.5 billion. How will this affect...