by David Evans | Dating Industry Finance
Wedding site The Knot saw profits fall about 64 percent to $771,000 for the 3rd quarter when compared to last year, as debt and other expenses dragged earnings down. But the marriage business isn’t completely on the rocks: net revenues were up 4 percent while...
by David Evans | Dating Industry Finance
Spark Networks, Inc. (AMEX:LOV – News) will host an investor conference call to discuss its results for the quarter ended September 30, 2009. The call is scheduled to take place on Thursday, November 5, 2009 at 1:30 p.m. Pacific Time.
by David Evans | Dating Industry Finance
Match.com grew U.S. subscribers 9% in Q3, excluding the addition of approximately 254,000 PeopleMedia. Match revenue down to $81.0M from $93.5M, a 13% drop. Paid subscriptions in the US up 5% to 1,342,000. Paid Subscribers Excluding Match Europe up 31% to 1,068,000....
by David Evans | Dating Industry Finance
Match.com has made a number of smart business moves recently. Today they continue the trend, announcing the acquisition of People Media for $80 million in cash. Broad-based online dating site Match.com is buying into the targeted subscription dating business with the...
by David Evans | Dating Industry Finance, Online Dating Industry
Breaking News: Christian online dating services ChristianCafe.com and Single Christian Network have merged. Sam Moorcroft, CEO of ChristianCafe.com, and I are talking on Skype right now. He is filling me in with some additional details of the deal. Sam is going to...