PerfectMatch hearts Eharmony and JDate
Never one to pass up an attempt to take the high ground, PerfectMatch CEO Duane Dahl calls dating site spammers “hideous solicitors” and goes on to break bread with Eharmony and JDate. I found this somewhat surprising, as PM usually overdoes it when it...Lunastorm, accidental media titan
More than 10% of Sweden belongs to Lunarstorm, a new social network style site. I found this interesting because back in the day I worked on Torget.se, a site commissioned by the Swedish government to provide AOL-style experience to Swedes. At $6M, it was a huge...Yahoo Personals has a new GM
After only a year, Yahoo! Personals appointed Anna Zornosa to replace Lorna Borenstein as its new VP and general manager. FastCompany has a story on Zornosa’s wild IPO ride at Women.com. She has held positions and Knight Ridder Digital, Topica and several other...Match launches EU Research firm
Last week Match.com launched a Singles Observatory in France that it intends to use as an “independent” body to publish data about singles, their lifestyle and the hunt for the perfect partner. This just shows how much they want to be able to soundly claim...
From 2002-2019, David Evans helped entrepreneurs, investors, and the media, make sense of the online dating industry.
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