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Co-founder of JDate has new gig

JDate founder Alon Carmel has a new gig. Carmel resigned from Spark Networks less than a month ago. Now we know what he is up to. The TechCrunch bunch says: Founder Alon Carmel is a gifted designer and developer and is getting ready to launch his stealth project...

More Brain Drain at Match

The Match.com brain drain continues. Several key people at Match have left the company to work at another consumer brand hell bent on putting Reed Hastings out of business. This is a continuing trend at Match, I get more Plaxo updates from the Texas internet dating...

Rumors

“Matchmaker needs a matchmaker. Post $10m ad spend, white flag flying. Suffering from recent bout of brain drain. Needs TLC, url to die for. Gr8 potential for right buyer. $2M or B.O.”

Fat Curves and thin tails

A financier’s discourse on the parallels between online dating and investing. Instant classic. Eric J. Fry, writing for The Daily Reckoning, an investment website: “You should try Match.com,” a friend suggested to your New York editor recently....