CGI Holding Raises $17M
Taking pages from the IAC playbook, CGI continues to gobble up companies and raise capital. With $17.5 million of fresh cash from Wachovia Bank, CGI has enough bank to continue the acquisition trend. Kowabunga is most well-know property and likely a cash cow, I know...Sex.com sells for $14M
BoingBoing says sex.com (not worksafe) has been picked up for a cool $14 million by a web development company called Escom. A social network is in the works. Owner Gary Kremen should be familiar, he founded Match.com. I’ve covered the backstory here a few times...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...Dating Industry circa 2006
As iDate approaches, I want to post what I hope are some provocative thoughts for you to ponder, with the goal of meeting many of you F2F in Miami and kick-starting a conversation about online dating in 2006 and beyond. Many of the following quick takes should be full...“Who’s viewed me” Is Only The Beginning
The ability to know who has viewed your profile is a mixed blessing. On one hand, you may be exposed to people who are out of your normal search criteria. On the other, lack of people viewing your profile can be taken as a sign it’s time to revise your essay and...Match Seeks Copywriter
Match.com is looking for a copywriter. The person will work with the Sr. copywriter. I wonder why there needs to be two copywriters and and Editor? How much copy do they crank out besides Happen Magazine? Requirements include only 2+ year experience writing for...Verified Person gets $12M
According to AlarmClock and Red Herring, background-check firm Verified Person has raised $12 million. The money came from Sevin Rosen Funds and Rho Capital Partners. Verified has raised a total of $14.5 million since it was founded two and a half years ago. CEO Tal...Userplane Updates Communication Suite
Userplane Webchat now features streaming audio and video (through Flash MX), mini-profiles, a user photo, and an overall usable and flexible Flash interface. The new version allows for full support of unlimited user video streams, integrated chat history display,...This Advertising is a Real Page Turner
During my daily read of several dozen blogs, I came across this amazing new advertising at TechWeb. The top corner of the page appears to lazily peel off the page, revealing an ad in the upper right corner. Very cool. [tags: advertising]
From 2002-2019, David Evans helped entrepreneurs, investors, and the media, make sense of the online dating industry.
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