CGI Holding Corp buys Vintacom
No, this is not another April fools gag. CGI Holding Corporation will merge, through two wholly owned subsidiaries, with privately held Vintacom Media Group and Real Estate School Online. Vintacom owns The Relationship Exchange. CGI Holding will change it’s name...Yahoo! buys Spark Networks
Purchase price reported to be $95 million. Yahoo! changing name to Spark Networks Premiere Personals and will trade under the symbol SNAP. Members must provide DNA samples and fill out a free 90-page personality test administered by dating coaches that visit each...New Yahoo! search features
Yahoo! has new search features which are explained here. Members can now sort by online status, activity, age, and distance. Results can be reviewed by basic, photo gallery or slideshow views. While I’m not a fan of the slideshow, I love the gallery view. Having...IADW on Fox News
Streaming video of Rich Gosse, founder of the IADW, and Herb Vest, founder of True.com on Fox News is here. Vest states that True pays for all background checks, each one costing $1.50, resulting in 5% of True.com members being rejected. Be sure to post your comments...IDEA OASIS announces opposition to legislation
IDEA OASIS has issued what I believe to be their first press release pertaining to the current industry legislation. Let me be the first to say that I don’t think is was the smartest idea to base the IDEA-OASIS anti-legislation coming-out party on the security...True.com weighs in on legislation
Blogs like ODI make it easy to broadcast one-to-many. Unfortunately, when it comes to ongoing discussion the comments field tends to be overlooked by many readers. If you’re not one who usually peruses the comments attached to individual posts and you’re...Yahoo! 360º
Invites went out today for Yahoo! 360º. If you’re signed up, let me know what you think of the service.Newspaper sites still dominate
Local newspapers have the leading websites in 74 of 81 markets, according to a new survey by The Media Audit. Personals providers such as SpringStreet and Premiere Singles are uniquely positioned to leverage the local paper market. SpringStreet has deals with scores...Dating reality show sponsorship opportunity
Saturday’s PossLTR pilot was a big success. Looks like the show got good ratings and it was a lot of fun to be a part of. The producer, the esteemed Roberto Mighty, has asked me to put out an all points bulletin for dating services interested in exploring...
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