by David Evans | Dating Industry Finance
Spark has cut their net losses considerably but taken a big hit settling legal issues. Read more in the press release: Revenue for the fourth quarter of 2004 was $17.1 million, an increase of 46%, compared to $11.7 million, over the same period last year. Revenue for...
by David Evans | Dating Industry Finance
IPO attempt, round two. As expected, Spark Networks announced that it has filed a registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission for a proposed public offering of up to $75,000,000. Piper Jaffray & Co. is serving as the lead manager and sole...
by David Evans | Dating Sites & Startups
A new dating “hybrid” has emerged. eLove, offering the best of both online and traditional dating services will launch operations in New York in April. The service merges traditional bricks and mortar screening and compatibility services with the...
by David Evans | Dating Sites & Startups
Vic Fatah, UK director of PerfectMatch, recently spoke to Netimperative on why he thinks the online dating market is ready for more than just a one-night stand. Fatah has been invoved in the online dating market for 10 years, first as part of the team for Kiss.com...
by David Evans | Marketing
Heart2Heart Network announced the addition of Swingalicious to its network of premier online dating merchants. A spicy new online dating community geared towards swingers. Owned by FIRST media Group, Heart2Heart is offering dating affiliates who join Swingalicious...
by David Evans | Uncategorized
The Social Issues Research Center has issued a Guide to Flirting.
by David Evans | Dating Site Technology
SocialPhysics is a new program affiliated with the Berkman Center for Internet & Society at the Harvard Law School to “Develop a reusable, open source software framework that provides core services including: identity management, social network data models,...
by David Evans | Online Dating Industry
Interactive Corp is looking for an Associate Director, Mergers and Acquisitions. POSITION SUMMARY The position of Associate Director, M&A is the entry-level position into the highly visible M&A group of IAC. The M&A group works closely with the Office of...