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Between July 2003 and July 2004, the number of members on PerfectMatch.com has grown from 250,000 to more than 1 million. Linked marketing deals with high-volume portals such as MSN, Yahoo, Google Inc. and Lifetime Television, whose target audience is women. Getting...Lemontonic’s Q2 losses soar
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Motley Fool mentions the little disclosure that MatchNet’s co-chairmen received 265% bonus increases in 2003, giving each a $1.4 million payout. Since 1999, MatchNet’s sales have grown 460% to $36.9 million, mirroring the upward trajectory of online...Former Petroleum Company Buys Florida Online Dating
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From 2002-2019, David Evans helped entrepreneurs, investors, and the media, make sense of the online dating industry.
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