by David Evans | Online Dating Industry
I received a mysterious call this morning at my home telephone from someone looking for some dating industry market information. This person refused to provide their email address or phone number or even hint at what they wanted the information for, to the point of...
by David Evans | Marketing
On a more personal note, the WSJ did not include ProfileDoctor in their article on writing personal ads which came out today. (Disclaimer: I’m the founder of ProfileDoctor) . I can’t wait to hear from the editor about how she totally blew us off. So much...
by David Evans | Dating Industry Finance
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (Dow Jones/AP) — On the same day it withdrew its initial public offering, online matchmaker MatchNet PLC’s president and chief executive resigned Thursday and the company said it plans to cut 40 jobs, effective immediately. The...
by David Evans | Dating Industry Finance
NEW YORK (Reuters) – MatchNet Plc., which offers online personals service, on Thursday said it has withdrawn plans for its initial public offering in the United States, citing a faltering market for Internet-related IPOs. The Beverly Hills, California, company...
by David Evans | Dating Industry Finance
MatchNet plc, will host an investor conference call to provide a business update and discuss its results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2004. The call is scheduled to take place after the close of trading on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange on Thursday, August 12,...
by David Evans | Uncategorized
Marylyn Warren, eHarmony’s senior vice president, and wife of founder Neil Clark Warren, was quoted saying “When you sit through a 436-item questionnaire and you fill out all the other stuff and you realize every night your profile would be run against...
by David Evans | Dating Markets, Dating Sites & Startups
Christopher Matthews, 54, the founder of the Club Sirius, which he set up from his home near Macclesfield, Cheshire, died when the aircraft he was piloting crashed in Wisconsin. His company OneSaturday, which included Club Sirius, Dateline and Elite dating agencies,...
by David Evans | Dating Industry Finance
Online dating provider MatchNet filed with the US Securities and Exchange Commission for an initial public offering of as much as $100m in common stock. The company, which operates Internet dating sites such as AmericanSingles.com, MatchNet.co.uk and JDate.com, did...
by David Evans | Dating Sites & Startups
This is an instant classic, bodyguards for student daters. TellCupid offers college students the option of conducting a criminal background and sexual offender/predator search. If the person passes the background check, but they still look like Manson, you can always...
by David Evans | Dating Industry Finance
By now you know that IAC tanked 16% yesterday after the Street reacted to the reported steep drop in net income. Mostly attributed to travel segment, Match didn’t look so hot iteself. It’s August and I’ve got sand in my hair, read more about...