PRNEWSWIRE -- Feb 23 -- Lycos Dating Search www.datingsearch.lycos.com allows users to browse results from iMatchup.com, LoveAccess, Matchmaker, Tickle and Trueall in one place. "Rather than...
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PRNEWSWIRE -- Feb 23 -- For the first time 80 million singles have a magazine of their own. Match.com today announced the online launch of Happen Magazine www.happenmagazine.comfocused exclusively on...
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abs-CBN NEWS -- Feb 22 -- Friendster endured three CEO's during 2004 and has seen a spate of senior executives depart in recent weeks. New CEO Scott Sassa "has figured out how to make a...
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WINSTON-SALEM JOURNAL -- Feb 20 -- You were dating when Paul McCartney was a young rocker. Now you're dating again and he's an icon, which is what you are when you're 62 and still get to...
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Filed in archive by Mark Brooks on February 21, 2005
SFGATE -- Feb 20 -- For 11 years, father of blogging, Justin Hall documented his life online at www.links.net. Then he released a short film, "Dark Night." Hall speaks directly into the...
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Filed in archive by Mark Brooks on February 21, 2005
USA TODAY -- Feb 17 -- charges run the gamut - $45 for an e-mail, up to $250 for a phone consultation and as much as $1,500 for face-to-face meetings over a period of time. Some will shadow a date......
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ZDNET -- Feb 16 -- Jambo Networksusers start by registering and building a profile via the company's Web site. Tell Jambo anything you might want other folks to know, such as your alma mater,...
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by Mark Brooks on February 21, 2005
BUSINESS WIRE -- Feb 15 -- Following the valentine's Dr Phil in which he announced 1 million free memberships to viewers at home, over 90% of the signups were women. To balance the number of women...
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HAARETZ DAILY -- Feb 15 -- As of Monday night, neither JDate nor any of the other sites operated by Spark were operating. All the group's Web sites explain that they are being updated and should...
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Filed in archive by Mark Brooks on February 21, 2005
SAN JOSE MERCURY NEWS -- Feb 14 -- Now there's even more help. Online dating sites are boasting they have uncovered the digital Alchemy for amour, offering 'scientific' tests to help the...
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FRESNO BEE -- Feb 13 -- Match.com estimates it has helped 200,000 people find true love since it was launched in 1995. The widely advertised eHarmony.com, which debuted in 2000, claims to be the...
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SAN FRANCISO CHRONICLE -- Feb 14 -- Would-be entrepreneurs are opening niche sites because it would be virtually impossible at this point for them to compete head-on with established sites like...
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Filed in archive by Mark Brooks on February 21, 2005
MIAMI HERALD -- Feb 14 -- It's Just Lunchhas stuck in there, and today claims a presence in 75 cities. $1,500 annual membership for 14 lunch dates. An hourlong face-to-face interview follows....
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FORBES -- Feb 14 -- Marital status of the U.S. population; 53.5% married, 28.6% never married, 11.7% divorced or separated, 6.2% widowed (US Census 2003). Living arrangements of U.S. households; 28.2%...
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Filed in archive by Mark Brooks on February 21, 2005
Berkshire EAGLE -- Feb 14 -- The stigma attached to online dating has waned, many say, although it is still approached with caution. Some say interest in it has diminished as well, as more singles...
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by Mark Brooks on February 21, 2005
BBC -- Feb 14 -- bath University psychologist, Jeff Gavin, surveyed 229 online daters. He told BBC News that 4% were already married. UK-based internet dating agencies have an estimated six million...
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by Mark Brooks on February 21, 2005
BUSINESS WIRE -- Feb 13 -- Jambo Networksannounced a service that enables people with common interests and WiFi-enabled devices to meet each other when nearby. "Jambo takes advantage of a...
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BUSINESS WIRE -- Feb 14 -- Yahoo! Personals, Match.com and True.comprovided the best search functionality and dating information, earning the highest customer experience rankings. Yahoo! Personals,...
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PRNEWSWIRE -- Feb 14 -- True.com today was named one of the top three dating sites in terms of customer experience and satisfaction in an in-depth study conducted by Keynote Systems, the worldwide...
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Filed in archive by Mark Brooks on February 18, 2005
SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE -- Feb 14 -- "A lot of services said, 'Hey, put in your $25, pull the handle and get your partner,' " said Joe Cohen, chief operating officer for Match.com,...
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by Mark Brooks on February 15, 2005
SAN JOSE MERCURY NEWS -- Feb 13 -- Nearly all of the 1,650 new Bay Area members who joined Table for Six in 2004 were singles who stopped fishing online, said owner Julie Paiva. "A big reason why...
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WASHINGTON POST -- Feb 12 -- Hopeful singles still flock to online dating services such as Match.com, owned by InterActiveCorp-- the company reported a 9% increase in paid subscribers in Q3 2004 over...
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