Filed in archive by Mark Brooks on March 27, 2005
INSIDE BAY AREA -- Mar 27 -- In Judaism, old-timers will remind you that arranging three marriages reserves your spot in heaven. Matchmakers have seen a jump in clientele from the baby boomer...
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by Mark Brooks on March 27, 2005
ONE2ONEMAG -- Mar 26 -- Growth in non-traditional-family households will continue to drive purchasing decisions -- this is not a passing phase; it is a trend that will continue for the next several...
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THE STAR (MALAYSIA) -- Mar 26 -- With the Advent of internet dating you would think that arranged marriages among the Indian community are a thing of the past. Not so. Arranged marriages work through...
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INQ7 -- Mar 24 -- Friendster has disclosed its partnership with Pusit, which has been running an online classified service since last year. Last year, Friendster launched its first mobile service in...
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business week -- Mar 22 -- Plaxois launching two new premium services: an address book customers can access from any mobile phone and a service designed for power users to clean up information on...
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by Mark Brooks on March 26, 2005
BUSINESS WIRE -- Mar 21 -- IDEA-OASIS, the Internet Dating Executive Alliance/Online Association for Social Industry Standards www.ideaoasis.org, today announced its formal opposition to state...
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Filed in archive by Mark Brooks on March 26, 2005
CLICKZ -- Mar 21 -- IAC/InterActiveCorp to purchase ask jeeves for $1.85 billion. IAC intends to grow Ask Jeeves by using its local content properties, which include Citysearch, Ticketmaster, Evite,...
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Filed in archive by Mark Brooks on March 26, 2005
PRWEB -- Mar 21 -- LookBetterOnline.comhas teamed up with some of America's leading relationship experts to bring emergency advice to the masses. Singles can pick a dating expert of their choice,...
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Filed in archive by Mark Brooks on March 19, 2005
DENVER POST -- Mar 19 -- Professional basketball, baseball and tennis have all added Singles Night to the pantheon of themed events designed to lure more fans on game day. "The pendulum is...
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SOCALTECH -- Mar 18 -- MySpace.comhas launched an online music album for the group "Queens of the Stone Age". MySpace offered streaming access to the new album to users of the MySpace.com...
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CNET -- Mar 16 -- NBC's remake of the cult hit British TV show "The Office" is getting an unusual advance airing Wednesday night online, courtesy of MySpace.com. The early look at the...
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PRNEWSWIRE -- Mar 16 -- Broadening its services to enable advertisers to more effectively tap into the lucrative online dating market, True.com(TM) today launched a multi-faceted online advertising...
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WEBPRONEWS -- Mar 16 -- A new consumer-focused social networking offering from Yahoo will soon be launched in beta, according to information on the Yahoo website. Called Yahoo 360�, the new...
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Filed in archive by Mark Brooks on March 19, 2005
GAINESVILLE -- Mar 13 -- Seniors are the fastest growing group of online users, according to Kaizad Gotla, an analyst with Nielsen/NetRatings. Of the 26 million persons visiting online dating sites in...
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WIRED -- Mar 11 -- These days, if you're single and have internet access, you're about as likely to have an online personal as not. Not long ago I read a series of articles about how...
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OPW -- Mar 10 -- Q4 revenue $17.1 million (+46%). 2004 revenue $65.1 million (+76%) with net loss of $11.6 million. 2003 net loss was $10.9 million. JDate revenue in 2004 was $23.8 million (+48%)....
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PRWEB -- Mar 9 -- weAttractreleased a report today identifying seven opportunities and seven threats facing online dating sites. Advice...FOR THE INDUSTRY 1. Open member feedback forum 2. Join in June...
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NETIMPERATIVE -- Mar 7 -- US-based relationship service PerfectMatch recently launched in the UK, claiming to offer its users "soul mates, not bad dates." After launching in the US 20...
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WIRED -- Mar 7 -- MoSoSos (mobile social-software services) are the mobile equivalents of Friendster and LinkedIn. They help users find old friends, or potential new ones, on the go....
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Filed in archive by Mark Brooks on March 11, 2005
SF CHRONICLE -- Mar 6 -- When I got the press release on my desk, I balked. "Why Russian Women Make the Best Brides" was the eye-catching announcement of a "Russian/American dating...
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Filed in archive by Mark Brooks on March 11, 2005
MIDDLETOWN PRESS -- Mar 6 -- Match claims to have 15 million members, 1.1 million of which pay. ~40 million US people a month are believed to have visited dating Web sites in 2004 (jupiter). Says...
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Filed in archive by Mark Brooks on March 11, 2005
ECOMMERCE TIMES -- Mar 8 -- Matchstates it considered but rejected the idea of conducting criminal Background checks because national criminal databases are incomplete and criminals can avoid...
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