ST. PAUL STAR TRIBUNE - Aug 30 - Several sites today cater to those seeking to reconnect. The "Missed Connections" section on craigslist and other sites, such as rprt (right place, right...
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MEDIA SYNDICATE - July 31 - When it comes to taking a first vacation with your date, less really is more. Paul A. Falzone, dating guru and CEO of The Right One, Together Dating, and eLove.com,...
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CBS NEWS - July - Dating coach Evan Marc Katz, left, gives online profile advice during phone sessions to Tom Pandolfo, on CBS/The Early Show. With Evan's help, Tom became "a man you can look...
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BOSTON.COM -- June 4 -- They're having babies alone, vacationing alone, buying homes alone. And they couldn't be happier, especially in Boston, where record numbers of single people are...
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THE SAN FRANSISCO CHRONICLE -- Mar 16 -- Leslie Beam spent years trying to get laid. Then, she got laid off. "I had been dating heavily -- Internet dating -- for a couple of years," says...
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WASHINGTON POST -- Feb 20 -- Falling in love has never had a reputation for making much sense. Dante glimpsed Beatrice a few times and wouldn't shut up about her for decades. Why should not...
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by Mark Brooks on January 04, 2006
NY POST -- Dec 27 -- SHE is just a little bit cooler than most of the hot nerdy hipsters online at Consummating.com. She has 269 people who like her and 47 people who do not at Consumating.com,...
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by Mark Brooks on December 09, 2005
YAHOO NEWS CANADA -- Dec 5 -- Think Partnership has bought Canadian-based online dating company Vintacom Media Group Inc. in a cash-stock deal valued at about $5.2 million US. Vintacom hosts over 120...
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by Mark Brooks on November 22, 2005
THE STREET -- Nov 14 -- Troublemakers on the online dating scene may have met their match in a group of increasingly brand-conscious Internet giants. Yahoo! Personals and Match.com, two of the largest...
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WALL STREET JOURNAL -- July 8 -- "Hooking Up" is a real-life ABC version of "Sex and the City" with the twist that the New York women depicted start their search for Mr. Right on...
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SEATTLE TIMES -- June 4 -- Al Farrar, at age 74, was a bored and lonely widower when his daughter urged him to go online and look for a lady friend. That's how Farrar, a retired postal-service...
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DESERT DISPATCH -- Mar 7 -- "We are using True's bill as a template," said Odisho, aide to assemblywoman Fran Pavley, D-Agoura Hills. She said that Pavley intends to expand its...
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by Mark Brooks on January 12, 2005
On dates more than a few of the handsome, rugged, athletic types she thought she had been corresponding with looked more like George Costanza than George Clooney. Some of those "single" guys...
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Rick, a website developer from Columbus, Ohio, remembers his divorce nearly four years ago with an extra tinge of bitterness: His ex-wife remarried the same day to a man she met via the Internet....
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Jamaican media on dating: pros and cons. I never ran into jamaican online media before.Reminds me of that old pick-up phrase: "- Girl, you must be jamaican! -Why? -Cuz ja' makin' me...
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by Mark Brooks on February 20, 2004
Online dating looks a lot like marketing.You're a product, the dating site is the market, your responses are your market share, and the list continues: Posting your personal profile - that's...
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by Mark Brooks on February 20, 2004
How many inhabitants does your city have? That times 45 per cent equals your local competition. Imagine one of the best dating portals. They have tens of millions of singles, most of them male. NOW...
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