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:~ INTERNET DATING CONFERENCES ~:
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:~ CEO INTERVIEWS ~:
iovation - Greg Pierson
http://www.onlinepersonalswatch.com/news/2009/03/greg-pierson-ceo-of-iovation-interview.html
Messmo - Brendan O'Kane
http://www.onlinepersonalswatch.com/news/2009/03/brendan-okane-ceo-of-messmocom-interview.html
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:~ TOP ONLINE PERSONALS WATCH NEWS ITEMS ~:
SNAP Interactive Launches iPhone Dating App
PRESS RELEASE -- Mar 19 -- 'Are You Interested?' app is now available for download in iPhone app store. The SNAP mobile app is an extension and evolution of SNAP's popular Facebook Platform dating app 'Are You Interested?', which presently has more than 12m users.
http://www.onlinepersonalswatch.com/news/2009/03/snap-interactive-launches-iphone-dating-app.html
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Dateline Plans To Expand Platinum Partners Program
OPW -- Mar 18 -- The Platinum service is Dateline’s premium brand. New members are interviewed by professionally trained relationship consultants, who work with them to produce an accurate individual profile and offer advice and information on selecting, meeting and dating potential partners. Brands currently working with Dateline Platinum include SpeedDater, Laterlife, Solos Holidays, SPICE UK, Midsummers Eve and Nexus, with talks ongoing with other major leisure brands.
http://www.onlinepersonalswatch.com/news/2009/03/dateline-plans-to-expand-platinum-partners-program.html
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Dating With Children
CHICAGO TRIBUNE -- Mar 13 -- There are 12m single parents living with children younger than 18 in the U.S., according to 2007 Census Bureau figures, a whopping 200% increase over 1970, when there were 4m. Match.com reporting that 47% of its U.S. members have kids. "Single parents are coming out of the woodwork and are no longer ashamed of their status," says Morgan Siler, 29, co-founder of iheartsingleparents.com, which went online a year ago and gets 200,000 page views a month.
http://www.onlinepersonalswatch.com/news/2009/03/dating-with-children.html
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'Luv Crush' In Hot Water Over New Ads
MyLuvCrush-0313b ONLINE MEDIA DAILY -- Mar 13 -- Last Nov, Tatto Media promised to nix the "My Luv Crush" campaign, which allegedly tricked people into signing up for a paid horoscope. The company didn't keep that promise and greed to pay $500,000 to settle a new complaint accusing it of continuing to run My Luv Crush ads on sites like Facebook, PerfSpot.com and True.com.
http://www.onlinepersonalswatch.com/news/2009/03/luv-crush-in-hot-water-over-new-ads.html
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Divorce Calculator
BE2 BLOG -- Mar 12 -- Statistically, every marriage only has a 50% chance of lasting forever. If you want to know the statistical odds of your marriage lasting, you can let the divorce calculator figure out how long your relationship is likely to last, depending on your age, education and family planning. Of course that’s pure statistics and not even the lowest divorce risk can actually prevent a divorce.
http://www.onlinepersonalswatch.com/news/2009/03/divorce-calculator.html
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Playing With Matches
BOSTON GLOBE -- Mar 11 -- eHarmony will launch a new matchmaking website for the gay community by the end of the month. Called Compatible Partners, it might be the first dating site whose owners didn't really want to create it. The sister site will work just like eHarmony, with members filling out long questionnaires.
http://www.onlinepersonalswatch.com/news/2009/03/playing-with-matches.html
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True.com Settles Class Action Lawsuit For $1.5M
DALLAS NEWS -- Mar 10 -- True.com will pay $1.5m in refunds to customers who were charged fees after they canceled their memberships. According to the settlement, True.com must revise its auto-subscription system to avoid future members from being accidentally charged. More than 150,000 members are expected to get a cash or membership refund, according to court documents.
http://www.onlinepersonalswatch.com/news/2009/03/truecom-settles-class-action-lawsuit-for-15m.html
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The 300-year History Of Internet Dating
Classified-Secret-History-Personal-Column pic LIVE SCIENCE -- Mar 9 -- Almost everyone these days can name a couple they know that met on the Internet. Personal ads have a history going back 300 years, according to a new book "Classified: The Secret History of the Personal Column."
http://www.onlinepersonalswatch.com/news/2009/03/the-300year-history-of-internet-dating.html
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Plentyoffish.com Rings True With Online Daters
PR NEWSWIRE -- Mar 9 -- Plentyoffish.com is now the official #1 online dating site in both the USA and the UK according to Hitwise. Greg Guerin, a diamond consultant discovered an interesting trend. "I sell rings to people getting engaged and I like to ask people how they met." He says, "more and more couples are meeting on the Internet, and last month more couples met on POF than Match. Hardly anyone comes in from eHarmony."
http://www.onlinepersonalswatch.com/news/2009/03/plentyoffishcom-rings-true-with-online-daters.html
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More Young Adults Are Seeking Partners Of The Same Ethnicity
WASHINGTON POST -- Mar 8 -- Sociologists and demographers are just beginning to study how the children of immigrants who have flowed into the country in recent years will date and marry. Although interracial marriages overall have increased, the rate of Hispanics and Asians marrying partners of other races declined in the past two decades. The rate fell from 27 to 20% for Hispanics and 42 to 33% for Asians. Singles are turning to a growing number of niche dating sites such as Shaadi.com and Persiansingles.com.
http://www.onlinepersonalswatch.com/news/2009/03/more-young-adults-are-seeking-partners-of-the-same-ethnicity.html
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