Internet Dating Industry June News - 12 Mins

June 2009 OPW News Summary from Mark Brooks.

This is actually the news for June. We're playing catch up. July and August are in process.  Here's the news we covered for June.

-  eHarmony survey finds 51% of single parents believe that they and their children are better off emotionally when the parent is in a committed relationship
- Match and eHarmony success rates.
- Spark Networks revenue down
- DatingTrail.co.uk launches
- Virtual goods startups raise $69 million funding in Q1
- Great Expectations complaints
- PlentyOfFish.com and rapper Flo Rida team up
- McGinn vs Match.com lawsuit
- ChristianCafe.com and Single Christian Network combines
- IAC completes transaction with Meetic
- Meetic signs partnership with MSN for distribution in 12 European countries
-meetMoi location based mobile dating partners with ClearSky
- Virtual Greats and Viximo partner
- Attivio’s Active Intelligence Engine selected to power Deutsche Telekom’s FriendScout24

Comments

[Gee]

I like the format but there's just a biiiit too much plugging for Viximo.

[Dating London]

I can't believe that only 51 per cent of single parents believe that they and their children would be emotionally better off when in a committed relationship. I would've expected the percentage to have been higher, I guess a lot of them didn't want to say that they can't cope and needed a partner. I just think it's important for anyone that they find a partner that they can enjoy things with and surely that would make them feel better. I can also see that children with two parent figures in the household would benefit them too. However, I'm well aware that single parents can do a great job of bringing up their children, I just think having a complete household may be better for happiness.