PR WEB - July 27 - Spark Network Services announced that its MatchLink and WebFriends online dating solution will now be powered by Match.com, but with the continued customization of the media partner brand. MatchLink serves over 150 radio station groups and daily newspapers in the US and Canada. Under the MatchLink brand, Spark provides a telephone IVR-based dating solution, an online dating solution, and a mobile text message dating product for its media partners. The new partnership with Match.com allows for the MatchLink media partners to customize its online dating web sites with the look and feel of the radio station or newspaper, but with the power of Match.com and the largest database of singles in North America. Spark Network Services, a division of Advanced Telecom Services, has been providing dating solutions to radio stations and newspapers since 1993. Through nearly twenty years, the Spark MatchLink system is responsible for an estimated 10,000 marriages.
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I did a double-take when I first read this. I thought this was about Spark Networks.
I think it worth pointing out that Spark Network Services, Inc. (www.sparkns.com) is not Spark Networks, Inc. (www.spark.net - not www.spark.com, btw - that's a dating site owned by Spark Networks, Inc., not their corporate site).
I am not sure how that happened - two companies with almost identical names (and web addresses) in similar spaces? One does voice mail personals (among other things) and one online personals - I guess that's the difference.
Posted by: Sam Moorcroft, ChristianCafe.com | Jul 28, 2010 at 11:04 AM
Guess they got tired of sueing match.com with bogus patents.
Posted by: Markus | Jul 30, 2010 at 07:34 PM
An estimated 10,000 marraiges? How did they arrive at that figure?
Posted by: I love dating | Jul 30, 2010 at 08:46 PM