FROM THE WEB: Sam Yagan Interview with PR Week
PR Week have an interview with Sam Yagan, CEO of Match.com – discussing the company’s PR methods. Yagan talks about their marketing
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FROM THE WEB: CNBC Report: ‘Mobile Dating, The Match Making Market’
CNBC’s Josh Lipton has done a short report on the rise of mobile dating, citing the well-covered PEW Internet report and
Read MoreFROM THE WEB: Interview with Kang Zhao – Head of Dating Algorithm Research Team from University of Iowa – with DataScienceWeekly
k Data Science Weekly has an interview with Kang Zhao, the head of a research team from the University of
Read MoreFROM THE WEB: New Cupid CEO Phil Gripton Interview with The Herald
Phil Gripton, the new CEO of Cupid, said in an interview with The Herald of Scotland that a “new era” is
Read MoreFROM THE WEB: ‘Genetic Testing Poised to Shape Life Decisions’ – UT San Diego
san UT San Diego have an article about how genetic testing can be used for important life decisions such as
Read MoreFROM THE WEB: ‘Tinder ‘hook-up’ app ‘solves a problem for humanity” – BBC News
BB BBC News have a great report on Tinder and the mobile dating market that provides an antidote to “profile fatigue”. The
Read MoreHowAboutWe Founders Talk “Taking Online Dating Offline” on Bloomberg
HowAboutWe founders Aaron Schildkrout and Brian Schechter appeared on Bloomberg at the weekend. They talked about their goal to bring online dating
Read MoreFROM THE WEB: ‘What’s He Really Like? Check the Lulu App’ – The New York Times
The New York Times have a piece on Lulu, the booming app which lets women anonymously rate men. Lulu was
Read MoreFROM THE WEB: ‘Carrot Dating’s ‘bribes’-for-dates model shows mastery of the art of attention seeking’ – Wired
braon Wired have a great piece on Brandon Wade, the controversial dating site owner responsible for such media-baiting brands as
Read MoreFROM THE WEB: ‘Snapchat’s Evan Spiegel: ‘Deleting should be the default” – The Telegraph
The Telegraph have an interview with the man who turned down $3bn, Snapchat’s Evan Spiegel. Facebook reportedly offered to buy
Read MoreFROM THE WEB: ‘How an online dating site keeps unwanted ‘Tor’ suitors at bay’ – InternetRetailer
InternetRetailer.com have put up an article about dating sites and the web browser anonymity software, Tor. Tor is a program that
Read MoreFROM THE WEB: Dating App Overload
In the last week two websites have published articles about the overload of mobile dating apps. Carmel Deamicis has written
Read MoreFROM THE WEB: ‘Through Group Dating, Getting to Know You (and You and You)’ – The New York Times
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Read MoreFROM THE WEB: ‘Glut of Women at Shanghai’s Marriage Market’ – CNN
CNN have a very interesting story about marriage markets in Shanghai. These take place every weekend, with mothers, fathers and
Read MoreFROM THE WEB: ‘PlentyofFish User Took Out Payday Loans in Names of Victims’ – The Daily Mail
The Daily Mail has published a story about a conman who took out payday loans in the names of his victims,
Read MoreReview: ITV Tonight – Looking for Love
Last night ITV ran a Tonight special on online dating, called Looking for Love. The hour-long show offered up a
Read MoreFROM THE WEB: ‘The Algorithms Behind Online Dating’ – Financial Times Video
This Financial Times video report sees Maija Palmer meet Cupid in Edinburgh to find out about the algorithms used in the online dating
Read MoreFROM THE WEB: ‘Online Dating Start-ups Get Real’ – CNBC
An interesting article by Deborah Findling on CNBC looks at the dating start-ups that are trying to bridge the gap
Read MoreFROM THE WEB: ‘Love Algorithms’ — The Washington Post
The Washington Post has recently published an interesting article on the topic of love algorithms, focusing on Aaron Schildkrout (left),
Read MoreFROM THE WEB: ‘Asia’s heavy mobile usage helps dating sites thrive’ – SmartPlanet
Online dating is growing in Asia, and over at SmartPlanet there is a great blog by Vanessa Ko about the
Read MoreFROM THE WEB: ‘The Rise of Niche Online Dating Sites’ – The Wall Street Journal
There’s a brilliant, and very amusing, article by Angela Chen on The Wall Street Journal about the rise of niche dating
Read MoreFROM THE WEB: ‘How Tinder Solved Online Dating for Women’ – The Cut
Ann Friedman has written a great article over at The Cut about the most talked about dating service in the world
Read MoreFROM THE WEB: ‘Why your credit rating could hurt your dating life’ – Australian Financial Review
There is a great article by Jemima Whyte on the Australian Financial News, which talks about the latest status symbol
Read MoreFROM THE WEB: Today.com talks to Sam Yagan about OkCupid’s Controversial Filter Options
There has been somewhat of a brouhaha about the revelation that OkCupid offers premium users the chance to filter out people
Read MoreFROM THE WEB: “Your Digital Trail, Private Company Access” – NPR All Tech Considered
Over at NPR’s All Tech Considered blog, there is an interesting article investigating the “digital trail” of a web user and
Read MoreFROM THE WEB: “Can Facebook Spread the Love for Dating Sites?” – Wall St. Cheat Sheet
Over at Wall St. Cheat Sheet, Tom Meyer has written a great article about the investment potential in the dating industry.
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