Hello Conrad,
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UK internet Dating Market
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The number of UK singles is currently on the rise.
According to a report by the Guardian earlier this year (Guardian
14/02/03), there are currently 11 million single adults in the UK and
this figure is set to increase to 16 million by 2010. And as reported
in the Observer Magazine last year, a third of all net users turn to
the web in order to establish some sort of relationship
(Observer Magazine, 30/06/02 Research by Bath University)
Source: The Future Network
http://www.thefuturenetwork.plc.uk/pressrelease.asp?news_id=3843
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Online Dating:
According to Jupiter Research the Western European online dating
market is worth 40m this year, rising to 117m by to 2007.
The UK bit of this is worth around £3m (4.5m) a year, rising to £14m
by 2007.
There are 10 million single people in the UK.
Source: The Register
http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/6/31137.html
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United Kingdom and Ireland
Jupiter Research estimates that the online dating market is presently
worth almost GBP3 million a year in the UK and is set to grow to GBP14
million by 2007. There are over 10 million single people in the
country, which will help fuel the growth of the online dating industry
moving forward.
"There are tremendous growth opportunities for online dating in the UK
and we believe that Yahoo! Personals is well positioned to be a
success in the European marketplace," said Josephine Adams, MD, Yahoo!
Personals Europe. "Yahoo! UK & Ireland already attracts over 15
million users each month, the majority of whom are ABC1 young
professionals between the ages of 18-45. This is Yahoo! Personals'
core target and an increasing number of them are beginning to realise
the benefits that online dating can provide."
Source: Yahoo
http://docs.yahoo.com/docs/pr/release1095.html
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From CNN:
Online dating booming in Europe
February 15, 2002
Dating sites were reporting great increases in registered members as
people become more confident using the Internet.
Analysts say people seeking partners online are willing to pay a
subscription fee for quality services -- and ones that charge fees are
more likely to survive in the future than free sites.
There is a healthy growth in online dating due to a booming Internet
population.
(..)
Online dating only appeals to a segment of the population, and he
doubts whether the UK will ever see membership numbers in the
millions.
Daniel Stevens of Jupiter Media Metrix predicts there will only be a
handful of sites left in a few years.
"Most sites will probably have to charge for their services -- but
people who use off-line agencies are used to the costs, and others
will realize that they will have to pay for quality services," he
said.
Source: CNN
http://www.cnn.com/2002/TECH/internet/02/13/internet.dating/
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From The Guardian February 2003:
The UK dating services industry is worth around £600m. Growth in the
commodification of romance has been swift and unprecedented, rising
exponentially alongside the increase in single people. There are
currently 11 million single adults in the UK, predicted to increase to
16 million by 2010, and fairly evenly split between genders.
One in five of them use a dating service, a figure that is expected
to double within the next five years.
Match.com customers are predominantly 25- to 45-year-old city
dwellers, tertiary educated and earning more than average.
Source: The Guardian
http://shopping.guardian.co.uk/valentinesday2003/story/0,12868,894723,00.html
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Yahoo! moves into internet dating
June 2003
Online dating is one of the few profitable areas for dotcoms, which
have realised single people are willing to pay up to £20 a month to
search for partners on the internet.
A recent report from Jupiter Research suggested the internet dating
market in the UK was set to grow from £2.6m to £14m in the next four
years.
Companies such as Udate.com, which was bought last year by Barry
Diller's USA Interactive, are already generating significant
revenues.
Yahoo internet dating service will launch first in the UK, France and
Germany and there are plans to expand it to other European countries.
Source: Guardian Newspapers Limited 2003
http://media.guardian.co.uk/newmedia/story/0,7496,975182,00.html
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The UK is a key market for online dating services
Match.com, along with many others, identifies the UK as a "key
market" for online dating services. Indeed, some even suggest that the
UK population is uniquely suited to this type of dating. Not only is
there now a larger number of female web users (according to March
figures from Jupiter Media Metrix, 42% of British women use the
internet), but it has been suggested there could also be something
about our national character that makes us "compatible" with dating
sites. "We tend to be more reserved in the UK, so online services are
bound to be more popular than their offline counterparts. says the
founder of WheresMyDate.com, Toby Jones.
Source: The Guardian
http://www.guardian.co.uk/internetnews/story/0,7369,778362,00.html
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From CNET Investor:
Yahoo! Personals launched in Europe in June 2003 with sites in the
United Kingdom and Ireland (http://personals.yahoo.co.uk)
United Kingdom and Ireland
Jupiter Research estimates that the online dating market is presently
worth almost GBP3 million a year in the UK and is set to grow to GBP14
million by 2007. There are over 10 million single people in the
country, which will help fuel the growth of the online dating industry
moving forward.
"There are tremendous growth opportunities for online dating in the
UK
"Yahoo! UK & Ireland already attracts over 15 million users each
month, the majority of whom are ABC1 young professionals between the
ages of 18-45. This is Yahoo! Personals' core target and an increasing
number of them are beginning to realise the benefits that online
dating can provide."
Source: CNet News
http://news.cnet.com/investor/news/newsitem/0-9900-1028-21275217-0.html
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Members:
Dating Direct Over 850,000 active profiles
Uk.Match.com - 1000 profiles posted daily
Udate.com - Over 6000 members join every day.
Make Friends Online - 160,000+ members
Source: Limesearch
http://www.limesearch.co.uk/w/e/web_dating/
Match.com - 190,000 UK members
http://shopping.guardian.co.uk/valentinesday2003/story/0,12868,894723,00.html
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RESULTS FOR THE UK - BBC SINGLE LIFE SURVEY
- 69% of respondents thought that the gym was a good place to meet new
people,
- 68% thought work was either very good, good or ok for meeting new
people.
- 57% thought dating agencies were a poor way to meet new people,
- 56% of respondents also thought that all of Personal ads, internet
chat and blind dates were bad ideas.
Source: BBC SINGLE LIFE SURVEY
http://www.bbc.co.uk/goingsolo/results/
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Speed Dating
Speed dating is the latest craze to hit the UK dating market. Speed
dating offers a great and fun way to meet lots of other single people
who are looking for a date.
http://www.uklifestyleguide.co.uk/netguide/PPF/UK_Lifestyle_Guide/Speed_Dating/GCID/2314/Guide.asp
Speed Dating is the latest dating craze to hit the market. Already
popular in the States, it's now starting to catch on fast in the UK.
On the following webpage Speed Dating sites are listed with rankings
which are based on site usability, service and price.
http://www.speeddatingsites.co.uk/datingsites.htm
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ukmatch.com
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Match.com dating sites with local language and currency support are
now live in: United Kingdom
Website: http://uk.match.com
Joe Cohen is Vice President and General Manager of Match.com
International
Tim Sullivan is president of Match.com
Match.com now has a localized presence on six continents, offering
billing support in local currencies and providing personal profiles
and content in more languages than any other dating site," according
to Joe Cohen, Vice President and General Manager, Match.com
International.
"Internationally, online dating represents a largely untapped market
that we are aggressively pursuing with the launch of
Match.com-branded, localized sites," said Tim Sullivan, president of
Match.com. "The launch of these twenty-five new international sites
improves our traction outside of North America and keeps Match.com on
target to meet our earlier stated goal of a truly global offering by
year's end."
Source: CNET News
http://www.cnet.com/investor/news/newsitem/0-9900-1028-20697322-0.html
Joe Cohen, VP & general manager, Match.com International
http://stocks.usatoday.com/custom/usatoday-com/html-story.asp?guid=%7B6CF96BAD-DBBB-453C-A05A-5EFF8157E500%7D
Contact Information:
Match.com
176 Finchley Road, Suite 23
London, NW3 6BT
Phone: 020-7483-6945
http://uk.match.com/help/contactus.asp?SID=ED36C637-77BE-4FFC-91F4-5F99BE8F1931&TrackingID=506049&Theme=214#3
Email contact form regarding Partnership Opportunities and/or Media
Deals
http://corp.match.com/contact_us/cu_do_business.aspx
Match.com
President - Tim Sullivan
Vice president of romance - Trish McDermott
Director of dating, - Kathleen Roldan
Spokespersons - Dennie Hughes and Alex Michel
Trish McDermott - Vice President of Romance
Email: TrishM@match.com
Phone: 925-254-2307
Kathleen Roldan - Director of Dating
Email: KathleenR@match.com
Phone: 415-913-3136
http://corp.match.com/contact_us/cu_pr.aspx
Tim Sullivan, President, Match.com
Tim Sullivan is President of Match.com, a leading subscription-based
online dating site, offering adults worldwide a fun, private and
secure environment for meeting other singles. Match.coms personals
businesses claim more than 724,000 paying subscribers and more than 8
million members with profiles posted or who are active users. As
President, Sullivan oversees all aspects of the Match.com business in
the United States and international markets.
Source: USA Interactive
http://www.usainteractive.com/people/t.sullivan.html
Match.com, which was founded in America in 1995, and is now active in
27 countries, runs on a similar subscription-based business model,
with 190,000 UK members paying around £17 a month to contact others on
the service via email. Globally, the company received an average of 75
reports of marriage a month last year.
"People come to us with different goals," says vice-president Joe
Cohen. "Each month, 5,000 people resign, telling us that they've met
someone.."
(..)
Match.com customers are predominantly 25- to 45-year-old city
dwellers, tertiary educated and earning more than average. "They're
not lonely hearts," he insists, "but they're busy and don't have time
to meet people outside their existing social schedule. We're not
match-making. We're just giving them access."
Cohen perceives two areas of expansion: 18-25 year olds who have
grown up using computers for everything and have a high degree of
trust in the medium, and over-55s, who are single again following the
end of a long-term relationship." The online market is a long way from
maturity," he explains, "and internet participation is still
relatively low in this country." But he predicts future segmentation
along niche interests and seriousness of romantic intent.
Source: The Guardian
http://shopping.guardian.co.uk/valentinesday2003/story/0,12868,894723,00.html
Match.com, a unit of US Internet giant InterActiveCorp, is the market
leader in online dating in Britain and the United States, and has nine
million members worldwide, according to T-Online.
http://news.zdnet.co.uk/internet/0,39020369,39115571,00.htm
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wheresmydate.co.uk
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Wheresmydate.com a Wandsworth-based dating service has revealed more
than a quarter of its internet love-seekers live in south-west
London.
Wheresmydate.com, in Battersea Park Road, was launched last year as a
new "personality-driven" website focusing on people's likes and
dislikes as well as giving more run-of-the-mill information about
hobbies and interests.
Toby Jones is the founder of Wheresmydate.com
Founder Toby Jones said he never imagined his website would attract
so many people local to where the company is based since it was
launched in January 2001.
URL: http://www.wheresmydate.com
Phone: 020 7326 8390
Source: Wandsworth Guardian
http://www.wandsworthguardian.co.uk/archive/display.var.75819.0.0.html
Wheresmydate Limited,
Company Number 3983790
BRB House, 180 High Street, Egham,
Surrey TW20 9DN
Wheresmydate.com provides an online dating service through the
Wheresmydate.com web-site .
http://www.wheresmydate.co.uk/static2.php?name=Terms2
For any comments or membership enquiries please contact Jo (Membership
Team Leader) at:
E-mail: jo@wheresmydate.com
http://www.wheresmydate.co.uk/static2.php?name=Privacy2
For all other issues please contact Toby Jones at:
toby@wheresmydate.com
http://www.wheresmydate.co.uk/static.php?name=Tell2FAQ
Toby Jones
Founder
Wheresmydate.com
Email: toby@wheresmydate.com
Wheresmydate.com
Company Registration No: 3983790
Data Protection Registration No: Z5202436
http://www.wheresmydate.co.uk/static.php?name=About-Our-Site
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datetheuk.com
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Website
http://www.datetheuk.com/
Date the UK is a new and friendly dating site set up to provide
people in the UK with an interactive way to meet each other. They
offer chat and online flirting, confidential secure mailing services
and picture personals, together with a comprehensive dating search and
match process.
Date the UK covers all areas of England, Scotland Wales - get dates in
London, Glasgow, Edinburgh, Swansea, Cardiff, Leeds, Manchester,
Newcastle, Brighton and other major towns and cities.
Source: Faster Love
http://www.fasterlove.co.uk/datetheuk.php
Date the UK is the trading name of Easy Date Limited.
The Company Number is 4473833.
Date the UK provides an online introduction and dating service
through the DatetheUK.com website.
E-mail: service@datetheuk.com
E-mail: help@datetheuk.com
E-mail: admin@datetheuk.com
http://www.datetheuk.com
http://www.datetheuk.com/?source=espotting
I did an extensive search for Date the UK and unfortunatley there is
practically no information available.
I did a whois search for Date the UK where I obtained the following
address:
Registrant:
Easy Date Ltd
10 Orts Road
Reading, Berkshire rg1 3jn
UK
Domain Name: DATETHEUK.COM
Administrative Contact, Technical Contact:
Easy Date Ltd (TURPEVJDOO)
hostmaster@corp.netcom.net.uk
10 Orts Road
Reading, Berkshire rg1 3jn
UK
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makefriendsonline.com
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URL
http://www.makefriendsonline.com/
MakeFriendsOnline Ltd
Make Friends Online is a UK based dating and friendship site with a
very rich list of features and a friendly atmosphere. Membership fees
start at £9.95 for a month and goes up to £39.95 for a year.
E-mail: info@makefriendsonline.com.
Source: Master Love
http://www.fasterlove.co.uk/makefriendsonline.php
MFO, says Rackspace, was started in 1998 by the co-founders of Web
applications development company Primary Drive, and has grown through
word of mouth into a popular online dating community. Traffic has been
doubling every three months for the past nine months, says Rackspace.
The site now serves more than 100,000 members who spend an average of
15 minutes per session online.
Source: The Whir
http://thewhir.com/marketwatch/rac021703.cfm
Martin Bysh and Marcus Hamilton are cofounders of Make Friends Online
and Primary Drive.
Online dating agency Make Friends Online (www.MakeFriendsOnline.com),
affectionately known as MFO to its many members, has grown into one of
the most popular dating sites on the Net witnessing numerous marriages
and engagements worldwide. Launched in 1998 by old school friends
Martin Bysh and Marcus Hamilton who were working together to set up
Primary Drive, a web applications development company, MFO quickly
grew into a thriving online dating community.
membership has soared to over 100,000 as word of mouth has drawn more
and more people to the site in search of friendship and romance.
Traffic has been doubling every three months for the past nine and
shows no sign of slowing down.
For Additional Information
Contact: Dominic Monkhouse, Rackspace Managed Hosting
(020 8750 1490)
dominic.monkhouse@rackspace.co.uk
Rebecca Arnold/ Jessica Mani
Portfolio Communications Ltd
(020 7240 6959)
rebecca.arnold@portmet.co.uk / jessica.mani@portmet.co.uk
www.portmet.co.uk
http://www.click2newsites.com/pressrelease15022003-08.htm
Contact Martin Bysh and Marcus Hamilton at Primary Drive:
Primary Drive Ltd
Phone us: (+44) 020 8558 3450
Fax us: (+44) 020 8558 3450
Email us at:info@primarydrive.com
http://www.primarydrive.com/
Here is Martin Byshs email address at Primary drive:
martin@primarydrive.com
http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum@list.ipswitch.com/msg26371.html
Martin Bysh
Primary Drive Ltd
Dynamic Web Design Specialists
Email: mjbysh@btinternet.com
http://archives.hwg.org/hwg-software/001101c07908$8bd9a610$4a0648c2@pd2000
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datingagency.com
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URL: www.datingagency.com
We welcome approaches from members of the press and media who wish to
write or ask about datingagency.com. We also welcome approaches from
reputable companies who have products or services to offer which may
be mutually beneficial.
Our Business Development Manager and Press Co-ordinator is Richard
Conway. Ring him on 07050 136137.
http://www.datingagency.com/misc/press.asp
Telephone enquiries:
UK office on 0870 748 1410 during office hours.
Fax enquiries
Fax our UK office on 020 8390 2255.
Contact Richard for further information using our contact us form.
http://www.datingagency.com/misc/contact.asp
Whois Search:
Domain: datingagency.com
Status: production
Organization: datingagency.com Limited
email: richard@datingagency.com
address: PO Box 630A
City: Surbiton
Postal-code: KT6 4YX
Country: GB
admin-c: richard@datingagency.com
tech-c: richard@datingagency.com
Billing-c: richard@datingagency.com
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udate.com
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Mel Morris is Chief Executive Officer and Founder of uDate.
uDate is a global online personals group based in Derby, England,
which provides dating and matchmaking services through its two web
sites: www.udate.com and www.kiss.com. For the nine months ended
September 30, 2002, uDate reported revenue of US$29.2 million,
representing growth of 135.6% over the same period in 2001.
"We are pleased to join the USA family," said Mel Morris, Chief
Executive Officer and Founder of uDate. "We believe the opportunity to
combine our efforts with USA's collection of strong online brands is
truly exciting. The support and backing of USA will enhance our
ability to fully capitalize on this rapidly growing category."
For further information:
Eleanor Krivicic
uDate.com Inc.,
eleanork@udate.com
Tel: +44 (0)1332 268 731
http://www.newswire.ca/releases/December2002/19/c5321.html
http://www.markus-frick.com/web/content/static/tippderwoche/1602.php?navactive=8
April 2003
USA completes acquisition of uDate.com
Contacts:
Ron Sato, USA Interactive Corporate Communications, 212/314-7254
Roger Clark/Lauren Rosenfield, USA Interactive Investor Relations,
212/314-7400
Eleanor Krivicic, uDate.com, Inc., 888/214-8133, ext. 916
http://www.usainteractive.com/about_usai/Q1%20%2703%20History.pdf
http://www.usainteractive.com/media/pdfs/uDateClosingFinal4-4-03.pdf
http://news.cnet.com/investor/news/newsitem/0-9900-1028-21099949-0.html
http://cl02.cyperus.fr/cyperusfr/fr/PressRelease.nsf/PressReleasesInternet/2002122013375344?opendocument
On average more than 6,000 people join udate every day making it the
fastest growing romance, matchmaking and dating site on the net. udate
offers the very latest and most comprehensive matchmaking facilities
enabling you to quickly identify and communicate with people who meet
your exact criteria and where you also meet there's.
More than 100,000 new people per week sign up to Internet Dating
sites all over the world. As many as 50,000 with udate alone
help@udate.com help@udate.com
http://www.udate.com/aboutus.asp
Contact Information
The Site and the Service is operated by uDate.com Limited, a company
registered under the laws of England, whose registered office is New
Enterprise House, St. Helens Street, Derby, DE1 3GY United Kingdom
(VAT number 716598793).
If you have any questions about the rights and restrictions above,
please contact us at help@udate.com
http://www.udate.com/TERMS.ASP
Sammie Becker
uDate.com, Inc.
tél. : +1-877-815-2955
sbecker@stanton-crenshaw.com
Mel Morris PDG
mel@udate.com
http://cl02.cyperus.fr/cyperusfr%5CFr%5CPressRelease.nsf/PressReleasesInternetPrint/20011226113329566156?opendocument
USA Interactive said it is acquiring the UK's uDate.com Inc for abut
$150 million in stock.
(..)
The Derby, England-based uDate provides dating and matchmaking
services on the internet and posted $29.2 million in revenues in the
first nine months of 2002.
http://www.ananova.com/business/story/sm_731031.html?menu=
IAC/InterActiveCorp (Nasdaq: IACI), formerly USA Interactive, is
comprised of the following operating businesses: Expedia, Inc.
(Nasdaq: EXPE), which oversees Interval International and TV Travel
Shop; Hotels.com; HSN; Ticketmaster, which oversees Evite and
ReserveAmerica; Match.com, which oversees uDate.com;
http://www.usainteractive.com/about_usai/index.html
Structure
http://www.usainteractive.com/about_usai/structure.html
UDATE COM INC,
NEW ENTERPRISE HOUSE,
ST HELENS STREET,
DERBY ENGLAND, A6 DE1 3
(877) 815-2955
http://www.jefren.com/sec/categories/regist_f/regist_we_12_28_2001.html
UDate.com Inc
Mel Morris, CEO/PR finiance
http://www.otcbb.com/profiles/UDAT.htm
Martin Clifford-Executive Vice President
Mr Clifford joined uDate.com, Inc. in Spring 2000
Duane Dahl-CEO Internet Dating Division
Geoff Shingles-Non Executive Director
Ken Olisa-Non Executive Director
Lee Zehrer-Non Executive Director
Founder and former President of Kiss.com, Inc.,
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/hostatalk/message/242?source=1
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datingdirect.com
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URL
http://www.datingdirect.com/search.asp?frmCountryId=42
DatingDirect.com became the largest dating service in the UK, a
position that has been maintained to this day.
Darren Richards
CEO and Co-Founder
DatingDirect.com Ltd.
About DatingDirect.com
http://www.siren.co.uk/srnapp/showcase/datingdirect.asp
DatingDirect.com is operated by DatingDirect.com Limited and is based
in the UK, our address is:
DatingDirect.com Limited
P.O. Box 100
Birmingham
B3 1PS
England
http://app1.datingdirect.com/public/help/default.asp
For further information about DatingDirect.com, please contact:
Rachel Powell or Siân Dobson at Hill & Knowlton on
0207 973 4438 or at press@datingdirect.com
http://www.thefuturenetwork.plc.uk/pressrelease.asp?news_id=3843
Darren Richards (36, professional, enjoys travelling and water
sports) is one of the success stories of the extraordinary upsurge in
the dating services industry.
Chief executive of DatingDirect.com, the UK's largest dating service
with more than half a million active members, which last year reaped a
profit "at the high end of seven figures".
Source: The Guardian
http://shopping.guardian.co.uk/valentinesday2003/story/0,12868,894723,00.html
DatingDirect.com is the UK's largest dating service with over 875,000
active members each having a detailed profile.
http://app1.datingdirect.com/public/corp/default.asp?frmSiteStyleId=101234&frmCountryId=42
About DatingDirect.com
Founded in January 1999, DatingDirect.com is the UK's largest online
dating service (..) Many of their members are busy professionals in
the 25-45 year age group.
http://www.hillandknowlton.co.uk/news_18.html
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Yahoo Personals
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Josephine Adams, the newly appointed European managing director of
Yahoo! Personals
http://media.guardian.co.uk/newmedia/story/0,7496,975182,00.html
Katie Mitic, vice president and general manager of Yahoo! Personals.
CONTACT: Yahoo! UK & Ireland Press Office, 020 7331 2304
http://news.cnet.com/investor/news/newsitem/0-9900-1028-21275217-0.html
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Additional Information that may interest you:
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Hitwise UK Internet Report: Online Dating Industry
Price: $750
Published on: July 2002
Published by: Hitwise
http://www.consumer-marketresearch.com/R411-0419.html
Search Criteria:
UK online OR internet dating industry
UK online OR internet dating market
UK online OR internet dating research
UK online OR internet dating revenues
ukmatch.com; udate.com; wheresmydate.co.uk; datingdirect.com;
datetheuk.com; makefriendsonline.com; datingagency.com.
I then searched for information for each of the above dating services
individually using different combinations of words including CEO,
director, manager, founder, address, contact information, telephone.
I hope the above information helps you in your project. If anything is
unclear or if a link does not function please let me know and I'll be
glad to offer further assistance.
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