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Cover Stories: Book-lovers' dating agency; celebrating Sebald (Independent)
* Book lovers will hoping for that rare thing – a literary glad ending – when they sign up to the new dating website launched by Penguin. The site, which is run by match.com, is advertised in Penguin popular fiction titles and will ask questions about users' favourite books and authors, enabling literary lovers to pick a mate based on their preferences. According to a sly source at Penguin, ...
28 Aug 2008, 6:24 pm | click here for more
Crawford Slams Dating Site (ContactMusic)
GOSSIP GIRL star CHACE CRAWFORD is mad that bosses of an online dating website have used his image in an unauthorised attempt to boost membership. Crawford is pictured ...
28 Aug 2008, 5:45 am | click here for more
Scammers target NZ dating sites (TVNZ)
Nigerian scammers have been targeting online New Zealand dating services, by picking out lonely and vulnerable women, and promising them marriage. In one case, an Auckland lady lost $70,000 and a Porirua lady lost $10,000.
28 Aug 2008, 4:13 am | click here for more
Us Weekly's Six Degrees of Celeb Dating Game — Play Now! (US Weekly)
What do Carrie Underwood and Jessica Simpson have in common? If you said Tony Romo, you're ready to play Usmagazine.com's addictive Six Degrees of Celeb Dating game! The rules are simple: connect celebrities by the people they've dated. (You'll find a pool of star pictures to help you out.) The quickest matchers will appear on Us' Top Scorers' list! The game is also jam-packed with ...
28 Aug 2008, 3:19 pm | click here for more
Crawford slams dating site (world entertainment news via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News)
Gossip Girl star Chace Crawford is mad that bosses of an online dating website have used his image in an unauthorised attempt to boost membership.
28 Aug 2008, 2:00 am | click here for more
Speeddate Gets $6 Million Second Round For Online Speed Dating (CBS News)
Competition in the online dating industry is starting to heat up Speeddate has raised a $6 million second round led by Menlo Ventures, reports TechCrunch The Palo Also-based company's first round was not specified. Like speed-dating in the real world, the site is designed for quick interactions, based on video. WooMe is another one in this space to have gotten funding, as it also takes advantage ...
28 Aug 2008, 1:03 pm | click here for more
Speeddate Gets $6 Million Second Round For Online Speed Dating (paidContent.org via Yahoo! Finance)
Competition in the online dating industry is starting to heat up… Speeddate has raised a $6 million second round led by Menlo Ventures, reports TechCrunch The Palo Alto-based company's first round was not specified.
28 Aug 2008, 1:00 pm | click here for more
Online dating sites turn matchmaking into profit (The Record)
Becca Klinger was always outgoing, and she had more friends than she could count. But when it came to dating, she felt awkward. "I was not very confident," Klinger, a 21-year-old Ramapo College student, says of the way she was only two years ago. "I was just very nervous about talking to guys."
28 Aug 2008, 12:40 am | click here for more
Dating, demos faze young NKorean refugees (TODAYonline)
North Korean asylum seekers are seen walking to a bus upon their arrival at Incheon International airport, South Korea. Dating customs and road demonstrations are part of a major culture shock for young North Korean refugees struggling to adapt to a new life in South Korea, a recent survey shows.
27 Aug 2008, 9:51 pm | click here for more
Dating, demos faze young NKorean refugees (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Dating customs and road demonstrations are part of a major culture shock for young North Korean refugees struggling to adapt to a new life in South Korea, a recent survey shows.
27 Aug 2008, 9:36 pm | click here for more