Archive for September, 2010
There Aren’t Enough Gays In UK
TELEGRAPH.CO.UK – Sep 23 – Only 1% (240K) of the British population is gay according to a
report from the ONS. The gay ‘dating’ website Gaydar has 1.5M profiles
in the UK. Given that almost all its users are men, that means – if the
ONS figures are to be believed – that at ~1.25M heterosexual men in the
UK are registered on a site whose principal purpose is to hook men up
with each other for casual sex. Gaydar is entirely private and a bit
naughty, whereas the ONS figures come from a survey where people were
asked out of the blue to tell the government their sexuality. Whose
figures do you think are likely to be more accurate? FULL ARTICLE @ TELEGRAPH.CO.UK
Easydate Value Soars £32m Since Flotation
HERALD SCOTLAND – Sep 23 - Bill Dobbie, CEO of Easydate, is sitting on a
£10.4M paper profit on his 32.5% stake in the company, less than three
months after it listed on the stock exchange. Easydate shares soared 12p
or 13.3% to 102.5p yesterday after it announced a maiden first-half
profit of under £2M, compared to under £1M for the whole of
2009. Revenue from its sites, which include benaughty.com, girlsdateforfree.com and maturedating.co.uk,
was £8.8M for the period, against £8.5M for the full year to Dec
2009. The company is now valued at £77M, £32M more than when it listed
at 60p a share on June 30. FULL ARTICLE @ HERALD SCOTLAND
EasyDate Has Tied The Knot With Cupid
GUARDIAN.CO.UK – Sep 22 – EasyDate acquires North American rival cupid.com in a deal worth £4.4m. EasyDate already operates cupid.com outside
the US and will now take charge of its US and Canada operations –
reversing a trend that has seen US sites such as eHarmony eye up the UK
for acquisitions. FULL ARTICLE @ GUARDIAN.CO.UK
