Archive for June, 2004

Where the guys are

Wednesday, June 30th, 2004

The first step to meeting the partner of your dreams is to make a dating plan of action, said experts. “You almost have to make dating like a job if you want to be successful,’ said Alison James, author of I Used to Miss Him. . . But My Aim Is Improving: Not Your Ordinary […]

Online Dating Goes Global as Userplane Provides Live Video/Audio Messaging to Array of International Dating Sites

Wednesday, June 30th, 2004

Edge Communications, Inc. Ken Greenberg, 818-719-9292 ken@edgepress.com Company President Michael Jones to Participate in Internet Dating Conference in Nice, France on July 15 Online dating is going global as singles worldwide take to the Web in their search for love and companionship — while the dating sites they’re visiting seek a competitive edge from Userplane […]

FLORIDA COLLEGES LOW ON WEB SITE DATING IQ

Sunday, June 27th, 2004

Forget U.S. News and World Report, the Princeton Review and those other annual rankings of colleges and universities. If you really want to gauge the low regard with which Florida’s institutions of higher education are held, look at online dating sites for the educated gentry.One could think Florida college graduates are such hayseeds that they […]

Internet dating guidelines

Saturday, June 26th, 2004

Dear Dr. Alasko: I’m in my late 40s and have been single over four years. I’ve had a few dates, but have had no luck meeting a compatible person. Two friends have suggested using an Internet dating service. I’ve been really resistant, thinking that it’s sort of for marginal people. What’s your opinion? Dear Reader: […]

Be cautious about meeting online

Wednesday, June 23rd, 2004

There was a time when meeting people through the Internet was the domain of geeks and predators. Couples who married after an online courtship were unusual enough to warrant media coverage. But things have changed. Every month, 30 million to 40 million people in the United States visit an online personals site, said Graham Mudd, […]

Love in the Mohawk Valley

Saturday, June 19th, 2004

Singles are getting caught up in the Web of online dating By JESSICA RYEN/Observer-Dispatch Unlike the instant romances of Jennifer Lopez and her men, single people in the Mohawk Valley seem to find it a little bit harder finding “The One.”Maybe it’s because there isn’t the glitz and glamour of Hollywood here, or maybe it’s […]

On-demand customers to get dating videos from Comcast Corp.

Thursday, June 17th, 2004

PHILADELPHIA — Seven weeks after Disney spurned its advances, Comcast Corp. has paired up with a dating service to offer video dating profiles to high-end cable customers. The merger will help fill the cable giant’s need for content while drawing younger customers to its video-on-demand service, an analyst said. “On the one hand, it’s good; […]

Comcast offers dating videos to on-demand customers

Thursday, June 17th, 2004

PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Cable giant Comcast Corp. has paired up with a dating service to offer video dating profiles to high-end cable customers. Comcast, the nation’s largest cable company with 21.5 million subscribers, will test “Dating on Demand” in its home turf of Philadelphia in the next few weeks. About 600,000 of Comcast’s 1.5 million […]

Cable giant Comcast Corp. to offer dating videos

Thursday, June 17th, 2004

PHILADELPHIA — Cable giant Comcast Corp. has paired up with a dating service to offer video dating profiles to high-end cable customers. Comcast, the nation’s largest cable company with 21.5 million subscribers, will test “Dating on Demand” in its home turf of Philadelphia in the next few weeks. About 600,000 of Comcast’s 1.5 million customers […]

MEDIA / COMCAST TO OFFER DATING VIA VIDEO

Thursday, June 17th, 2004

Cable giant Comcast Corp. has paired up with a dating service to offer video dating profiles to high-end cable customers.Comcast, the nation’s largest cable company with 21.5 million subscribers, will test “Dating on Demand” in its home turf of Philadelphia in the next few weeks.The deal will help fill the cable giant’s need for content […]