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IAC profit beats as its dating websites attract more paid users

April 28, 2015 publisher allen, chairman, chairman-diller, dating-websites, obtain-medical, other-services, street, tinder-plus

IAC/InterActiveCorp reported a higher-than-expected quarterly profit as subscription revenue rose from its dating websites and the company said user response to the paid version of its Tinder dating app was better than it had anticipated. Shares of the company, whose chairman is media mogul Barry Diller, rose about 2 percent in extended trading on Tuesday. IAC, which also owns video sharing service Vimeo and education service Princeton Review, said it launched 'Tinder Plus' in March

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Selerity reveals Twitter results ahead of schedule

April 28, 2015 publisher 456-8-million, allen, average-had, dating-websites, earnings, market-data, numbers-before, street, the-first, thomson-reuters

(Reuters) – Micro-blogging website Twitter Inc had lower-than-expected quarterly revenue, according to market data firm Selerity, which revealed the earnings numbers before the company's scheduled announcement. Twitter, which allows users to broadcast 140-character messages, had revenue of $436 million in the first quarter, according to Selerity. Excluding items, the company earned 7 cents per share, Selerity said on its Twitter page

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California man sentenced to 37 years for raping women he met on dating sites

November 8, 2014 creative asia, before-becoming, california, dating-websites, friday, gloria, man-described, mexico-city, organization, patrick-banks, roberto, the-sentence, the-victims, victims, world-trade

(Reuters) – A California man described by prosecutors as a dangerous internet predator was sentenced on Friday to 37 years to life in prison for raping two women he met on dating websites including ChristianMingle.com, an attorney for one of the victims said. Sean Patrick Banks, 39, must serve 85 percent of the sentence before becoming eligible for parole, attorney Gloria Allred said

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Exclusive: Lyft board members discussed replacing CEO, court documents reveal

November 8, 2014 admin california, chief-executive, dating-websites, improperly-kept, officer-logan, patrick-banks, picture, uber-lyft

By Dan Levine SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Lyft board members had discussed replacing current Chief Executive Officer Logan Green, who was not aware of those talks, according to Lyft's former chief operating officer in a court filing obtained by Reuters on Friday. Ex-COO Travis VanderZanden eventually left Lyft and became vice president of international growth at rival car service Uber