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07/13/2025

My Global Classifieds Conference Presentation, By Mark Brooks

COURTLAND BROOKS - July 4 - In June I presented at the Global Classifieds Conference. 250 people were in attendance. The classifieds industry is mainly focused on real estate, auto and jobs. Personals are beyond tertiary for them, and the...

Bumble and Blackstone Cleared of Insider Trading Claims
07/10/2025

Bumble and Blackstone Cleared of Insider Trading Claims

BLOOMBERG LAW - The Delaware Chancery Court dismissed insider trading allegations against Bumble and Blackstone over a 2021 stock sale, siding with a board committee that found the claims too weak to proceed. Investors had alleged Bumble hid a drop in paying users ahead of Blackstone's $1B+ stock sa...

07/06/2025

The Future Of Dating

EHARMONY.CO.UK - Nov 30 - eHarmony's latest white paper about the future of online dating is a collaboration between relationship experts eharmony.co.uk and Imperial College Business School MSc Management students. By 2050, there will be ~8.1M UK residents aged 80 or older. That With increasing life...

Men ask more in questions in professional contexts.  Women ask more questions in interpersonal, nonprofessional situatio...
07/04/2025

Men ask more in questions in professional contexts. Women ask more questions in interpersonal, nonprofessional situations. https://behavioralscientist.org/who-asks-questions-and-what-it-tells-us/

Does assessing question-asking behavior give us valuable data about women’s empowerment and gender equality? Or does it simply give us one piece of data from a much larger pie?

Grindr CEO George Arison Defends Return-to-Office Move, Doubles Down on AI and Expansion
06/30/2025

Grindr CEO George Arison Defends Return-to-Office Move, Doubles Down on AI and Expansion

SEMAFOR - Grindr CEO George Arison, who took over in late 2022, faced major backlash after enforcing a return-to-office policy. ~60% of staff left, and the company was hit with a labor law complaint for the policy. Despite this, Arison remains unapologetic, citing a stronger team, a 25% revenue incr...

Complaint Says Bumble Feature Connected to OpenAI Violates EU Data Privacy Rules
06/30/2025

Complaint Says Bumble Feature Connected to OpenAI Violates EU Data Privacy Rules

THE RECORD - Privacy group noyb has filed a complaint in Austria against Bumble, alleging that its Icebreakers feature in the Bumble for Friends app violates EU GDPR regulations. The feature, launched in Dec 2023 and powered by OpenAI, analyzes user profiles to generate pre-written messages. Accordi...

Grindr Surges Ahead as Bumble Struggles With Losses and Dating App Fatigue
06/30/2025

Grindr Surges Ahead as Bumble Struggles With Losses and Dating App Fatigue

FAST COMPANY - While Bumble struggles with declining revenue, user losses, and a 30% workforce reduction, Grindr is growing, posting a 25% YOY revenue increase and a rising stock price. Under CEO George Arison, Grindr has focused on innovation, launching features like Right Now and Albums, expanding...

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