Dating Direct: Make a date with Ally
LOVE cheat soccer star Ally McCoist is helping fans score - by advertising a dating agency on his website.McCoist, who admitted a five-year affair with actress Patsy Kensit, has a Dating Direct advert on his site which promises to "find your ideal partner". Dad-of-three Ally, 39, now a top TV pundit, even admits he was a "fool" for his fling with Patsy behind the back of his 36-year-old wife Alison.One fan who saw the advert joked:...
New Media Age: AOL replaces Match.com with Dating Direct deal
AOL announced that Dating Direct has become its new exclusive personals partner, replacing Match.com. The ISP and portal has signed a two-year deal with Dating Direct, which is now the UK's largest online dating service with over 2m active members according to Nielsen//NetRatings figures. The deal will include integration of the Dating Direct search tool into relevant lifestyle and dating sections of the AOL service, as well as Dating Direct banner and ad text links across the AOL...
Dating Direct: From dot bomb to dot profit
Some 5,000 internet went bust in the shake-out but many of the survivors are now making.IT MAY sound improbable, but green shoots of recovery are appearing in the dotcom wasteland. On both sides of the Atlantic, the dotcom survivors are beginning to make profits.The rout that has put 5,000 internet companies out of business since early 2000, according to Webmergers, an American internet-data analyst, seemed to knock the stuffing out of the sector. But the shake-out has cleared the way...
Dating Direct: The Guardian: Working the web Valentine's Day: Be still my beating heart. Mike Anderiesz finds plenty for the
last-minute romantic away from the sleazier side of the internet
You may have already missed the chance to send your Valentine something edible or floral today (unless you hop in a taxi and deliver it yourself) but the web provides plenty of ways to show true digital love, some more inventive than others. Cynics may claim the internet is still obsessed with the sleazier side of sex, but beneath the excess beats a soft and surprisingly romantic heart.Poetry, for instance, seems to be making a comeback as the skill of writing it is slowly forgotten. The...
Dating Direct: Durlacher takes active role
DURLACHER, the Internet investment boutique, is to become more closely involved in the management of the companies in which it invests.To date Durlacher has been primarily a passive investor in a range of high technology and Internet-related small firms.Geoffrey Chamberlain, the chairman and chief executive, said it wanted to capitalise on its experience gained investing in Web start-ups and share its expertise. Durlacher is also preparing to explore investment opportunities on the...