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German TV company buys US dating site eHarmony [ProSieben]
Deutsche Welle ^ | 10.30.2018 | rs/ (dpa, Reuters)

Posted on 11/01/2018 1:54:43 PM PDT by Olog-hai

The popular US dating site eHarmony is now owned by Munich-based broadcaster ProSieben. Although it is primarily known for its TV franchise, ProSieben also owns one of Germany’s largest dating companies.

German media company ProSiebenSat.1 purchased the matchmaking site eHarmony in the company’s first major e-commerce deal since launching a joint venture with investment firm General Atlantic.

The Munich-based broadcaster announced the takeover on Monday, with ProSieben CEO Max Conze calling the deal “an excellent fit.”

ProSieben already owns German online dating giant Parship. Like eHarmony, Parship uses an algorithm to suggest matches for people from its database. Users also have to pay in order to access the full functions of the site. …

(Excerpt) Read more at dw.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Chit/Chat; Society
KEYWORDS: dating; eharmony; eussr; germany; internet; prosieben

1 posted on 11/01/2018 1:54:43 PM PDT by Olog-hai
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To: Olog-hai

Started out as a Christian dating site as far as I remember.


2 posted on 11/01/2018 1:59:38 PM PDT by ifinnegan (Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
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To: ifinnegan

Yep, met my wife there back before they kicked Neil Clark Warren to the curb.


3 posted on 11/01/2018 2:02:37 PM PDT by scottinoc
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To: ifinnegan

Yes, and it advertised itself as exactly that. And thus it became a target for the radical gays, bullying them into creating “Compatible Partners”.


4 posted on 11/01/2018 2:03:23 PM PDT by Olog-hai ("No Republican, no matter how liberal, is going to woo a Democratic vote." -- Ronald Reagan, 1960)
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To: Olog-hai

So much for the ads with Neil Clark Warren claiming that is sorta kinda a quasi-Christian dating site.


5 posted on 11/01/2018 2:07:36 PM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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To: ifinnegan

Soon eHarmony will be culturally appropriate for the new “Germans” and allow you to meet up with goats and sheep.


6 posted on 11/01/2018 2:08:57 PM PDT by Tell It Right (We don't lose in Baton Rogue!)
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To: Olog-hai; scottinoc

Thanks.


7 posted on 11/01/2018 2:09:21 PM PDT by ifinnegan (Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
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To: Tell It Right

I STILL can’t believe that FarmersOnly.com is really a thing.


8 posted on 11/01/2018 2:12:21 PM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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To: Tell It Right

You will be asked to make scheisser videos.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XV_Zc-tsLHo


9 posted on 11/01/2018 2:13:01 PM PDT by EQAndyBuzz (EVERYONE IS UNIQUE! JUST LIKE EVERYONE ELSE!)
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To: EQAndyBuzz
Scheißlicher is probably closer to what you want to say.
10 posted on 11/01/2018 2:15:43 PM PDT by Publius
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To: Olog-hai

Are the Muslims in Germany going to demand equal access for Goats?


11 posted on 11/01/2018 2:25:12 PM PDT by eyeamok
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To: eyeamok

fourwivesandagoat.com ??


12 posted on 11/01/2018 2:38:11 PM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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To: Olog-hai

I bet zhe rules vill be tighten, extremely slowly at first, zhen millimeter by millimeter until ve are all satisfied. Ja.


13 posted on 11/01/2018 2:59:37 PM PDT by Lockbox
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To: Olog-hai

Just what every American wants. A foreign country business holding their personal information.


14 posted on 11/01/2018 3:33:48 PM PDT by Retvet (Retvet)
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To: Publius
Scheißlicher is probably closer to what you want to say.

Beschissene (plural) (= crappy).

15 posted on 11/01/2018 8:36:17 PM PDT by Moltke (Reasoning with a liberal is like watering a rock in the hope to grow a building.)
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