PM Images Earlier this year, activist hedge fund Elliott Investment Management, owned by billionaire Paul Singer, reportedly built a $1B stake in Match Group (NASDAQ:MTCH). Match Group is the most experienced publicly traded operator in the online dating space, with a portfolio of apps including Tinder, Hinge, OkCupid, and Plenty Of Fish, which all rank in the top 10 on the Google Play Store under the "Dating" category. According to HedgeFollow, Elliott reported a $109M MTCH position in 4Q of last year ...

DALLAS, March 21, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, in recognition of National Single Parent Day, dating app Stir is teaming up with Therabody, the wellness technology leaders behind the Theragun percussive massage device, to provide single parents with much-needed relief from back pain - with tools, tips, support and encouragement  to "get back out there".There are more than 20 million single parents in the U.S., and studies show that single parents are significantly more likely to suffer from back pain and back ...

Posh nail salon Glosslab – whose investors include former Miss Universe Olivia Culpo, ex-Tinder CEO Sean Rad and The Chainsmokers — is closing stores and skipping rent at multiple locations as an aggressive expansion plan has run into trouble, The Post has learned.Last year, founder Rachel Glass — a former hedge-fund executive who started the chain in 2018, opening two salons in the Flatiron District and West Village — told Fox Business the company had raised “roughly $20 million” and opened 21 locations ac ...

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 FORM 10-K ☑ ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 For the Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2023 Or ☐ TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 For the transition period from__________to__________ Commission File No. 001-34148 Match Group, Inc. (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) Delaware 59-2712887 (State or other jurisdiction ...

DALLAS, Feb. 20, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Match Group (NASDAQ: MTCH) announced today that Gary Swidler, President & Chief Financial Officer, and Faye Iosotaluno, CEO of Tinder, will participate in a fireside chat at the Morgan Stanley Technology, Media & Telecom Conference on Tuesday, March 5 at 2:00 p.m. Eastern Time (ET). A live webcast and replay of the fireside chat will be available at https://ir.mtch.com/investor-relations/news-events/events-archive. About Match Group Match Group (NASDAQ: MTCH), through i ...

Match.com-owned dating app Tinder is rolling out advanced ID verification options across the US, UK, Brazil and Mexico to give users better tools to confirm the authenticity of profiles. The enhanced process requires a video selfie and a valid driver’s licence or passport, and will check to see whether the face in the video selfie matches both the photo on the ID as well as the person’s profile photos. It will also check the date of birth on the ID. Profiles that use the verification options will be given b ...

Litigation was in the air this Valentine’s Day when online dating conglomerate Match.com, the parent organisation of Tinder and Hinge, found itself accused of encouraging addictive behaviour in a class action filed in Northern California. “Over the past decade, MatchGroup’s application-based dating platforms have altered social reality,” Oksayan et al remarked in the filing. “A millennium of traditional courtship has been replaced by technology. Striking up an in-person conversation with a stranger cannot c ...

Stuck in a dating app loop with no date in sight? A lawsuit filed Wednesday against Match Group claims that is by design. Tinder, Hinge and other Match dating apps are filled with addictive features that encourage “compulsive” use, the proposed class-action lawsuit claims. The lawsuit filed in federal court in the Northern District of California... Master your money. Subscribe to MarketWatch. Get this article and all of MarketWatch. Access from any device. Anywhere. Anytime. Subscribe Now Alrea ...

Before the surge in popularity of Microsoft-backed OpenAI’s ChatGPT, the tech industry was abuzz with discussions about a different groundbreaking concept: the metaverse. Investors rushed to gain exposure to the “next big thing.” However, be cautious because many of these doomed metaverse stocks and companies behind them find themselves in trouble a few years later. Some analysts saw metaverse as a potential new phase in the evolution of the internet, and often described as the next significant revolution i ...

On Safer Internet Day, Match Group Platforms Will Send A Coordinated Reminder To Users With Unverified Profiles, Encouraging Them To Photo Verify Their Profiles.DALLAS, Feb. 6, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Match Group (NASDAQ: MTCH), the parent company of Tinder, Hinge, Match, and Plenty of Fish, announced the platforms will send users coordinated reminders to Photo Verify their profiles this Safer Internet Day. Beginning today, February 6, users across Tinder, Hinge, Match, OkCupid, Plenty of Fish, Meetic, BLK, Ch ...