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Match.com acquires People Media for $80 million cash

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IAC’s Match.com has signed an agreement to acquire People Media, operator of targeted dating sites, from American Capital Ltd for $80 million in cash.

The acquisition of People Media will expand and strengthen Match.com’s position in the online dating space. People Media operates 27 websites including BlackPeopleMeet.com, SingleParentMeet.com, SeniorPeopleMeet.com, BBPeopleMeet.com and LDSPlanet.com.

Greg Blatt, CEO of Match.com, said:

People Media’s momentum will continue, and that the combination of Match.com and People Media can accelerate each business’ current growth trends in a variety of ways, including through the sharing of product development and online marketing expertise and the ability to market a broader array of services to the combined customer base, thereby improving customer acquisition economics for both companies.

Originally posted on July 7, 2009 @ 12:45 pm

Physicians using Web 2.0 tools to help with diagnosis

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I’m all for social media and networks so it wasn’t a huge shock to discover that a lot of doctors, particularly junior ones, are consulting online resources in order to help them diagnose patients and to improve their medical knowledge.

Naturally that doesn’t mean they’re not qualified to do the job, though I really hope they’re choosing the right online media and resource web sites before dishing out advice and medication to patients. After all, we already know the Internet is a hypochondriac’s dream. [Read more…]

Originally posted on July 6, 2009 @ 1:00 pm

bbPress 1.0 Interview

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bbPressWant to add a forum to your WordPress-powered blog, without the hassles of double logins or heterogenous interfaces? Never fear, bbPress 1.0 is here! The forum software from Automattic, the company behind WordPress, finally comes out of beta. New features include single sign-on for WordPress 2.7 up, and an administration interface similar to that of WordPress.

For the technically inclined, Automattic’s Sam Bauers tells us more about their latest baby in the following three-part video interview. Download, install, and let the flamewars spread seamlessly from your comments to your forum. [Read more…]

Originally posted on July 7, 2009 @ 1:39 am