Kiss.com To Provide Personals For InfoSpace And Its Network Of
Affiliate Web Sites
NEW YORK, NY -- (INTERNET WIRE) -- 01/11/02 -- uDate.com
(OTCBB:UDAT), the global online personals group providing dating and
matchmaking services to more than 195,000 paying subscribers through
two leading brands www.kiss.com and www.udate.com, today announced a
distribution agreement with InfoSpace, Inc., a provider of wireless
and Internet software and application services.
The company's picture personal brand Kiss.com, is now the premier
provider of online personals to InfoSpace and its network of
affiliate Web sites, including Excite.com, certain assets of which
were recently purchased by InfoSpace.
"We are delighted that InfoSpace has selected Kiss.com to provide
personals on its network of Web sites and affiliates. This agreement
enables us to reach out to new users and provide them with a fast and
effective dating service," said Martin Clifford, COO, uDate.com Inc.
"Dating is a popular online category. We believe that Kiss.com provides
the millions of users InfoSpace indirectly touches through our
network of affiliate Web sites with a premium service," said York
Baur, InfoSpace executive vice president, wireline.
About uDate
uDate operates high-quality web sites that serve the online singles
community. The Company stresses service, efficiency and personal
security through its two leading brands uDate.com (www.udate.com) and
Kiss.com (www.kiss.com).
Both uDate.com and Kiss.com web sites offer free registered membership.
A registered member of either web site may post their profile and
photographs and utilize the search or matchmaking features offered by
the site at any time. To enable communication with other members
however, registered members must purchase a subscription.
Subscription plans are available allowing communication for periods
of five days to 12 months.
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which may cause the actual results, levels of activity, performance
or achievements of the Company to be materially different from any
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expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Such risks
include, among others, those set forth in the Company's Annual Report
on Form 10-KSB under the heading, ``Risk Factors'' contained within
Item 6. Management's Discussion and Analysis or Plan of Operations.
Such Risk Factors include the following: risks related to the
Company's financial condition and business model, risks related to
the Company's markets and strategy, risks related to the internet and
the Company's technology infrastructure, risks related to government
regulation, and risks related to volatility in the price for the
Company's securities and the effect of future sales of the Company's
common stock. For a detailed discussion of these risk factors and
other cautionary statements, please refer to the Company's filings
with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including the Company's
Annual Report on Form 10-KSB for the most recently ended year.
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