• Women named Karen can’t even get dates now thanks to 2020

    Women named Karen can’t even get dates now thanks to 2020

    Now they have something else to complain about.
  • Dating app Bumble reportedly preparing for $6 billion IPO

    Dating app Bumble reportedly preparing for $6 billion IPO

    Female-focused dating app Bumble is reportedly gearing up for an initial public offering that could see it seek a valuation of $6 billion. Bumble — which grew in popularity in the Tinder era by allowing women to make the first move in conversations on its platform — could IPO as soon as early next year, …
  • Grindr buyer reportedly has ties to Chinese owner of app

    Grindr buyer reportedly has ties to Chinese owner of app

    The investor group that’s buying Grindr has connections to the Chinese tech firm that was forced to sell the gay dating app in the first place, a new report says. Federal regulators last week approved Beijing Kunlun Tech Co.’s sale of Grindr to a company called San Vicente Acquisition LLC. The Committee on Foreign Investment …
  • Investor group allowed to buy Grindr from Chinese firm for $620M

    Investor group allowed to buy Grindr from Chinese firm for $620M

    Chinese gaming company Beijing Kunlun Tech said on Friday that a US national security panel approved the $620 million sale of popular gay dating app Grindr to an investor group called San Vicente Acquisition. The panel, the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS), ordered Kunlun last year to divest Grindr amid concerns …
  • New Yorkers stranded in Costa Rica on ‘adventurous’ third date

    New Yorkers stranded in Costa Rica on ‘adventurous’ third date

    New Yorkers Matt Robertson, 31, and Khani Le, 29, matched on the dating app Hinge in February, and by date No. 3 they had booked a trip to Costa Rica. But they’ve wound up stranded in Central America during the pandemic. On Day 71, they spoke to Page Six. “Our first two dates went really well … …
  • Matthew Perry joins dating app after Molly Hurwitz breakup

    Matthew Perry joins dating app after Molly Hurwitz breakup

    Could dating be anymore difficult right now? Matthew Perry has rejoined dating app Raya after splitting from Molly Hurwitz, Us Weekly reported. The former “Friends” star, 50, is “messaging girls and getting back into online dating again,” a source told the magazine. Perry originally deleted his account after getting together with Hurwitz, who works as …
  • Couple Common and Tiffany Haddish play the dating game for ‘Bumble’

    Couple Common and Tiffany Haddish play the dating game for ‘Bumble’

    There appears to be some Bumble BS afoot. Common and Tiffany Haddish seem to have signed a — no doubt lucrative — endorsement deal with the dating site, and the new couple has been helping the dating app to promote its remote video dating feature during the lockdown. Except they are together. “While we are …