PlentyOfFish

• Online dating site creator investing millions into planting vineyards in Vernon

  Markus Frind, an entrepreneur best known for creating the match-making website Plenty of Fish, is spearheading a project to plant grapevines on hundreds of acres of land in the Vernon area.

  Money

  Aug 12, 2020
  
• Young father killed after meeting woman on popular dating app

  Police are reminding people about the dangers of meeting people online after a man was found shot to death after a date with a woman he met on a popular dating app.

  World

  Aug 23, 2016
  
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• Single and ready to mingle? Jan. 3 may be best day to find love online

  Jan. 3 is statistically the busiest day of the year for single Canadians to be online looking for love, according to dating sites.

  Lifestyle

  Jan 2, 2016
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• Meet the Vancouver man getting $575M cash for PlentyofFish sale

  How Markus Frind turned a couple weeks of coding in his Vancouver apartment into an online dating enterprise worth more than half a billion bucks.

  Consumer

  Jul 15, 2015
• By the numbers: The rise of Canada’s online dating scene

  The Match Group, the New York-based company that owns Match.com, OkCupid and Tinder, bought Vancouver-based dating website PlentyOfFish on Tuesday. But how many singles does that affect?

  Canada

  Jul 15, 2015
• Match.com buys free dating site PlentyOfFish for $575M

  The Match Group, the New York-based company that owns Match.com, OkCupid and Tinder, says it has purchased Vancouver-based dating website PlentyOfFish.

  Canada

  Jul 14, 2015
• Pop stars turn to dating apps like Tinder, Grindr to promote music

  In your quest to find a date, a spouse or a hook-up, you might discover something else when using dating apps: new music.

  Tech

  Jun 30, 2015
• PlentyofFish hit with $48K fine relating to Canada’s anti-spam law

  Online dating website PlentyofFish has coughed up $48,000 for allegedly violating the country's anti-spam legislation, according to the CRTC.

  Canada

  Mar 25, 2015
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• Dating site PlentyOfFish surpasses 100M users

  Dating website PlentyOfFish, which CEO and founder Markus Frind launched from his Vancouver apartment in 2003, continues to reel in big numbers with the online dating site now surpassing 100 million users.

  Tech

  Mar 17, 2015