Match.com and Russell Grant match make with the stars

Match.com and Russell Grant Astrology have come together to provide an exclusive horoscope-based dating service on russellgrant.com. The service will help singles find their perfect partner online with a series of brand new astrological match making tools.



Visitors to russellgrant.match.com will be able to view their ‘Weekly Love Horoscope’, find their ‘Daily Love Match’, read bespoke editorial dating content created by Russell Grant and search match.com’s vast database of registered members by star sign. In addition, daters will have access to all the benefits the UK’s biggest online dating service site* has to offer. Including the ‘make love happen guarantee’, the matchmyfriend feature and all the advanced searching functionalities developed throughout match.com’s 13 year history.



Commenting on the new launch, Kevin J Parker, Sales and Marketing Director of Russell Grant Astrology added: “This is a unique and exclusive partnership that brings together the leaders in astrology and online dating to give singles
the best possible chance of finding love.



Kevin Parker continued: “Love, romance, dating and seduction are a huge part of our website content and the world’s leader in online dating, was the obvious partner. With our existing mobile content of over 60+ platforms (SMS, MMS, 3G & WAP), there is a clear goal of further expanding this unique dating service”.



Jason Stockwood, International MD at match.com, added: “Searching for love is a very personal and important life experience and partnering with Russell Grant Astrology allows us to reach out to a new audience with a bespoke and entertaining online dating service. At match.com we help hundreds of thousands of people across the globe find love every year and are committed to continue to find new and innovative ways to increase this number.”



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Editor Notes:



About match.com

match.com pioneered online personals when it launched on the Web in 1995 and continues to lead this exciting and evolving category after more than a decade. Throughout its 13-year history, match.com has redefined the way singles meet and fall in love and is credited with more marriages than any other site.



Currently more than 15 million people around the world participate in the Match.com relationship network, providing a rich tapestry of ethnicities, interests, goals, ambitions, quirks, looks and personalities from which to choose.



match.com operates leading subscription-based online dating sites in 37 countries, in 15 languages, spanning six continents. match.com also powers online dating on MSN across Europe, Asia, the United States and Latin America and is the premier provider of personals for Love@AOL.



Match.com is an operating business of IAC (NASDAQ:IACI).



*Match.com (including websites powered by Match.com e.g Match Affiliates, MSN Dating & Personals and Yahoo! Personals) is the UK’s leading internet dating site according to Nielsen Netratings’ measurement of total unique visitors April 2008.



About russellgrant.com

www.russellgrant.com was established in 1984 and enjoys 28,000 unique visitors per day.



Russell Grant Astrology provide online content to leading ISP’s and clients including ITV, Sky, MSN, Tiscali, Lycos, GMTV, Virgin Media and over 1000+ newspaper titles.



For further information, please contact:

Vicky Gomes

match.com press office

Edelman

Southside

105 Victoria Street

London

SW1E 6QT

0207 344 1213