Meetic is a French

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founded in November 2001 and part of the

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since 2013.

History

In November 2001, Marc Simoncini started Meetic as a dating website. It became publicly quoted in October 2005. In 2007, according to JupiterResearch, Meetic was the largest online dating service in

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with 525,000

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. The service's slogan was "Same game, new rules." In 2013, Meetic was acquired by

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and thus became a part of the leading

.Match.com increases its stake in Meetic SA from 80.8% to 87.5% and Announces Planned Public Offer for all Outstanding Shares
/ref> In December, Meetic launched the Stepout application where people can find out who likes them nearby.

Acquisitions

In February 2009, the company acquired the European activities of

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and grew to more than 30 million subscribers. In December 2012, the Meetic Group bought Massive Media, the parent company of

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References

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History

Acquisitions

See also

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