Trader Classified Media acquires Webseduction.com

Business Wire, Jan 24, 2003

Business Editors/High-Tech Writers

PARIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 24, 2003

Acquisition of Webseduction.com, the leading online dating site in Canada and one among the three main actors on the french market, allows Trader Classified Media, owner of NetClub.com the French no.1 dating site, to secure its position and give birth to the no.1 french-speaking dating site.

This merger gives birth to the no.1 french-speaking dating site with more than 1.1 million members, 150 million pages, 1 million unique visitors and 5 million visits per month. The two sites share the same ethics and reliability in managing online dating services.

The new entity, which will use the NetClub brand, combines the know-how of each company : "This new entity associates the unique and proven 6 years expertise of NetClub and Webseduction in the online personals business. It has a very strong expertise, but also a big range of services, due to complementarity of services. Moreover, the technological tools developed by our technical team allow us to answer efficiently to the needs of our members who will soon be able to discover more than 850 000 new French-speaking personals." says Pierre Lemarchand, co-founder of Netclub.com

About NetClub :

NetClub.com, started in June 1997, which displays more than 80 million pages per month, proposes a global offer of services : strong moderation, ads with photos, mailboxes, chat, parties,... NetClub has signed numerous partnerships with the main actors of the internet in France.

About Webseduction :

Webseduction.com, started in december 1998, displays more than 70 million pages per month. Leader in Quebec, Webseduction.com has a lot of french-speaking partnerships in Quebec as well as in France.