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NBC Today Show Finding Love Later in Life Oct 25, 2007

New York Times Polishing Up the Apple in Applebee's Douglas Quenqua Oct 25, 2007

The Philadelphia Inquirer This Week's Web Winners: Social-Networking Sites for Grownups Reid Kanaley Jul 31, 2007

The Montel Williams Show Surprise! Lost Love Reunions Jul 6, 2007

Woman's World She Found True Love on Classmates.com! Kristin Higson-Hughes Jun 26, 2007

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Brookfield East Ring Takes the Long Way Home Jim Stingl Jun 9, 2007

WITI–TV "Father & Daughter Reunited After 23 Years" May 15, 2007

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel "Finally, Some Family Time" May 14, 2007

Investor's Business Daily "ISP Learned Online Reality, So It Bought Classmates.com" Pete Barlas May 11, 2007

Hollywood Reporter "Head of the Social Network Class; Classmates has Profitable Niche in Youth-Heavy" Alex Woodson Apr 9, 2007

Newsday "Where are They Now? The Internet Knows" Meredith Daniels Mar 17, 2007

Forbes.com “Going Upstream Online; Fat Dividends and Better Business Prospects Make United Online a Buy” John Dobosz Feb 21, 2007

Philadelphia Inquirer “Learning to Love a Reunion; Reconnecting With the High School Bunch, Whether You Liked 'Em or Not, is Competitive, Powerful and Appealing” Kristen A. Graham Dec 17, 2006

Seattle Times “2006 Year in Review: 10 Developments that Kept Local Tech Companies in the News” Kim Peterson Dec 11, 2006

MSN.com ”The Allure of Old Flames” Amy Palanjian Dec 4, 2006

Newhouse News Service “Pair Forever Linked in Cyberspace” Dru Sefton Oct 24, 2006

Dallas Morning News “They're Still in Harmony” Kathleen Green Oct 23, 2006

Columbia Daily Herald “The Internet, Dating and Other Oxymorons” Ron Hart Oct 19, 2006

Pensacola News Journal “7th-Grade Flame Turns Into Marriage - 55 Years Later” Kris Thomas Oct 15, 2006

Villages Daily Sun “Discovering Fate” Jill Sherman Sep 25, 2006

Racine Journal Times “Childhood Friends Who Lost Touch Re-Connect to Find They Have Many New Things in Common” Janine Anderson Aug 28, 2006

La Canada Valley Sun “Sweet Reminiscence” Aug 18, 2006

San Jose Mercury News “Social Networking: Who's Hot, Who's Not” Aug 22, 2006

Jupiter Courier “Will the Final Bell Ring? Old Jupiter School Given More Time But Deadline Still Approaching” Michelle Sheldone Aug 13, 2006

The Courier-Journal "Separated 46 Years, Brothers Reconnect" Brandy Warren Aug 13, 2006

NBC KING 5 Evening Magazine "Power of Love Conquers a 20-Year Separation" Rebroadcast Sep 30, 2005

The Courier-Journal "Separated 46 Years, Brothers Reconnect" Brandy Warren Aug 13, 2006

Detroit Free Press "YOUR LOVE: Real People, Real Stories" Rachel Mays Aug 10, 2006

St. Petersburg Times "She Found a Song Amid Misfortune" Jackie Ripley Jul 21, 2006

Midland Daily News "For Midlanders, Love Returns After More Than 30 Years" Cheryl Wade Jul 11, 2006

Dr. Phil "Old Flames" Rebroadcast Jul 4, 2006

NBC Today Show "Second Chance at Romance" Jul 3,2006

Time "Second Chance at Love" Michelle Lodge Jun 12, 2006

Cosmpolitan "Young Love, True Love" Julie Weingarten Dubin Jun 2006

ADWEEK "Old School Network Tries New Ad Model; Classmates.com Turns Profile Entries Into Sponsored Links" Brian Morrissey May 29, 2006

Good Housekeeping "The Sisters They Never Knew" Leah Eckberg Feldman May 2006

Good Housekeeping "Against All Odds" Bonnie Rubin Apr 2006

NBC Today Show "How to Reconnect with Lost Loves?" Feb 27, 2006

The Orange County Register "Middle-Age Relationships; Reconnecting With Long Lost Loves" Tom Blake Feb 23, 2006

Newsweek Sex & Love: The New World  Barbara Kantrowitz Feb 20, 2006

Plain Dealer Reporter The First Flame Burns Hottest For Many of Us, the Love of Our Youths Never Turns Cold John Campanelli Feb 12, 2006

Pittsburgh Post Gazette Love Stories: Why Do You Still Believe in Love? In Recognition of Valentine's Day, We Asked Readers for Their Reflections on the Sweetest Emotion. L.A. Johnson Feb 12, 2006

Dr. Phil "Old Flames" Jan 13, 2006

Montel Williams "The Friday Show with Donna Hanover" Dec 16, 2005

A Current Affair "A Love Story Interrupted" Oct 11, 2005

NBC KING 5 Noon News "Couple Find One Another Again and the Baby They Put Up for Adoption 26 years Ago" Oct 10, 2005

NBC Today Show "Couple Find One Another Again and the Baby They Put Up for Adoption 26 Years Ago" Oct 10, 2005

NBC KING 5 Evening Magazine "Power of Love Conquers a 20-Year Separation" Rebroadcast Sep 30, 2005

Oprah "Amazing Love Stories" Rebroadcast Sep 29, 2005

The National Enquirer "Our Second Fateful Date Took 18 Years!" Sep 12, 2005

Jupiter Research "Case Study: United Online Adds Classmates Online for Revenue Diversification" David Card Sep 2005

Jupiter Research "U.S. Paid Content and Services Forecast 2005 to 2010" David Card Sep 2005

Toledo Blade "Reunited by the Web: People are Using Internet to Reconnect" Tahree Lane Aug 21, 2005

Forbes "Reunion Communion" Dennis Kneale Aug 18, 2005

CBS Radio Network "Transplant Reunites School Pals" Jul 19, 2005

South Bend Tribune "Net Can Help Locate Classmates" Crissanka Christadoss Jul 18, 2005

Detroit Free Press "How to Plan a Class Reunion" Jul 4, 2005

Times Herald Record "From Friend to Friend, the Gift of Life" Jessica Gardner Jun 20, 2005

Philadelphia Enquirer "Reunited... Feels So Good" Tanya Barrientos Jun 19, 2005

The National Enquirer "Happy Endings...Together We Found Our Son" Sue Preston Jun 13, 2005

Oprah "Amazing Love Stories" Rebroadcast Jun 8, 2005

Woman's World "Did You Ever Wonder About Your First Love?" Gina Conti May 31, 2005

San Jose Mercury News "Finding Family" Michelle Quinn May 29, 2005

Knight Ridder/Tribune "As International Adoption Climbs in U.S., Reunion Offers a Lesson" Michelle Quinn May 29, 2005

Los Angeles Business Journal "Classmates.com to Offer Special Rings" May 26, 2005

Houston Chronicle "Book Says Lost Loves Make the Best Loves" Jane Glenn Haas May 24, 2005

Good Morning America "Catch Up With Your Past at Classmates.com" May 13, 2005

Orange County Register "Age of Youth" Jane Glenn Haas May 11, 2005

Investor's Business Daily "Classmates Online, Inc. Launches New Platform for Sweden's No. 1 Online Reconnection Community" Apr 5, 2005

Atlanta Journal Constitution "First Love, Second Chance" Bo Emerson Mar 10, 2005

NBC KING 5 Evening Magazine Feb 24, 2005

Associated Press "A Search for a Son and a Lost Love" Pauline Arrillaga Feb 13, 2005

Los Angeles Times "Separated Sweethearts Find Each Other, and Their Son" Pauline Arrillaga Feb 13, 2005

Good Morning America "True Stories of Rediscovering Love with a Long Lost Sweetheart" Feb 10, 2005

New York Times "Yoo-Hoo, First Love, Remember Me?" Abby Ellin Feb 6, 2005

USA Today "Old Flames Reignite" Sharon Jayson Jan 30, 2005

Oprah "Amazing Love Stories" Jan 25, 2005

USA Weekend "Old Flames Burn the Hottest " Mary Beth Klatt Nov 28, 2004

The Seattle Post Intelligencer "United Online Seals Classmates Acquisition" Nov 18, 2004

The Seattle Times "No. 2 Internet Service Provider Buying Classmates Online" Kim Peterson Oct 26, 2004

The Seattle Post-Intelligencer "Classmates Online Sells for $100 million" John Cook Oct 26, 2004

New York Times "Classmates Online Acquired" Bloomberg News Oct 26, 2004

The Wall Street Journal "United Online Posts Rise in Net, Acquires Classmates Online" Oct 25, 2004

Associated Press "United Online to Buy Classmates Online" Oct 25, 2004

Shape Magazine "Reunite with Relatives and Friends" Karen Asp Oct 25, 2004

AARP The Magazine "Guide to Finding Lost Loves Online" Christopher J. Gearon Oct 1, 2004

The Wall Street Journal "The Job Connection, Using Online Networking, Job Seekers turn Friendship Into Employment" Jeanette Borzo Sep 13, 2004

AARP The Magazine "Hello, Old Love" Sarah Mahoney Sep 1, 2004

USA TODAY "New Sparks For Old Flames" Maria Puente Jul 14, 2004

Seattle Post Intelligencer "Tapping Global Reunion Market" John Cook May 13, 2004

FoxNews "Mining the Past For Love" Jennifer D'Angelo Mar 23, 2004

Wall Street Journal "Making Them Pay" Michael Totty Mar 22, 2004

The Seattle Times "Classmates Finds Friend In German Acquisition" Monica Soto Ouchi Mar 18, 2004

Reuters "Classmates.com Acquires German Web-Based Community" Mar 17, 2004

Seattle Post Intelligencer "WSA Marks 20 Years, Gives Annual Awards" Feb 27, 2004

People "You've Got Love (Again)" Vicki Sheff-Cahan Feb 16, 2004

The Republican "Love, the 2nd Time Around" Pat Cahill Feb 14, 2004

INtake/Indianapolis Star "Classmate For a Date" Darnell Morris Compton Feb 12, 2004

Culpeper Citizen "27 Years Later, I Still Remember That Smile" Randy Arrington Feb 12, 2004

KCTS "Serious Money" Jan 16, 2004

Florida Today "Reunited: Sisters Meet Up After 30 Years of Heartache" Jan 13, 2004

Austin American Statesman "Your Calendar For Change" Amy Ellis Nutt Jan 10, 2004

iMEDIA "Shoppers Make List of Top Sites" Dec 18, 2003

Microsoft bCentral "7 Reasons Web Users Will Pay" Monte Enbysk Dec 10, 2003

Release 1.0: Esther Dyson's Monthly Report
"Social Social Networks: Deodorant for the Soul?" Esther Dyson Dec 2003

Woman's World "I Never Knew I Could Be This Happy" Heather Black Nov 25, 2003

NBC Today Show "Hello, It's Me Again" Katie Couric Nov 11, 2003

NBC KING 5 "KING 5 Morning News and Afternoon News" Nov 11, 2003

Seattle Post Intelligencer "The Insider" Nov 10, 2003

FOX KCPQ "Q 13 News at 10" Nov 9, 2003

Puget Sound Business Journal "Classmates Seeks New Avenues to Grow Profits" Jeff Meisner Oct 20, 2003

Potion "Girls Night In: The Perfect Date" Oct 2003

Inc. "Web Sets Sites on TV" Nicole Gull Oct 2003

CNN.com "Finding Former Coworkers Made Easier" Sep 21, 2003

Scripps Howard News "This Honeymoon Came on an Archeological Dig" Mike Harden Sep 19, 2003

Wall Street Journal "...Dig Up Information on Someone" Jennifer Saranow Sep 15, 2003

TV Guide "More To Watch" Sep 13, 2003

KTLA Morning News "Kurt the Cyberguy" Kurt Knutsson Sep 12, 2003

Woman's Own "Head's Up! Claim Your Fame!" September 2003

familywave Home computing matters "Reconnect With Old Friends Through the Web" Natalie Bahadur September 2003

Woman's Own "50 Most Useful Websites" Lisa Johnson September 2003

MORE "Closing the Book on Old Boyfriends" Mollie Fermaglich September 2003

New York Times "I Don't Want to Grow Up!" Christopher Noxon Aug 31, 2003

CNBC Open Exchange Jerry Cobb Aug 27, 2003

CNBC Business Center Jerry Cobb Aug 27, 2003

60 Minutes II Rebroadcast "In Search of the Past" Vicki Mabrey Aug 20, 2003

New York Times "Even in Online Age, Reunions Flourish" Debra Morgenstern Katz Aug 17, 2003

Wall Street Journal "Reality TV, Online Dating Form Close Relationships" Jennifer Saranow Jul 10, 2003

Los Angeles Times "Tying Up the Loose Ends of Bygone School Days" Mark Sachs Jul 7, 2003

Advertising Age July 2003 "Classmates.com Becomes TV Show" Wayne Friedman Jul 7, 2003

San Francisco Chronicle "SINGLE-MINDED:ý Sometimes a First Love Was Just Meant to Be" Jane Ganahl Jun 29, 2003

New York Times - "E-Commerce Report; States Have Become Stricter About Sales Taxes for Online Transactions. Next In Line to Collect: Europe" Bob Tedeschi Jun 23, 2003

Seattle Post Intelligencer "In Search of the Past" John Cook Jun 18, 2003

Knight Ridder Newspapers "Classmates Reunite With Help of Web" Kristi Heim June 2003

New York Times - "E Commerce Report; Some Web Sites are Taking Their Brands From the Internet Into Some Very Offline Spheres" Bob Tedeschi Jun 2, 2003

60 Minutes II "In Search of the Past" Vicki Mabrey May 7, 2003

Seattle Post Intelligencer "Classmates.com's Heroic Side Surfaces In Show" May 7, 2003

USA TODAY "Lifeline Classmates: From Internet to TV Set" Apr 22, 2003

Woman's Own Magazine "From Young Love to Real Love" Chryso D'Angelo March Issue

Real Simple Magazine "Lost and Found" Jeanne Ralston February Issue

CNN "Headline News" Jan 21, 2003

Broadband Monthly Channel Guide "CLASSified Information" Sarah Schoolcraft January Issue

Computerworld "Fees for Online Content Proliferating, But Will Users Buy" Todd Weiss Nov 29, 2002

The Early Show (CBS) "Seniors on the Net" Nov 27, 2002

New York Times "New Life for Old Flames: Virtual Class Reunions" Ruth LaFerla Nov 24, 2002

WCBS (NY) "Reconnecting with Classmates.com" Nov 23, 2002

Jeopardy Nov 19, 2002

Life Moments "Fisher Wedding and Reunion" Nov 18, 2002

PC Magazine "A Windows Based Reunion" Lance Ulanoff Oct 3, 2002

CNET News.com "E Commerce Success Story: People Pay to Get in Touch" Lisa Bowman Sep 4, 2002

San Jose Mercury News "Dot Com's Success Is In a Class By Itself" Kristi Heim Aug 29, 2002

USA TODAY "Reunions Are All the Rage" Laura Bly Jul 30, 2002

The Seattle Post Intelligencer "Classmates.com Getting TV Show and Magazine" John Cook Jul 2, 2002

Hollywood Reporter "Classmates.com, Papish Plan For a Class Reunion" Cynthia Littleton Jul 1, 2002

E Commerce Times "Building an E Commerce Community: Friendship Sells" Keith Regan Jun 6, 2002

Web Talk Guys "Find 28 Million Past Pals" Jun 1, 2002

Context Magazine "Rising From the Ashes" Roger Fillion June/July 2002

Seattle Post-Intelligencer "A Few Gems Rise Out of the Dot-com Slag Heap" John Cook May 31, 2002

CNET News.com "Classmates.com: Signpost for the Net?" Charles Cooper May 3, 2002

Forbes Magazine "Partial Pay Dirt" Peter Kafka Apr 29, 2002

CNN American Morning with Paula Zahn "On Classmates.com, You Can Find Old Friends" Apr 26, 2002

U.S. News & World Report "And Now, Dot Common Sense" Joellen Perry Apr 22, 2002

News.com "Dot-Com Content That Works?" Tom Taulli Apr 18, 2002

The Seattle Times "Networking Service Grows With Class" Paul Andrews Apr 15, 2002

Time Magazine "Special Report: 50 Best Websites" Maryanne Murray Buechner, Tara George, Bill Skyen and Susan Gregory Thomas Apr 11, 2002

Time Magazine "That Old Feeling" Francine Russo Feb 18, 2002

USA TODAY "Web Site Chaperones Classmate Reunions" Jefferson Graham Feb 18, 2002

PC Magazine "Top 100 Web Sites" Feb 6, 2002

InStyle Magazine "New Year, New You" Robert Whitman Jan. 2002

The Chicago Tribune "Tracking Down A Pal After The Trail Has Gone Cold" Marla Paul Dec 5, 2001

The Denver Post "Daughter, Dad Connected Online" Andy Vuong Dec. 2001

Fitness Magazine "Keep Connected.com" Sharon Wald December 2001

The Wall Street Journal "Find an Old Flame" John Buskin Nov 12, 2001

Washington CEO "Classmates.com Connects" Jeff Bond November 2001

Yahoo! Internet Life "Heart of the Net" Jeremy Caplan November 2001

Rosie Magazine "Best Friends Forever.com" Michelle Slatalla November 2001

Investor's Business Daily "Making Web Subscriptions Work" Pete Barlas Aug 17, 2001

The Early Show (CBS) "Finding Old Classmates Online" Regina Lewis & Tom Bergeron Jul 13, 2001

The New York Times "E Commerce Report" Bob Tedeschi Jun 25, 2001

The Seattle Times "Friendships That Are Worth The Cost" Monica Soto Jun 14, 2001

Alaska Airlines Magazine "Reconnecting" Manny Frishberg May 2001

The Washington Post "High School Math Works" Leslie Walker Apr 19, 2001

The Wall Street Journal "Love Reconnection" Lawrence Bivins Mar 19, 2001

Boston Globe "Best of the Web" Michelle Johnson Feb 22, 2001


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