Match Group acquires 51% stake in NYC-based dating app Hinge

https://seekingalpha.com/news/3365357-match-group-acquires-stake-nyc-based-dating-app
"Additional terms not disclosed.  "
Same as when Match Group "acquired" HowAboutWe 4 long years ago.
(It was given nearly as free and slowly extinguished)

http://www.businessinsider.com/howaboutwe-iac-acquisition-2014-6
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com/2014/07/iac-bought-in-part-online-dating.html
It is not a case like OKCupid or PlentyOfFish acquisition.
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com/2018/04/match-group-new-ceo-for-plentyoffish-pof.html
 
Hinge: A two old months interview where the CEO explains 
he can not beat Tinder and will waste over USD 20 Million ?
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2017/04/hinge-two-old-months-interview-where.html  


Perhaps this acquisition is related to: Online dating giant Match Group hit with NEW patent infringement lawsuit
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com/2018/05/online-dating-giant-match-group-hit.html




Match Group CEO will be GAME OVER soon? as per this interview
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com/2018/06/match-group-ceo-will-be-game-over-soon.html
 
The Match Group overpaid for PlentyOfFish last July 2015 (It was insane, USD 575 Million for PlentyOfFish that past its prime 4 years ago).
The Match Group had been doing all wrong, acquiring rotten companies to show illusory success to its investors.

Match user alleges site spams paying users with fake profiles
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com/2018/05/match-user-alleges-site-spams-paying.html