Match Group Announces USD400 M Senior Notes Offering (2024)

Match Group plans to use the proceeds of the Offering to repay certain existing indebtedness.

http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/match-group-announces-senior-notes-offering-300273814.html

Suggested USA FTC investigate several online dating sites for misleading statements, false claims, overpromises.

http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2016/05/suggested-usa-ftc-investigate-several.html
Match Group Inc (NASDAQ:MTCH) overpaid USD575 Million in cash for it, past its prime and in decadence!
http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/www.pof.com


The Match Group is only a collection of old and obsolete online dating sites: Match, Meetic, Chemistry, OkCupid, FriendScout24, OurTime, HowAboutWe, PlentyOfFish and many more and all of them are past their primes, reached operating ceiling and they are in decadence.  The Match Group is not going to innovate and revolutionize the Online Dating Industry in the next years.

"These sophisticated scammers were able to hijack the PlentyOfFish"
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2016/05/these-sophisticated-scammers-were-able.html

EXCLUSIVE: MATCH GROUP hacked? Leaked internal docs will reveal they create fake profiles from inside?
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2016/05/exclusive-match-group-hacked-leaked.html

Complaints about Match dot com ?
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2016/05/complaints-about-match-dot-com.html


*** Only way to sustain that huge revenue is creating fake profiles from inside to entice customers to subscribe. *** ???
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2016/05/only-way-to-sustain-that-huge-revenue.html

‘Tinder App’ Updates: Copycatted Badoo + Facebook

http://n4bb.com/what-is-tinder-app-updates-2-online-dating-app-download-2016/

More millennials are starting to swipe left on Tinder
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2016/01/more-millennials-are-starting-to-swipe.html

Tinder, eHarmony and Zoosk Win iDate2016 Superconference Awards ?
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2016/01/tinder-eharmony-and-zoosk-win-idate2016.html

More millennials are starting to swipe left on Tinder

http://nypost.com/2016/01/29/more-millenials-are-starting-to-swipe-left-on-tinder/

Match Group (MTCH) Q4 2015 Earnings Preview (IAC)
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2016/01/match-group-mtch-q4-2015-earnings.html

Match is in serious decline, cannibalized by Tinder.
Clearly The Match Group is not going to innovate and revolutionize the Online Dating Industry in the next years.

 Please read: The 8 tips to innovate in the Online Dating Industry!
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2013/12/the-8-tips-to-innovate-in-online-dating.html

A new advertising campaign from Match has backfired spectacularly

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-3404566/Match-com-s-LoveYourImperfections-campaign-backfires-commuters-blast-selfish-man-never-travelcard-ready.html

http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/www.match.com

A 251 page brochure from Match Group with astronomical executive compensations
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2015/11/a-251-page-brochure-from-match-group.html

SA article: Swipe Left Or Swipe Right To Tinder And Match.com?
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2016/01/sa-article-swipe-left-or-swipe-right-to.html

SA article: Swipe Left Or Swipe Right To Tinder And Match.com?

http://seekingalpha.com/article/3805856-swipe-left-or-swipe-right-to-tinder-and-match-com

Please be alerted that Barry Diller is over 73 and can "retire" this year (lung cancer?).
It is vey easy to compare photos from before and after about his look. He is shrinking from inside.
He really looks quite haggard.
You can ask a medical doctor (Physician) about what he/she thinks.
The IAC can collapse because he is like a Godfather.

Please see:
IAC Bulls Need A Succession Plan
http://seekingalpha.com/article/3805236-iac-bulls-need-a-succession-plan

Match Group overhauls management; chairman taking over CEO role
http://seekingalpha.com/news/2999436-match-group-overhauls-management-chairman-taking-over-ceo-role

The Match Group is only a collection of old and obsolete online dating sites: Match, Meetic, Chemistry, OkCupid, FriendScout24, OurTime, HowAboutWe, PlentyOfFish and many more are past their primes, reached operating ceiling and they are in decadence.

Moreover, Tinder will not monetize as expected and it is cannibalizing Match.
Tinder can collapse like Skout (problems with minors using it).
Also Tinder is in war with other online dating application: Bumble backed by Badoo (powered by a Russian Mafia of hackers & spies)
http://www.fastcompany.com/3054904/is-controversial-tinder-ceo-sean-rad-ready-to-grow-up
https://story.californiasunday.com/sean-rad-tinder

Dating Apps Linked To Rise In Crimes (mostly Tinder)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/article/35276415/figures-suggest-rise-in-crimes-linked-to-dating-apps

SA article: IAC Bulls Need A Succession Plan

http://seekingalpha.com/article/3805236-iac-bulls-need-a-succession-plan

LONG and fresh interview Barry Diller & Sean Rad (MTCH)
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2016/01/long-and-fresh-interview-barry-diller.html

 Tinder tried to be the next .... Facebook (Forbes saga).
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2015/10/a-year-ago-tinder-tried-to-be-next.html

ARTICLE What is your Tinder horror story?

What is your Tinder horror story?
https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/3xvh51/what_is_your_tinder_horror_story/
One day and more than 14,200 comments later, there are more than a few shockers. As always, bad, harmless, dating stories are always entertaining.
http://www.smh.com.au/lifestyle/life/tinder-horror-stories-20151224-gluonw.html


Perhaps Tinder can collapse like Skout (problems with minors using it)

Tinder privacy leaks! by Henning Wiechers (Metaflake)
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2015/11/tinder-privacy-leaks-by-henning.html

Match Group overhauls management; chairman taking over CEO role
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2015/12/match-group-overhauls-management.html

Match Group Inc (MTCH) Earns “Sell” Rating from BTIG Research
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2015/12/match-group-inc-mtch-earns-sell-rating.html

Match Group overhauls management; chairman taking over CEO role

http://seekingalpha.com/news/2999436-match-group-overhauls-management-chairman-taking-over-ceo-role

Everything seems to be a big nest of snakes, each guarding their territory.
but none can innovate without hurting the other.
Match is in serious decline, cannibalized by Tinder.

Match Group Inc (MTCH) Earns “Sell” Rating from BTIG Research
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2015/12/match-group-inc-mtch-earns-sell-rating.html

Match Group Inc (MTCH) Earns “Sell” Rating from BTIG Research

http://www.wkrb13.com/markets/967322/match-group-inc-mtch-earns-sell-rating-from-btig-research/


I agree because:

* The Match Group has a big debt because they had overpaid for PlentyOfFish.
* The Match Group is only a collection of old and obsolete online dating sites: Match, Meetic, Chemistry, OkCupid, FriendScout24, OurTime, HowAboutWe and many more. Even Tinder will not monetize as expected.
* The Match Group is not going to innovate and revolutionize the Online Dating Industry in the next years.


SA article: Match Group slumps after IPO underwriters launch coverage
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2015/12/sa-article-match-group-slumps-after-ipo.html

SA article: IAC/InterActiveCorp Undervalued And Ready To Monetize On Mobile

http://seekingalpha.com/article/3651516-iac-interactivecorp-undervalued-and-ready-to-monetize-on-mobile


"IACI will retain an ownership control over The Match Group"

That is the main problem, because they do not want to innovate in the Online Dating Industry.

Prospective Investors: What to Keep an Eye On: Now in a big storm inside Tinder - Match war and Tinder - Bumble war.
A Book about Tinder - Bumble war. Bumble by Badoo (Russian Mafia of hackers & spies)
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2015/11/sa-article-closer-look-at-match-group.html

Seeking Alpha article: IPO Preview: Match Group

http://seekingalpha.com/article/3697496-ipo-preview-match-group

Match Group has a big debt because they had overpaid for PlentyOfFish.

Match Group (MTCH) raised nearly USD400M in IPO  (via Financial Times)
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2015/11/match-group-mtch-raised-nearly-usd400m.html

Match Group (MTCH) raised nearly USD400M in IPO

via Financial Times
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/c6e624c6-8e60-11e5-a549-b89a1dfede9b.html
http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/0c74fa14-86e4-11e5-90de-f44762bf9896.html

http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1575189/000104746915008751/a2226650zs-1a.htm
With 4.7 million paid subscribers, only 7.9% of Match Group's user base is paying for its services.
http://www.sec.gov/cgi-bin/browse-edgar?action=getcompany&CIK=0001575189&owner=include&count=40
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2015/11/mtch-ipo-match-group-next-thursday-nov.html
 
Also:
On Eve of IPO, Match Group Disavows Tinder CEO Sean Rad’s Disastrous Interview
http://www.standard.co.uk/lifestyle/london-life/tinder-im-an-addict-says-hookup-apps-cocreator-and-ceo-sean-rad-a3117181.html
http://recode.net/2015/11/18/on-eve-of-ipo-match-group-disavows-tinder-ceo-sean-rads-disastrous-interview/
http://techcrunch.com/2015/11/18/match-prices-its-ipo-at-12-per-share/
http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1575189/000110465915079968/a15-16521_16fwp.htm


Child Safety Company Poses As 14-Year-Old Girl On Tinder
http://globaldatinginsights.com/17112015-company-conducts-study-by-posing-as-14-year-old-girl-on-tinder/

Perhaps Tinder can collapse like Skout (problems with minors using it)

http://www.onlinepersonalswatch.com/news/2014/02/tinder-under-fire-over-young-teen-users.html
http://www.onlinepersonalswatch.com/news/skoutcom/
http://www.globaldatinginsights.com/27022014-more-concerns-over-under-18-hook-up-app-use/

MTCH IPO Match Group next Thursday, Nov. 19.

With 4.7 million paid subscribers, only 7.9% of Match Group's user base is paying for its services.
http://moneymorning.com/2015/11/13/match-com-nasdaq-mtch-stock-price-will-move-on-these-3-factors-following-ipo/

Please see:
Don't Go Out With The Match.com IPO (Seeking Alpha)
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2015/11/dont-go-out-with-matchcom-ipo-seeking.html

The Match Group is not going to innovate and revolutionize the Online Dating Industry in the next years.
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2015/11/forbes-article-4-reasons-to-swipe-left.html

Please read: The 8 tips to innovate in the Online Dating Industry!
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2013/12/the-8-tips-to-innovate-in-online-dating.html

Tinder's "new" behavioral / behavioural matchmaking algorithm (borrowed from Synapse; Match?)

http://techcrunch.com/2015/11/11/tinder-matching-algorithm
http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/tinder-update-dating-app-adds-new-information-to-profiles-alongside-new-algorithm-to-avoid-bad-a6730221.html
http://www.wired.com/2015/11/tinder-updates-its-algorithm-and-adds-smart-profiles/
http://www.theverge.com/2015/11/11/9706724/tinder-matching-algorithm-education-job-profile

“With the updated algorithm, machine learning technology assesses and interprets the signals sent by our millions of users,” said Tinder CTO

But eHarmony, Match (Synapse) and even Zoosk, OKCupid (SmartPick) and PlentyOfFish (UltraMatch) has been doing the above rubbish for years and cannot outperform STRICT personality based recommender systems.
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2015/02/21pictures-which-uses-behavioral.html
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2013/05/synapse-match-algorithm.html
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2014/03/zoosk-smartpick-formerly-known-as.html
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2014/08/big-data-use-cases-at-plenty-of-fish.html


Lack Of Innovation & Decadence can summarize the Online Dating Industry for years.
Online Dating for serious daters does not need to be more social, it needs to be more effective/efficient. It needs to reduce the false positives problem.

C-level executives are cooking barbecues under the water (selling smoke) and not paying attention to latest research from Academics which could be beneficial for the Online Dating Industry.
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2015/09/likeli-likeit-likebright-12like-and-more.html

USA FTC Chief Technologist Ashkan Soltani On Algorithmic Transparency And The Fight Against Biased Bots
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2015/04/usa-ftc-chief-technologist-ashkan.html

The key to long-lasting romance is STRICT PERSONALITY SIMILARITY, but ...
the only way to revolutionize the Online Dating Industry is using the 16PF5 normative personality test, available in different languages to assess personality of members, or a proprietary test with exactly the same traits of the 16PF5 and expressing compatibility with eight decimals (needs a quantized pattern comparison method, part of pattern recognition by cross-correlation, to calculate similarity between prospective mates.)
High precision in matching algorithms is precisely the key to open the door and leave the infancy of compatibility testing.


Without offering the NORMATIVE16PF5 (or similar test measuring exactly the 16 personality factors) for serious dating, it will be impossible to innovate and revolutionize the Online Dating Industry All other proposals are NOISE and perform as placebo.

Please read: The 8 tips to innovate in the Online Dating Industry!
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2013/12/the-8-tips-to-innovate-in-online-dating.html

Don't Go Out With The Match.com IPO (Seeking Alpha)

http://seekingalpha.com/article/3675516-dont-go-out-with-the-match-com-ipo

"the Match Group is a profitable, growing company with a reliable user base. "
growing company ?
Many if most of their sites are stagnated, and nearly to close forever like Chemistry.
reliable user base ?
90% of their whole database could be phantoms or inactive profiles.

http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2015/11/a-251-page-brochure-from-match-group.html

Unfortunately the Match Group had been doing all wrong, acquiring rotten companies to show illusory success to its investors.
The Match Group is only a collection of old and obsolete online dating sites: Match, Meetic, Chemistry, OkCupid, FriendScout24, OurTime, HowAboutWe and many more. Even Tinder will not monetize as expected.
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2015/11/match-group-mtch-aims-to-raise-usd537.html

The Match Group is not going to innovate and revolutionize the Online Dating Industry in the next years.
 
FORBES article: 4 Reasons To Swipe Left On Match Group's IPO
Four reasons to swipe left
1. Shareholder unfriendly structure
2. Proceeds go to repay parent debt
3. Disappointing valuation
4. Weak underwriters

http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2015/11/forbes-article-4-reasons-to-swipe-left.html

FORBES article: 4 Reasons To Swipe Left On Match Group's IPO

 Four reasons to swipe left
1. Shareholder unfriendly structure
2. Proceeds go to repay parent debt
3. Disappointing valuation
4. Weak underwriters

http://www.forbes.com/sites/petercohan/2015/11/10/4-reasons-to-swipe-left-on-match-groups-ipo/
http://www.forbes.com/sites/petercohan/2015/11/10/4-reasons-to-swipe-left-on-match-groups-ipo/2/
"Blow off this IPO — there are plenty of other fish in the sea."

A 251 page brochure from Match Group with astronomical executive compensations
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2015/11/a-251-page-brochure-from-match-group.html

A 251 page brochure from Match Group with astronomical executive compensations

for a collection of old and obsolete online dating sites.

https://es.scribd.com/doc/289171409/Match-Group-Inc-MTCH15C-P

   Match Group, Inc. (MTCH15C)-P

Remember ?
Evan Spencer, had said that despite the fact that anti-scammer technology is available, Match fail to use such things as face-recognition software – which would have discovered that her pictures were being used hundreds of times.
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2014/11/bad-news-big-lawsuit-against-match.html
Last August 2011 when a U.S. Class Action Called Match a 'Scam' / More than 90% of potential dates are "phantoms," suit charged then Match had morphed its marketing campaign.

IAC's Match Group sets IPO range, aims for USD2.9B-USD3.4B valuation ?

http://seekingalpha.com/news/2911716-iacs-match-group-sets-ipo-range-aims-for-2_9b-3_4b-valuation


It is insane!
Match Group (MTCH) Total Liabilities: USD545,987,000 due to PlentyOfFish acquisition. The Match Group is only a collection of old and obsolete online dating sites.

Match Group (MTCH) aims to raise USD537 Million in IPO ?
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2015/11/match-group-mtch-aims-to-raise-usd537.html

Match Group (MTCH) aims to raise USD537 Million in IPO ?

http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/0c74fa14-86e4-11e5-90de-f44762bf9896.html

Prospectus  NOV 2015
http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1575189/000104746915008434/a2226458zs-1a.htm

Match Group (MTCH) Updates Underwriters in IPO Filing
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2015/11/match-group-mtch-updates-underwriters.html

Match Group (MTCH) Total Liabilities: USD545,987,000 due to PlentyOfFish acquisition.
Market share in revenue for PlentyOfFish owned by Match Group is only 5%
PlentyOfFish is past its prime and of course in decadence.
IAC Q3 2015 reports reveals PlentyOfFish (POF) has 500,000 paid members.
PlentyOfFish Media Inc. (POF) 2015 revenue estimated USD 80 Million or less!

Unfortunately the Match Group had been doing all wrong, acquiring rotten companies to show illusory success to its investors.
The Match Group is only a collection of old and obsolete online dating sites: Match, Meetic, Chemistry, OkCupid, FriendScout24, OurTime, HowAboutWe and many more. Even Tinder will not monetize as expected.

The Match Group is not going to innovate and revolutionize the Online Dating Industry in the next years.

IAC/InterActiveCorp (IACI) CEO Joey Levin on Q3 2015 Results - Earnings Call Transcript by Seeking Alpha

http://seekingalpha.com/article/3609106-iac-interactivecorp-iaci-ceo-joey-levin-on-q3-2015-results-earnings-call-transcript?part=single

http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2015/10/iac-q3-2015-reports-reveals.html

Clearly The Match Group is not going to innovate and revolutionize the Online Dating Industry in the next years.