Zoosk Introduces Last.fm and Netflix Integration Into Online Dating Profiles
Zoosk gives its 30 million users the ability to sync movie and music
updates with their online dating profiles, making it easy to find and
meet others who share similar interests
SAN FRANCISCO/PRNewswire/ -- Zoosk, the world's largest
social dating community, today introduced the ability for its users to
link their Last.fm and Netflix accounts to their Zoosk Date Card,
making it possible for singles to easily share their latest movie and
music picks with potential dates. Built using the Last.fm and Netflix
APIs, the integration of music and movie updates to Zoosk Date Cards
gives Zoosk's more than 30 million users more opportunities to
naturally meet potential dates.
"We continue to look for new and innovative ways to make approaching
a potential date as natural as possible in an online environment," said
Shayan Zadeh, co-CEO of Zoosk. "The ability to share your interests in
movies and music, updated in real-time based on the selections you make
on Netflix and Last.fm, gives singles ongoing, relevant, and fun
conversation starters. You can listen to a new playlist on your way to
work or add a movie to your Netflix queue and meet someone on Zoosk
later that day who noticed your update and shares your taste in music
or films."
Zooskers can easily link their Last.fm and Netflix accounts to their
Zoosk Date Card by providing their Last.fm username or a link to their
Netflix queue's RSS feed. Once a user links their accounts to their
profile on Zoosk, music picks made on Last.fm and movie titles selected
on Netflix will automatically appear on the user's Zoosk Date Card.
The growth of social networks like Facebook as well as positive
word-of-mouth about Zoosk is driving rapid growth of the company's
user-base. Zoosk has grown to more than 30 million users in May 2009 up
from 16.5 million users in January 2009.
Users can join Zoosk by adding the Zoosk application through
Facebook, Bebo, Hi5, Friendster, and MySpace, or by signing up at
Zoosk.com. Zoosk is the only social dating community that allows users
to seamlessly connect across multiple networks, meaning a Facebook user
can interact with a MySpace or Hi5 user, for example.
About Zoosk
Zoosk is the fastest growing social dating network enabling millions
of singles to meet love interests and forge long lasting relationships.
Building on users' social graph and taking advantage of opportunities
on social networks, Zoosk has created a safe, fun, and delightful
online dating experience. Zoosk has quickly grown to a community of
over 30 million singles from more than 40 countries around the globe,
including United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, France,
Italy, and many more. Zoosk is based in San Francisco and was founded
in January 2007 by Shayan Zadeh and Alex Mehr. For more information
visit: www.zoosk.com.
About Last.fm
Founded in 2002, Last.fm is a free global music platform. Last.fm
can offer music fans millions of tracks in every genre for
free-on-demand and radio streaming thanks to partnerships with
Universal, EMI, Warner Music Group, Sony BMG, CD Baby, independent
aggregators The Orchard and IODA, and more than 150,000 independent
artists and labels -- without the need to sign up or download any
software. As well as being able to access tracks for free -- a service
which has seen Last.fm become the fastest-growing free online music
network in the U.S. -- music fans can also share their music
preferences by linking their media player to the Last.fm database. As a
result, Last.fm can intelligently recommend songs, artists, local
concerts and even other members based on their musical tastes. Last.fm
also supports unsigned artists by offering them an unprecedented Artist
Royalty program through which they can earn revenue directly from
Last.fm every time their music is streamed. Learn more about Last.fm at
www.last.fm.
Source: Zoosk
CONTACT: Audrey Shedivy, +1-310-770-0610, audrey@henrygreypr.com, or
Katy Gaenicke, +1-781-585-1717, katy@henrygreypr.com, both of Henry Grey PR
for Zoosk
Web Site:
http://www.zoosk.com/
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