Zoosk Introduces Last.fm and Netflix Integration Into Online Dating Profiles

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Tue May 19, 2009 9:01am EDT

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, May 19 /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.




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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
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