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Barry Diller's Match Group paying $441M to settle Tinder founders' suit
Barry Diller’s Match Group plans to pay out a whopping $441 million over claims that it cheated the founders of Tinder out of billions of dollars, the company said early...
Tinder's owner lowballed app's value even as revenue surged, founder claims
Barry Diller's dating-app giant Match Group lowballed the value of Tinder as it negotiated with the hookup app's founders over their exit packages in 2017, bilking them out of billions...
Tinder co-founder lands in heated exchange with Barry Diller's company lawyer
Tinder co-founder Sean Rad got heated with attorneys for Barry Diller’s media empire on Tuesday, accusing the companies he’s suing for billions of misrepresenting evidence.
Barry Diller denies his company cheated Tinder founders out of $2 billion
Billionaire Barry Diller took the stand on Monday to defend his media empire from a lawsuit claiming that it cheated the founders of Tinder out of $2 billion. The hookup...
Tinder founder accuses Barry Diller's firms of swindling him out of billions
Tinder co-founder and ex-CEO Sean Rad took the stand in a blockbuster trial Wednesday to accuse Barry Diller's media companies of swindling him and other executives out of billions of...
Diller's companies try to undermine witnesses in Tinder co-founder's $2B suit
Attorneys for Barry Diller’s media empire sought Tuesday to throw cold water on Tinder co-founder Sean Rad’s claims that the mogul’s companies cheated him out of billions.
Tinder founder's witness was paid $2M before trial against Barry Diller's company: docs
Tinder co-founder Sean Rad, who’s suing Barry Diller’s media empire for a staggering $2 billion, paid a witness $2 million ahead of his testimony, according to court documents.
Tinder founder deleted emails during battle with Barry Diller's IAC: docs
Sean Rad deleted a series of emails on his company account amid a feud with his successor, Greg Blatt, over the valuation of Tinder, according to legal documents.
How Bumble’s CEO became a billionaire — after ending some awkward relationships
Whitney Wolfe Herd just became the world’s youngest self-made female billionaire with her Bumble dating app’s initial public offering — and she did it after ending some awkward relationships. The 31-year-old chief...
Tinder subscriptions slammed as Apple changes app store rules
Shares of Tinder’s corporate owner slumped after it warned it will miss Wall Street’s revenue forecasts — partly thanks to a move by Apple that makes it easier to cancel...
Match Group sues Tinder co-founder Sean Rad for $250M
Tinder’s corporate owner is suing Sean Rad, the hook-up app’s co-founder and ex-chief executive, for $250 million, accusing him of stealing company secrets before he was fired. In a lawsuit...
Tinder's owner denies it tricked founders out of $2 billion
Barry Diller may have swiped right on a deal to acquire Tinder — but he never swiped $2 billion from the dating app’s founders. That’s what the billionaire media mogul’s...
Tinder execs claim parent IAC 'robbed' them of stock options
Founders of the wildly popular Tinder dating app are suing their parent company, billionaire Barry Diller’s IAC Group, claiming executives “dramatically undervalued” the app to cut them out of valuable...
Why tech nerds are worse to date than finance bros
When Tinder first launched in 2012, a beautiful green-eyed New Yorker who works in public relations flew out to California to stay with the company's co-founder Sean Rad during a...
There are a lot more people on Tinder than you probably think
Tinder now has more than 1 million paying users — and they’re fueling hotter-than-expected sales for the hookup app’s corporate parent. Match Group — whose other dating sites include Match.com,...
European advocate takes aim at Tinder's privacy policy
Your flings on Tinder may be short-lived — but your personal information stays with the hookup app forever. That’s the concern being flagged by a European consumer advocate, which claims...
Tinder's Sean Rad wants you to know he's not a jerk
Tinder Chief Executive Sean Rad plans to stay true to himself — and that means giving yet more embarrassing potty-mouthed press interviews. The 29-year-old co-founder of the red-hot hookup app...
Did Tinder's Sean Rad get some PR advice?
Taking the measure of Tinder’s p.r. disaster last week, it’s hard to know where to begin. It wasn’t just that CEO Sean Rad bragged to a British newspaper, on the...
Tinder CEO proves he is a douchebag
The hour is late — just shut up and close the deal! That sage dating advice might have helped Tinder Chief Executive Sean Rad this week. Instead, the 29-year-old tech...
Tinder reunites with Sean Rad after booting him as CEO
Tinder just undid its “swipe left” on former CEO Sean Rad. The fast-growing hookup app — majority-owned by billionaire Barry Diller’s IAC/InterActiveCorp, reappointed the 29-year-old co-founder as its chief executive...