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Originally Posted by buzzsaw
As first reported by TechCrunch November 17, the acquisition by Penthouse of Palo Alto based Various, Inc., the owner of AdultFriendFinder has been confirmed.According to a NY Times report, the buying price was $500 million. Penthouse CEO Marc Bell said that Penthouse’s goal was to provide consumers, particularly 18-to-34-year-old men, with a wide variety of [...]
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"There is no deal, currently," Lars Mapstead, co-owner and vice president of marketing for AdultFriendFinder, told
AVN Online.
TechCrunch reported that the company may have been purchased for $1 billion, later reducing that figure to $500 million.
"They are just rumors," Various founder Andrew Conru told
AVN Online. "Over the last couple of years, we have been talking with a number of possible investors, as well as investigating a possible public offering - lots of interesting things.
Both of you lying thieving scamming fucks can officially
eat me raw... balls and all.
You lied about stealing my traffic. You lied about Zango and you lied about this deal!
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