According to a press release from
RBC Information Systems , it controlled - or rather, control of Media Mir LLC, a subsidiary of RBC - passed LLC Loveplanet, which owns the resource
Loveplanet.ru . The developer of the service, Artfon LLC, appears to remain the owner of a certain stake in the project.
The resource created a year and a half ago quickly became quite famous, largely due to an active advertising campaign conducted on the Internet and through various “offline” media. According to Loveplanet.ru's own statistics, about 5 million users are registered on the dating site, who are given the opportunity not only to make new acquaintances, but also to write to blogs, participate in quizzes, etc. (In the
ranking of blog hosting sites, Loveplanet is now ranked 5th.)
Alexey Rubtsov, General Director of Loveplanet LLC, said that the price of the transaction is quite market, but its participants are not ready to name it. When asked whether RBC and Artfon had cooperated before the transaction, he clarified that any transaction was preceded by a rather long preparation period, during which Media Mir and Artfon worked closely enough.
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Commenting on future plans, Mr. Rubtsov said that RBC created Media World to take a leading position in the “non-business Internet”: “LovePlanet is already one of the leaders in the field of online dating. All LovePlanet development plans will be aimed at strengthening and improving this position. ”