National: Ashley Madison and Grindr; RentBoy; Facebook apology - Windy City Times
Emails that Forbes obtained showed that the cheating website Ashley Madison's parent company, Avid Life Media, was considering acquiring Grindr, the location-based dating app for gay, bisexual and bi-curious men, earlier this year, according to a... The relationship between now-former Ashley Madison CEO Noel Biderman and Grindr founder Joel Simkhai stretches back to 2012, when the two had several conversations about advertising each others services. Biderman resigned after hackers exposed the company's database, generating an adulterous worldwide fervor. Several LGBTA organizations condemned the raid, with Transgender Law Center saying, "With this raid, the U. S. federal government is not only jeopardizing countless people's lives and only source of livelihood, but sending a clear and troubling... com ), which caters to the transgender community, according to PR Newswire. When the online and catalog based company tried to advertise through Facebook this summer, in order to reach transgender customers, the social-media giant rejected the store's ads and content, as they were considered "adult. " A member of the Facebook ad team said, "It appears your ads were mistakenly disapproved, and we've re-reviewed and approved them. Source: www.windycitymediagroup.com
