Selling Love: The Business of Online Dating

Under the Influence with Terry O'Reilly

Apostrophe Podcast Network

Cbc, Terry O'reilly, Advertising, Marketing, Under The Influence, Society & Culture, Pop Culture, Business

4.8 • 614 Ratings

🗓️ 28 June 2025

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

From our Season 11 Archives, one of our favourites.

This week, we explore how dating agencies Sell Love. We’ll talk about the very first dating service in history, we’ll explore one app that is more about lust than love and we’ll talk about how heartthrob Reynolds created one of the best dating commercials of the last 10 years.

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