Why online dating is big business

Feb 14, 2014, 02:25 AM

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The internet has changed the way people meet and find love - in the US one-third of recently married couples say they met online - and internet dating is a now multi-billion dollar industry. The BBC's Manuela Saragosa speaks to Mark Lesnik who runs dating conferences across the United States and dating application entrepreneur Valenice Balace in Manila, Philippines.