Spark Networks, Inc. operates as an online personals services provider in the United States and internationally. The company’s Web sites enable adults to meet online and participate in a community, become friends, date, form a long-term relationship, or marry. Its portfolio of consumer Web sites includes, among others, JDate.com, AmericanSingles.com, BlackSingles.com, and ChristianMingle.com. Spark Networks also provides detailed profiles, onsite email centers, chat rooms, and instant messaging services. As of December 31, 2006, it had approximately 236,868 average paying subscribers. The company, formerly known as MatchNet plc, was founded in 1998. It changed its name to Spark Networks plc in 2005 and to Spark Networks, Inc. in July 2007. The company is headquartered in Beverly Hills, California.