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The earliest attestation of the use of either x or o to indicate kisses identified by the Oxford English Dictionary appears in the English novellist Florence Montgomery's 1878 book Seaforth, which mentions "This letter [...] ends with the inevitable row of kisses,—sometimes expressed by × × × × ×, and sometimes by o o o o o o, according to the taste of the young scribbler".
XOXO was started by Gregg and Lynne Fiene in 1991 along with their partners, Marc and Michelle Bohbot (owners of Bisou Bisou). In 1999, annual sales reached $100 million but the company struggled financially. Gregg Fiene bought the Bohbot's shares and put the company on sale. XOXO was sold to Aris Industries in 1999 for $25 million.
In June 2011, the company transferred its common stock listing to the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) with the symbol "XOXO". [15] In September 2012, WeddingWire raised an additional $25 million in Series B funding from Spectrum Equity. [16] Mike Steib joined XO Group as president in July 2013 and assumed the role of CEO in March 2014. [17]
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XOXO was an annual festival and conference that focused on indie creators and artists working on the web. Except for a larger conference in 2018, the conference was limited to around 1,000 attendees, and organizers introduced an application and lottery system to promote diversity and discourage attendees who were focused on marketing to other attendees.
She joined NBC News in 2014 as one of Today's weekend edition hosts, and then became a cohost of the third hour starting in January 2019. Just over a year later, in February 2020, Jones had vocal ...
"XOXO" is a song recorded by Canadian-Dutch-Korean singer-songwriter Jeon Somi. It was released by The Black Label and Interscope Records on October 29, 2021, as the title track from the singer's debut studio album of the same name. It was written by Teddy, Danny Chung, Vince, Jeon Somi, and Kush, and composed by them alongside Pink Sweats.
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