What Do You Call Paying Someone For A Date?

NPR | By Mark Memmott

Published April 13, 2011 at 11:45 AM EDT

The founder of WhatsYourPrice.com says he's not running an escort service. And he's not promoting prostitution.

No, Brandon Wade says he's bringing people together — people who are willing to pay to go on a date with someone "attractive" and people who are willing to take money to go on a date with ... well, the not-so-attractive.

Denver's KDVR-TV has more.

We wonder what you think.

(H/T to WTOP.)

Mark Memmott

Mark Memmott is NPR's supervising senior editor for Standards & Practices. In that role, he's a resource for NPR's journalists – helping them raise the right questions as they do their work and uphold the organization's standards.

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