Los Angeles - Online social network and search service Reunion.com and people search engine Wink.com announced on Monday that they have agreed to merge, and will launch an entirely new brand and website early next year.

Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

Reunion.com and Wink said that the combined company will provide users with access to a total of more than 700 million profiles spanning social network, online communities and other sources.

Launched in 2002, Los Angeles-based Reunion.com has over 50 million members, and counts more than 12 million unique monthly visitors.

Wink provides access to more than 500 million online profiles through its people search engine.

"This deal is the next step in our company's evolution to bring a groundbreaking mix of people search services to consumers across multiple online networks," said Jeffrey Tinsley, founder and CEO of Reunion.com.

"With five billion searches across the Web each month, the people search vertical is bigger than any other. Our goal is to create the definitive people search service that creates a single source for connecting with people."

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