Friends Reunited (8 articles)
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Friends Reunited sold for £25 million
Grade: "It's the best price we could get" 6 August 2009 15:40 GMT TweetITV has finally off-loaded struggling website Friends Reunited.
The broadcaster sold the site for a pittance compared to what it paid for it in its hey-day back in 2005.
Michael Grade, ITV's executive chairman, described the... -
ITV losses £2.7 billion, will cut 600 jobs
And sell Friends Reunited and Scoot 4 March 2009 10:03 GMT TweetResults were expected to be bleak, but ITV has announced that write-offs from the value of its assets have meant losses of £2.7 billion.
On the back of this, the broadcaster has confirmed it will be cutting jobs with some 600 positions to... -
ITV considering Friends Reunited sale
Would Facebook buy it? 16 February 2009 12:57 GMT TweetITV is considering selling Friends Reunited, a site it bought in 2005 for a deal worth £175 million overall, it's being reported.
Although once popular, Friends Reunited has struggled to achieve the high visitor numbers it enjoyed around... -
ITV to slash Friends Reunited's value
Not worth £175 million 5 January 2009 13:46 GMT TweetITV is planning to write down the value of Friends Reunited, a Sunday Times report claims.
ITV bought the website in 2005 in a deal worth £175 million overall, but is now expected to state that the company is worth much less than it paid... -
ITV brings vids to Friends Reunited
Film of users finding friends and relatives using the site 29 October 2008 12:52 GMT TweetWe knew that they were looking into it in August, but now ITV has confirmed that it is going to bring some of its video content to the networking website Friends Reunited.
Videos will be added to all four of the ITV owned websites - Friends... -
Friends Reunited looks to video to boost figures
Following on from fee scrapping 5 August 2008 17:49 GMT TweetITV-owned Friends Reunited is hoping to pull in more visitors to its website with added video content.
The social networking website has already made a radical change by scrapping the fees it used to charge subscribers before they could contact... -
Friends Reunited dumps fees
Trying to catch back up with Facebook, MySpace and Bebo 2 May 2008 1:18 GMT TweetFriends Reunited owners ITV have admitted defeat and ditched its fees to access information on the site.
The site, which has since been overtaken by the likes of Facebook, MySpace and Bebo since its launch, is attempting to claw back users... -
Friend Reunited to become TV show
Website turns TV show 19 April 2006 15:28 GMT TweetFriends Reunited, the online reunion site that re-connected old flames as well as enemies from our school days, is to become a television show in the UK.
Friends Reunited: The School Run is to be broadcast from next month on ITV Play, ITV's...