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Friends Reunited

La primera red social del Reino Unido con 15M de usuarios fue adquirida por ITV por £175M — la tarifa de contacto de £7,50/año la hacía poco atractiva vs Facebook gratuito; ITV vendió por £25M (14% de adquisición) en 2009; cerrada 2012

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Error fatal: Friends Reunited was the UK's first major social network — reuniting school friends. 15M registered users. ITV acquired for £175M ($176M) in 2005. Facebook launched UK 2005, MySpace UK grew. Friends Reunited charged £7.50/year to contact former friends — a fee model that made the service unattractive once Facebook was free. ITV sold Friends Reunited for £25M in 2009 — 14% of acquisition price. The site shut in 2012.

Fundada	2000
Cerrada	2012
País	UK
Sector	Social

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2012

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Adquirida £175M. Tarifa contacto £7,50/año vs Facebook gratis....

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Friends Reunited recaudó €176M antes de que friends reunited was the uk's first major social network — reuniting school friends. 15m registered users. itv acquired for £175m ($176m) in 2005. facebook launched uk 2005, myspace uk grew. friends reunited charged £7.50/year to contact former friends — a fee model that made the service unattractive once facebook was free. itv sold friends reunited for £25m in 2009 — 14% of acquisition price. the site shut in 2012. lo terminase. Causa documentada, lección verificada y todas las señales.

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