ITV Friends Reunited sale referred to CC

The OFT has thrown a spanner in the works by deciding to refer ITV's attempted sale of the Friends Reunited website (at a £145m loss, no less) to the Competition Commission. The most commercially successful aspect of the business is the Genes Reunited genealogy site, and the OFT is concerned that prospective buyer Brightsold already owns two major genealogy sites, Findmypast.com and 1911census.com.

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