ITV sale of Friends is cleared
The Competition Commission has cleared ITV’s sale of FriendsReunited to Brightsolid. The competition concerns are over Brightsolid’s ownership of findmypast.com and the 1911 census site while FriendsReunited runs Genes reunited. But the regulator said that the deal could improve competition by forcing ancestry.co.uk to up its game in the face of rejuvenated competition.