42244 1 3 econsultancy_xml <p>According to <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2007/oct/31/web20.digitalmedia?gusrc=rss&amp;feed=media">the Guardian</a>, the site will ditch the £7.50 charge for a six month membership, which entitles members to contact other users of the site.  </p> <p> <a href="http://www.friendsreunited.co.uk/friendsreunited.asp?WCI=FRMain&amp;show=Y&amp;page=UK&amp;randomiser=9">Friends Reunited</a> launched in 2000 and grew rapidly - it had around 15m registered users when ITV acquired the site for £120m in 2005. </p> <p>But things have moved on and the site's user numbers have since declined to around 9m. </p> <p>In August, stats from Nielsen//NetRatings showed <a href="/blog/1779-study-facebook-is-now-the-uk-s-biggest-social-network">Friends Reunited had just 2.1m unique users</a> in the UK, compared to 6.4m for MySpace and 6.5m for Facebook. </p> <p>Revenues for the site rose by 38% in the first half of the year to £11m, however, and it currently has around 1.8m paying subscribers. </p> <p> <strong>Related stories:<br /></strong> <a href="/blog/1797-ft-com-changes-its-subscription-model">FT.com changes its subscription model</a> <br /> </p> <FormattedContent xmlns="http://www.e-consultancy.com/schema/formattedContent/"> <Paragraph>According to <Link URL="http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2007/oct/31/web20.digitalmedia?gusrc=rss&amp;feed=media" Window="Self">the Guardian</Link>, the site will ditch the £7.50 charge for a six month membership, which entitles members to contact other users of the site.  </Paragraph> <Paragraph> <Link URL="http://www.friendsreunited.co.uk/friendsreunited.asp?WCI=FRMain&amp;show=Y&amp;page=UK&amp;randomiser=9" Window="Self">Friends Reunited</Link> launched in 2000 and grew rapidly - it had around 15m registered users when ITV acquired the site for £120m in 2005. </Paragraph> <Paragraph>But things have moved on and the site's user numbers have since declined to around 9m. </Paragraph> <Paragraph>In August, stats from Nielsen//NetRatings showed <Link URL="/blog/1779-study-facebook-is-now-the-uk-s-biggest-social-network" Window="Self">Friends Reunited had just 2.1m unique users</Link> in the UK, compared to 6.4m for MySpace and 6.5m for Facebook. </Paragraph> <Paragraph>Revenues for the site rose by 38% in the first half of the year to £11m, however, and it currently has around 1.8m paying subscribers. </Paragraph> <Paragraph> <Emphasis>Related stories:<LineBreak /></Emphasis> <Link URL="/blog/1797-ft-com-changes-its-subscription-model" Window="Self">FT.com changes its subscription model</Link> <LineBreak /> </Paragraph> </FormattedContent> 2007-11-01T11:10:00+00:00 0 1 econsultancy_xml <p> <strong>ITV has reportedly decided to drop subscription charges for users of Friends Reunited in an attempt to turn around the site's fortunes.</strong> </p> <p> <img alt="" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2065/1812887289_14d259813a_o.jpg" /> </p> <FormattedContent xmlns="http://www.e-consultancy.com/schema/formattedContent/"> <Paragraph> <Emphasis>ITV has reportedly decided to drop subscription charges for users of Friends Reunited in an attempt to turn around the site's fortunes.</Emphasis> </Paragraph> <Paragraph Align="Center"> <Image Source="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2065/1812887289_14d259813a_o.jpg"> </Image> </Paragraph> </FormattedContent> false 1893 364501 Friends Reunited drops subscription model false 2007-11-01T12:09:00+00:00 friends-reunited-drops-subscription-model 2009-04-28T23:00:45+01:00 2009-04-28T23:00:45+01:00 293