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Ancestry acquires iMemories

July 30, 2025 GaryPageau Ancestry, iMemories

Family history giant Ancestry announced its acquisition of iMemories, a media digitization and cloud-based content preservation services company. This is an important next step in enabling Ancestry to deliver on its mission to connect everyone to their past so they can discover, preserve and share their unique family stories. The terms of the deal were not disclosed. JEGI CLARITY + LEONIS... Read More

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iMemories returns to founders in purchase from Shutterfly

June 20, 2018June 26, 2018 GaryPageau iMemories, Lifetouch, Shutterfly, Snapfish, UPS, Walgreens

The industry’s largest recent acquisition – Shutterfly buying Lifetouch – created waves and, in the case of iMemories, new opportunities. The former Lifetouch segment was sold back to its founder, Mark Rukavina, and longtime executive Steve Krell, who are looking to expand the business dramatically. The Dead Pixels Society recently talked with Rukavina about the divestment and the future of... Read More

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Shutterfly reports first quarter results; will exit iMemories

May 1, 2018May 6, 2018 GaryPageau iMemories, Lifetouch, Shutterfly4 Comments

Editor’s note: Post updated to reflect iMemories will not be closed – as previously written – but “exited.” Industry reports is a new buyer will take over the business. A few highlights from the Shutterfly earnings report, reproduced below. Shutterfly closed the Lifetouch acquisition April 2 Shutterfly will exit Lifetouch’s iMemories business in the second quarter, earlier than expected. This... Read More