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Paul Sakuma / AP Google Inc. headquarters in Mountain View, California. |
The deal represents the largest acquisition in Google's history and comes just six months after Google [GOOG
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The DoubleClick acquisition promises to fortify Google, the juggernaut of search-based advertising on the Web, as it expands into print, radio, video, mobile and TV ad markets. The combination should also bolster the ad targeting and analysis capabilities that Google can offer advertising customers.
DoubleClick, a dot-com stock market star and leading independent player in the first generation of online advertising during the 1990s, has been majority-owned by San Francisco private equity firm Hellman & Friedman since 2005.
Hellman & Friedman paid $1.1 billion in stock and debt for its stake. JMI Management is a co-investor in the company.
The Wall Street Journal had reported last week that Microsoft [MSFT
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New York-based DoubleClick was the most successful Internet start-up to emerge out of so-called Silicon Alley, the downtown Manhattan corridor that gave birth to dozens of start-ups which sought to move Madison Avenue advertising online.
DoubleClick, founded in 1996, offers a digital marketplace that connects advertising agencies, marketers and Web site publishers seeking to place online ads. It has more than 1,500 corporate clients.
The company hired investment bank Morgan Stanley [MS
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Shares of Google, which dipped $1.10 in regular session trading on Nasdaq ahead of the news, fell another $3.28 to $463.01 in after-hours trade following the announcement, a roughly 1%decline on the day.
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