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  &lt;p&gt;It was bought by private equity group &lt;a href="http://www.hf.com"&gt;Hellman &amp;amp; Friedman&lt;/a&gt; in 2005 for around $1.1bn, but its investors&#160;apparently want at least $2bn for the firm.&lt;/p&gt;
  &lt;p&gt;DoubleClick &#8211; which also&#160;&lt;a href="/blog/880-doubleclick-buys-tangozebra-for-15m"&gt;purchased rich media ad firm Tangozebra&lt;/a&gt; earlier this month - is yet to comment. &lt;/p&gt;
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  &lt;Paragraph&gt;It was bought by private equity group &lt;Link URL="http://www.hf.com" Window="New"&gt;Hellman &amp;amp; Friedman&lt;/Link&gt; in 2005 for around $1.1bn, but its investors&#160;apparently want at least $2bn for the firm.&lt;/Paragraph&gt;
  &lt;Paragraph&gt;DoubleClick &#8211; which also&#160;&lt;Link URL="/blog/880-doubleclick-buys-tangozebra-for-15m" Window="New"&gt;purchased rich media ad firm Tangozebra&lt;/Link&gt; earlier this month - is yet to comment. &lt;/Paragraph&gt;
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      &lt;a href="http://www.doubleclick.com/us/"&gt;DoubleClick&lt;/a&gt; is in &lt;em&gt;'active talks'&lt;/em&gt; with Microsoft and other potential suitors over a sale, according to the &lt;a href="http://users2.wsj.com/lmda/do/checkLogin?mg=evo-wsj&amp;amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fonline.wsj.com%2Farticle%2FSB117505407416851554.html%3Fmod%3Dhome_whats_news_us"&gt;Wall Street Journal&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/strong&gt;
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  &lt;p&gt;The digital marketing group has reportedly appointed investment bank Morgan Stanley to review its options, including a sale or stock market listing.&lt;/p&gt;
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      &lt;Link URL="http://www.doubleclick.com/us/" Window="New"&gt;DoubleClick&lt;/Link&gt; is in &lt;Quote&gt;'active talks'&lt;/Quote&gt; with Microsoft and other potential suitors over a sale, according to the &lt;Link URL="http://users2.wsj.com/lmda/do/checkLogin?mg=evo-wsj&amp;amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fonline.wsj.com%2Farticle%2FSB117505407416851554.html%3Fmod%3Dhome_whats_news_us" Window="New"&gt;Wall Street Journal&lt;/Link&gt;.&lt;/Emphasis&gt;
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  &lt;Paragraph&gt;The digital marketing group has reportedly appointed investment bank Morgan Stanley to review its options, including a sale or stock market listing.&lt;/Paragraph&gt;
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  <learn-more-formatted>&lt;p&gt;Econsultancy has published an &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://econsultancy.com/reports/online-advertising-networks-buyers-guide"&gt;Online Advertising Networks Buyer's Guide&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; which contains an examination of this marketplace and profiles of 23 leading networks. We have also produced an &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://econsultancy.com/reports/online-advertising-survey"&gt;Online Advertising Survey&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;, based on a survey of advertisers and agencies. For more stats and charts, see also our &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://econsultancy.com/reports/internet-advertising-statistics"&gt;Online Advertising Statistics compendium&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;</learn-more-formatted>
  <learn-more-unformatted>&lt;p&gt;Econsultancy has published an &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://econsultancy.com/reports/online-advertising-networks-buyers-guide"&gt;Online Advertising Networks Buyer's Guide&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; which contains an examination of this marketplace and profiles of 23 leading networks. We have also produced an &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://econsultancy.com/reports/online-advertising-survey"&gt;Online Advertising Survey&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;, based on a survey of advertisers and agencies. For more stats and charts, see also our &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://econsultancy.com/reports/internet-advertising-statistics"&gt;Online Advertising Statistics compendium&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;</learn-more-unformatted>
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