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Microsoft Acquires aQuantive

Microsoft to Acquire Interactive Advertising Firm aQuantive

Last week, Microsoft announced the largest acquisition in its history, purchasing Seattle-based interactive ad firm aQuantive for $6 billion in what it describes is the next step in the evolution of its ad network.

May 21, 2007 by jayfrankwilson
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Last week, Microsoft announced the largest acquisition in its history. They are purchasing Seattle-based interactive ad firm aQuantive for $6 billion. Microsoft describes the acquisition as the next step in the evolution of its advertising network.

What is aQuantive?

aQuantive is the holding company for several online ad firms and agencies including Atlas, DRIVEpm, Avenue A and Razorfish. The deal is the latest in a string of large acquisitions in the internet ad space. As online advertising increasingly becomes the lynchpin of many new web-based businesses, owning your own ad network has been critical to revenue. Here are some of the biggest players now and their acquisitions: Google: DoubleClick, WPP: 24/7 Media, Yahoo: Right Media.

Why is Microsoft Spending So Much Money So Quickly to Buy aQuantive?

Microsoft, which lost out on the bidding for DoubleClick, will pay an 85% premium over aQuantive’s closing share price on Thursday, the day before the deal was announced. aQuantive was an expensive purchase for Microsoft, but a necessary move to keep the company from falling too far behind their competitors.

aQuantive CEO Brian P. McAndrews added, “Microsoft has set a leading example in prioritizing industry partnership, transparency, measurement and quality, and we look forward to combining forces and bringing the value of our combined assets to bear for the benefit of advertisers, ad agencies and publishers.”

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