Microsoft Sells Franchise Gator for $20M

4/7/09

Microsoft’s digital advertising division has sold off its subsidiary, Franchise Gator, to Landmark Interactive for about $20 million, as first reported by PaidContent.org. Microsoft has confirmed the sale but not the price, according to TechFlash. Franchise Gator, a lead-generation business based in Seattle and Roswell, GA, was acquired for $21.5 million in 2006 by aQuantive, which was in turn bought by Microsoft in 2007.

Gregory T. Huang is Xconomy's National IT Editor and the Editor of Xconomy Boston. You can e-mail him at gthuang@xconomy.com or call him at 617-252-7323. Follow @

    

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