The Carlyle Group gobbles up Getty Images for a cool $3.3B

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Getty Images, the Seattle distributor of digital images and video, is transitioning from one private equity firm to another. The Carlyle Group announced today that it is paying $3.3 billion to buy Getty Images from Hellman & Friedman, the private equity firm that purchased the company for $2.4 billion in 2008. At the time of… Read More…

On the auction block: Getty Images could fetch $4B in private equity bid

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Getty Images, the Seattle digital image company led by Jonathan Klein, may be headed from the arms of one private equity firm to another. And the price tag is getting quite high. The Wall Street Journal reports that private equity firms KKR and TPG are among five bidders kicking the tires on the company, with… Read More…

Is Getty Images looking to go public, again?

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Getty Images, the Seattle-based provider of digital photos, videos and music, has hired investment bankers Goldman Sachs and JPMorgan Chase & Co. to consider an initial public offering or possible sale, according to reports by Reuters and The Financial Times. An IPO would be an interesting move, since it would return Getty back to the… Read More…

Back in the M&A game, Getty Images makes another buy

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Throughout its 16-year history, Getty Images has been an acquisitive company. In fact, part of the reason why Getty calls Seattle home is because of an acquisition — the 1997 buyout of PhotoDisc. So, is the company on M&A path once again? It appears so. For the second time in the past week, Getty Images has… Read More…