Microsoft actively lobbying against DoubleClick deal
BetaNews | at | by Mike
Microsoft is actively getting into the business of lobbying the federal government to reject the Google-DoubleClick merger, government documents indicate.
A Wednesday Associated Press article detailed a lobbying disclosure form that the Redmond company is required to file with Congress. It showed that Microsoft hired Patton Boggs LLP to lobby the government concerning the DoubleClick merger.
Microsoft would not address the subject specifically in requests for comment, only offering that Google's attempt to acquire the advertising network should be closely reviewed.The company is fresh off completing its own advertising merger, having closed a $6 billion deal with aQuantive.