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Carlyle Group to buy Getty Images for $3.3 billion


    (Reuters) - Private equity firm Carlyle Group LP said it will form a partnership with the management of Getty Images to buy Getty Images Inc from Hellman & Friedman for $3.3 billion, the companies said on Wednesday.

    Carlyle will take a controlling stake in Getty, a distributor of photos, video and multimedia products.

    Reuters reported on Tuesday that Carlyle was nearing an agreement to purchase Getty.

    (Reporting By Matt Daily; editing by Jeffrey Benkoe)