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In July 2008, the former company took part in advanced acquisition talks with Google for a reported $200 million price tag, but the deal ultimately fell through. After a controversial 2010 redesign and the departure of co-founders Jay Adelson and Kevin Rose, in July 2012 Digg was sold in three parts: the Digg brand, website and technology were sold to Betaworks for an estimated $500,000; 15 staff were transferred to The Washington Posts "SocialCode" for a reported $12 million; and a suite of patents was sold to LinkedIn for about $4 million. Digg was purchased by BuySellAds, an advertising company, for an undisclosed amount in April 2018. It was launched in its current form on July 31, 2012, with support for sharing content to other social platforms such as Twitter and Facebook. In 2012, Quantcast estimated Digg's monthly U.S. unique visits at 3.8 million.