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NEW YORK, January 7, 2025 – Getty Images Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: GETY) and Shutterstock (NYSE: SSTK) today announced that they entered into a definitive merger agreement to combine in a merger of equals transaction, creating a premier visual content company. The combined company, which would have an enterprise value of approximately $3.7 billion[i], will be named Getty Images […]
This week, Getty Images and Shutterstock announced an intent to merge, bringing together two of the top three largest stock photography companies together. It’s just one more step down the road to rock bottom. Getty Images, which already owns iStock, stands to become a hulking behemoth in the stock photography market if its merger with […]
Getty Images was first floated on the stock market in 1996 before being taken private again in 2008. (Sopa Images/Reuters pic) NEW YORK: Two of the world’s largest picture agencies, Getty Images and Shutterstock, announced plans to merge today in a move that will create a giant in the visual content sector. The firms intend […]