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The Getty-Shutterstock merger: A new era for image SEO and licensable content
Getty’s acquisition of Shutterstock could influence the future of creative assets. Learn its impact on SEO, content visibility and more.
Getty Images buying Shutterstock to create a $3.7 billion visual content company
Visual content companies Shutterstock and Getty Images will join to become a $3.7 billion visual content company.
Getty Images And Shutterstock: Merging Two Sinking Ships Is Probably Not The Solution
We warn of disruption in the stock photo market as Getty Images and Shutterstock plan a risky merger with potential drawbacks. Read more on GETY and SSTK here.
Getty Images, Shutterstock agree to merge in $3.7 billion deal. Here's what to know.
Getty Images and Shutterstock announced that the companies will merge and create a $3.7 billion 'premier visual content company.'
Getty Images to Acquire Shutterstock to Create $3.7 Billion Firm
Getty Images Holdings Inc. agreed to acquire rival stock-photo provider Shutterstock Inc. in a deal that would create a combined company worth about $3.7 billion including debt.
Getty Images and Shutterstock to merge to form $3.7B stock photo giant
Getty Images is the bigger company of the two, and its shareholders will own approximately 54.7% of the new entity, while Shutterstock shareholders will own 45.3%. Getty Images also owns the iStock and Unsplash brands. The company will simply be called Getty Images.
Why Getty Images and Shutterstock Stocks Exploded Today
In total, Getty expects to pay $331 million plus 319.4 million shares of its stock to acquire Shutterstock. At today's share price, that works out to a valuation of about $1.35 billion on Shutterstock, or about 7% more than what Shutterstock costs after today's price spike.
Getty Images, Shutterstock agree to merge in $3.7B deal as AI competition heats up
News of the merger sent Getty stock surging by nearly 60% in pre-market trading on Tuesday. The stock was selling at $2.57 a share on Monday.
Shutterstock and Getty Merge to Meet AI Challenge in $3.7 Billion Deal
The two big players in the licensed visual content will pair up to counter threats from artificial intelligence tools like Midjourney.
Shutterstock and Getty: A $3.7 Billion Visual Content Giant
Visual content developers and entertainment and media investors were elated when Shutterstock (NYSE: SSTK) and Getty Images (NYSE: GETY) announced that they were merging. This $3.7 billion deal will combine two of the biggest names in stock photography,
The Future Of Stock Media After Getty And Shutterstock Join Forces
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Seattle’s Getty Images will buy Shutterstock, creating company worth $3.7B
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Shutterstock and Getty Images will join to become a $3.7 billion visual content company
The companies said Tuesday that they have complementary portfolios and that a merger will provide customers with a broader ...