Britain’s Competition and Markets Authority, or CMA, said on Friday that Getty Images’s (GETY) proposed $3.7B merger with Shutterstock (SSTK) can proceed if the latter divests its editorial business ...

Shares of visual content marketplace Getty Images (NYSE:GETY) jumped 13.3% in the afternoon session after British regulators gave the green light to its long-awaited $3.7 billion merger with rival ...

On May 15, 2026, the United Kingdom CMA’s independent inquiry group concluded that the proposed merger between Getty Images ...

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The UK’s competition and markets regulator has cleared the deal to go ahead, on the condition that Shutterstock sells its global editorial business, including Backgrid and Splash. This clears a path ...

The giant commercial photo and video providers are grappling with the emergence of artificial intelligence tools that have flooded the internet with AI-created images. By Erik Hayden Executive Editor, ...

The companies announced their plans to merge to create "a premier visual content company" early this morning, saying they expect a merger to cut out between $150 million and $200 million in ...

Britain's competition ​regulator on ‌Friday said it ​would ​clear Getty Images' ⁠proposed $3.7 ​billion merger ​with Shutterstock if the ​latter ​sells its editorial ‌arm ⁠to address concerns around ...

The Competition and Markets Authority in the UK said Thursday the proposed merger of Getty Images (GETY) and Shutterstock (SSTK) may reduce competition in the supply of editorial content in the region ...