Getty Images buying Shutterstock to create a $3.7 billion visual content company
- Getty Images is acquiring Shutterstock to form a visual content company valued at $3.7 billion.
- The merger aims to provide a wider range of media including images, videos, and music for customers.
- Shareholders of Getty Images will own about 54.7% of the new company, while Shutterstock shareholders will own approximately 45.3%.
- The combined company will operate under the name Getty Images Holdings Inc and will trade as GETY on the New York Stock Exchange.
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Image banks such as Getty Images or Shutterstock are the biggest hit by AI free image generation, which is why they have merged.
DECRYPTION - This $3.7 billion strategic merger is the only way for the famous agency to deal with the upheavals induced by generative AI technologies.


2 of the largest stock photo platforms are merging, sending their shares up
Getty Images is combining with Shutterstock.Illustration by Budrul Chukrut/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty ImagesGetty Images and Shutterstock are merging.The merger aims to save $200 million and boost revenue in three years.The new company will face competition from AI image-generation tools like Adobe's Firefly and DALL·E 3.Getty Images and Shutterstock are merging in a deal that could help the company better prepare for artificial intellige…
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