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Getty scraps $3.7B Shutterstock deal after UK antitrust requires key sale

Getty Images has scrapped plans to merge with Shutterstock in a $3.7 billion deal. The decision comes after Britain’s antitrust regulator required Shutterstock’s editorial business to be sold to an approved buyer.

Getty Images notified Shutterstock on Tuesday that it’s scrapping plans to combine the companies in a $3.7 billion deal because it didn’t want to comply with a key condition laid out by Britain’s antitrust regulator.
In a filing, Getty said that it “… [1544 chars]

Source: The Associated Press | Published: 2026-07-07T14:28:44Z

Credit: The Associated Press

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