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Getty Images Abandons $3.7B Shutterstock Merger After UK Regulator Pushback
Getty Images terminated its planned $3.7 billion merger with Shutterstock after rejecting conditions imposed by the UK's competition regulator. The deal would have combined two of the largest stock photo platforms. The termination leaves both companies to compete independently in a consolidating market.
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The collapse underscores how antitrust regulators are increasingly willing to block big tech mergers, even in niche markets like stock imagery.
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