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Jun 30, 2026Getty Images Scraps $3.7B Shutterstock Merger After UK Regulator Demands Editorial Business SaleGetty Images terminated its planned $3.7 billion merger with Shutterstock on June 30 after the UK Competition and Markets Authority conditioned approval on Shutterstock selling its entire global editorial photography business, including the Backgrid and Splash paparazzi agencies. The deal had already cleared U.S. antitrust review unconditionally in February, making this a case study in how a single national regulator can now kill a transaction that cleared every other jurisdiction.→

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REGULATION· Jun 30, 2026

Getty Images Scraps $3.7B Shutterstock Merger After UK Regulator Demands Editorial Business Sale

REGULATION$3.7B deal terminated

Getty Images Scraps $3.7B Shutterstock Merger After UK Regulator Demands Editorial Business Sale

Getty Images terminated its planned $3.7 billion merger with Shutterstock on June 30 after the UK Competition and Markets Authority conditioned approval on Shutterstock selling its entire global editorial photography business, including the Backgrid and Splash paparazzi agencies. The deal had already cleared U.S. antitrust review unconditionally in February, making this a case study in how a single national regulator can now kill a transaction that cleared every other jurisdiction.

Jun 30, 2026