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Getty Images announces plans to end its Shutterstock merger after the UK CMA conditioned approval of the deal on Shutterstock selling its editorial business (Elias Schisgall/Wall Street Journal)
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Getty Images has cancelled its planned $3.7 billion merger with Shutterstock after the UK Competition and Markets Authority conditioned approval on Shutterstock divesting its editorial business. The regulator’s stance left the deal untenable, prompting Getty to abandon the transaction despite earlier clearance in the United States.
Written from all 4 reports below, not from any single one.
How it was reported
- TechMeme·Getty Images announces plans to end its Shutterstock merger after the UK CMA conditioned approval of the deal on Shutterstock selling its editorial business (Elias Schisgall/Wall Street Journal)
- The Verge·Cleared by the US, derailed by the UK: Getty’s Shutterstock merger falls apart
- Engadget·Getty Images is canceling its $3.7 billion Shutterstock merger due to UK restrictions
- The Next Web·Getty scraps its $3.7bn Shutterstock merger after a UK regulator won’t budge
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