Getty-Shutterstock $3.7B Merger Dead After UK Regulator Kills Deal

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Getty-Shutterstock $3.7B Merger Dead After UK Regulator Kills Deal

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Getty Images has pulled the pin on its $3.7 billion merger with Shutterstock after UK regulators demanded Shutterstock sell off its entire editorial photography business as a condition of the deal going through. The merger had already cleared US antitrust review with no conditions attached. With UK approval now off the table, both companies stay separate.

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