Britain’s competition regulator has intensified its scrutiny of Getty Images’ proposed $3.7 billion purchase of Shutterstock, raising fresh questions about consolidation in the stock imagery market.

The UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has referred the proposed Shutterstock (SSTK) – Getty Images (GETY) merger to a Phase 2 review. Getty Images had offered remedies to avoid the extended ...

NEW YORK, Nov. 3, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Shutterstock, Inc. (SSTK) ("Shutterstock") today received notice from the UK's Competition and Markets Authority ("CMA") that the CMA has referred the proposed ...