Full round-up of publishers versus AI litigation and licensing deals around the world.

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Deal not expected to impact global stock images market.

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The resulting company will be called Getty Images Holdings Inc.

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Shutterstock customers will gain access to Backgrid's 30 million photographs.

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Updates on publishers and their use of, and deals with, generative AI companies.

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Demand for content from publishers “has never been greater and continues to grow” according to the VP of editorial at photo agency Shutterstock. Candice Murray said this was why photo and video agencies like hers have been able to keep going despite the rise in social media that has killed some in the industry – …

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Shutterstock is the global picture agency which is well known to creative types and making in-roads into the news and publishing industries . Launched 17 years ago by current executive chairman Jon Oringer,it was intended to be a website platform which created a frictionless market between photographers and creative agencies. Today that e-commerce market of …

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Stock photo provider Shutterstock has struck a deal with the Associated Press that will see it distribute the agency’s daily photos from around the world for licence to UK customers. The agreement comes into effect from this week, and will result in Shutterstock subscribers having access to thousands of images a day from Associated Press …

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Showbiz news agency WENN is launching a photo agency called Cover Images which will provide images across news, sport and other areas complementing WENN’s expertise in entertainment. It is the third major UK-based picture agency launch in recent weeks following news that Splash founder Kevin Smith was launching Mega and the launch last week of …

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