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Shutterstock to Acquire Giphy From Meta for $53 Million
Acquisitions // May 23, 2023

Shutterstock plans to acquire Giphy from Meta Platforms for $53 million. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required. yesSubscribe to our daily newsletter, PYMNTS Today. By completing this form, you agree to...

How Shutterstock Relies On Fast Disbursements For Contributor Loyalty
Disbursements // January 22, 2020

Photographers and other creative professionals find aggregators to be extremely efficient at distributing their work, but extremely inefficient when it comes to paying them royalties when their works are used. In the latest Disbursements Tracker, Paul Brennan, vice president of content operations for Shutterstock, discusses...

How Shutterstock Fast-Tracks Royalty Disbursements For Its 1 Million Contributors
Disbursements // January 21, 2020

More than 90 percent of U.S. consumers now prefer to receive digital payments over paper checks. Cash and checks persist as the disbursement methods for many companies, however, despite the growing preference for online payments. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this...

How Picfair Plans To Shake Up Shutterstock (And Photo Marketplaces)
Matchmakers // October 03, 2018

Before Benji Lanyado founded photography marketplace Picfair, he was a journalist covering the travel beat for a “publication whose name you would know” facing an ongoing problem. The images he had to choose from for supporting his stories weren’t very good. Not in a technical sense — they...

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How Picfair Plans To Shake Up Shutterstock (And Photo Marketplaces)

October 03, 2018
Before Benji Lanyado founded photography marketplace Picfair, he was a journalist covering the travel beat for a “publication whose name you would know” facing an ongoing problem. The images he had to choose from for supporting his stories weren’t very good. Not in a technical sense — they were well-composed, well-shot images. However, in Lanyado’s view, they lacked […]

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Shutterstock Assists OpenAI in Training for AI Models

July 11, 2023
 Shutterstock and OpenAI have agreed to stick together for another six years. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required. yesSubscribe to our daily newsletter, PYMNTS Today. By completing this form, you agree to receive marketing communications from PYMNTS and to […]

Shutterstock to Acquire Giphy From Meta for $53 Million

May 23, 2023
Shutterstock plans to acquire Giphy from Meta Platforms for $53 million. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins...