Getty scraps $3.7B Shutterstock deal after UK antitrust requires key sale

Getty Images scrapped its $3.7B merger with Shutterstock after the UK's Competition and Markets Authority imposed divestiture conditions the company declined to meet, signaling tightened antitrust enforcement on media consolidation.

This Wire brief sits within Fusion42's coverage of Martech and Adtech. Wire is Fusion42's founder-focused intelligence feed: each story is connected to the funds and startups it names — every one with a live profile on Raise or Scout — so founders can follow the capital and the momentum behind the headline rather than just the headline itself. Wire analysis is one of the live surfaces Arthur, Fusion42's AI co-founder, reasons over.