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Shutterstock

Shutterstock is a leader in microstock photography. The site includes a collection of professional quality photographs, videos and graphic designs.

Web designers can buy a license to use images from the service for a reasonable rate. One can buy images with a subscription basis or individual basis.

Shutterstock's headquarters are in the Empire State Building in NYC. They trade on the NYSE with the symbol: SSTK.

Corporate Events

• 2003: Company founded.
• 2009: Shutterstock acquired Bigstock.

  History of BigStockPhoto.

  2004: BigStockPhoto was founded in Davis, California.
• 2012: Shutterstock held an IPO on the NYSE with the symbol SSTK.
• 2015: Shutterstock acquired the European photo press agency Rex Features for $33 million.
• 2015: Shutterstock acquired PremiumBeat which provides stock music and sound effects service for $32 million.
• 2016: Shutterstock formed a partnership with Google Advertising.
• 2018: Shutterstock invested $15 million into China based ZCool.
• 2019: Shutterstock implemented a censorship model for use in its China based services.

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References:

1. Wikipedia - Shutterstock (Drawn 6/12/2020)

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