Alliance to create leading global image library anchored by PMC's WWD and Variety
CANNES, France, NEW YORK and LOS ANGELES, June 22, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Shutterstock, Inc. (NYSE: SSTK) and Penske Media Corporation (PMC) have agreed to form an alliance that will create and license entertainment and fashion images and videos to the world's top media, publishing and creative companies.
By combining Shutterstock's technology and innovative marketplace with PMC's insider access, journalism excellence and event exclusivity, both companies are taking a significant step together to build the world's best editorial service and to drive future growth.
"We are thrilled to team up with another trailblazing company to accelerate our progress in editorial imagery," said Jon Oringer, Founder and CEO of Shutterstock. "We believe there are ways to productively improve the editorial market to better serve its influential customers and remarkable photographers and create a great business opportunity."
"The Shutterstock team has the most compelling vision for the future direction of editorial imagery, while recognizing the value of PMC's unique content and access across our portfolio of brands," said Jay Penske, Chairman and CEO of Penske Media Corporation. "This alliance alters the existing model of editorial access to fashion and entertainment photography and we are thrilled to usher in a new era together."
Highlights of the strategic alliance:
Commencing in 2016, Shutterstock will have an exclusive worldwide right and license to PMC's archive, including images from its legendary, 100-year-old publications Variety and WWD.
At the more than 50 events, galas, summits and conferences PMC produces annually, Shutterstock will capture the unique moments, as well as market and license the imagery to the world's media.
Leveraging PMC's insider access, Shutterstock will document leading Hollywood events which may include the Golden Globe Awards and the Academy Awards, as well as capture the latest fashion industry trends including global runway coverage and exclusive parties.
PMC has chosen Shutterstock's digital asset management service, WebDAM, to support its editorial and creative teams' needs to store, organize and manage visual content on the leading cloud-based platform.
The archived and created content will be owned by PMC and available to license through Shutterstock initially via Rex Features and Shutterstock Premier.
About Shutterstock
Shutterstock, Inc. (NYSE: SSTK), is a leading global provider of high-quality licensed photographs, vectors, illustrations, videos and music to businesses, marketing agencies and media organizations around the world. Working with its growing community of over 70,000 contributors, Shutterstock adds hundreds of thousands of images each week, and currently has more than 50 million images and 2 million video clips available.
Headquartered in New York City, with offices in Amsterdam, Berlin, Chicago, Dallas, Denver, London, Los Angeles, Montreal, Paris, San Francisco and Silicon Valley, Shutterstock has customers in more than 150 countries. The company also owns Bigstock, a value-oriented stock media agency; Offset, a high-end image collection; PremiumBeat a curated royalty-free music library; Rex Features, a premier source of editorial images for the world's media; Skillfeed, an online marketplace for learning; and WebDAM, a cloud-based digital asset management service for businesses.
Penske Media Corporation (PMC) is a leading digital media, publishing, and information services company founded in 2003. PMC engages with thriving audiences across the web, television, mobile, print and social media – reaching more than 140 million consumers monthly (comScore, 2014), and was recently named one of the Top 100 Private Companies in the United States & North America. With the preeminence of its brands, PMC is one of the largest digital media companies in the world, publishing more than 22 digital brands, including an extensive joint venture in India with ZEE TV, as well as more than 50 annual events/conferences and a dynamic research and emerging data business. PMC brands include PMC Studios, WWD, Footwear News, M, Deadline.com, Variety magazine, Variety.com, CricketCountry.com, HollywoodLife, Beauty Inc, ENTV, India.com, Movieline, TVLine, BGR, AwardsLine, @hollywood, Year Awards. The company is headquartered in Los Angeles, California and 11 offices around the world.
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