Getty與Shutterstock合併:迎接AI時代新挑戰!




Getty Images與Shutterstock合併,迎接AI挑戰,交易額達37億美元

(路透社)- Getty Images於週二宣布將與競爭對手Shutterstock(紐約證券交易所代碼:SSTK)合併,創建一個價值37億美元的股票影像巨頭,旨在應對人工智慧時代的挑戰,這一交易可能會引起反壟斷監管的審查。

這兩家在授權視覺內容行業中最大的公司之一,正押注於這次合併能幫助他們降低成本,並在生成性AI工具(如Midjourney)日益流行的情況下,開啟更多的收入機會。

Shutterstock的股東可以選擇每股現金28.80美元,或13.67股Getty股份,或者是9.17股Getty股份加上每股9.50美元的現金。根據路透社的計算,這筆交易的價值超過10億美元。

Shutterstock的股價上漲了22.7%,而Getty則上漲了39.7%。由於手機攝影的興起,兩家公司的股票在過去四年中均出現下跌。

Getty的首席執行官Craig Peters將領導合併後的公司,該公司年收入接近20億美元,並將受益於Getty龐大的視覺內容庫和Shutterstock強大的社群平台。

Peters在週二淡化了AI的影響,並表示他對合併在美國和歐洲獲得反壟斷批准充滿信心。

「我們無法控制(批准)的時間,但我們非常有信心。這是一個客戶沒有選擇的情況。他們一直都有選擇,」他表示。

一些專家指出,當選總統特朗普最近任命的司法部反壟斷部門官員預示著,監管機構將繼續對交易進行嚴格審查。

「在特朗普政府下,反壟斷部門將比第一任政府更加積極,」邁阿密大學法學教授John Newman說。

監管機構將審查這筆交易對傳統媒體客戶出售圖像的舊商業模式的影響,以及向公眾提供符合版權的生成性AI應用的新商業模式。

這項交易預計在結束三年後將產生高達2億美元的成本節省。Getty的投資者將擁有合併後公司約54.7%的股份,而Shutterstock的股東將擁有其餘股份。

Getty與路透社和美聯社在提供編輯使用的照片和視頻上展開競爭。

這次合併不僅是兩家公司的戰略選擇,更是對不斷變化的市場需求和技術挑戰的響應。隨著生成性AI技術的普及,傳統的股票影像市場面臨著前所未有的挑戰。Getty和Shutterstock的合併或許能在一定程度上提高市場的競爭力,並為用戶提供更多的選擇。然而,這也引發了對市場壟斷的擔憂,未來如何平衡創新與競爭將成為關鍵。監管機構的審查將是這一合併能否成功的關鍵因素,特別是在當前反壟斷法律日益嚴格的背景下。

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