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Thursday, May 13 2021 - 21:00
AsiaNet
Shutterstock Launches The Newsroom For 24/7 Access To Breaking News And Exclusive Content In Real-Time
NEW YORK, May 13, 2021 /PRNewswire-AsiaNet/ --

--A service within Shutterstock Editorial, The Newsroom delivers new, 
differentiated content from a best-in-class team of over 1,000 global 
journalists, photographers and videographers

Shutterstock, Inc ( 
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). (NYSE: SSTK), a leading global creative platform offering full-service 
solutions, high-quality content, and tools for brands, businesses and media 
companies, today announced the launch of The Newsroom, the go-to resource for 
global breaking news, exclusives, and archival content that will transcend 
traditional newsrooms. Through this unparalleled offering, Shutterstock's 
world-class team works directly with news teams to package key trending 
stories, archival and UGC content, to help our global clients tell the story 
behind the story. 

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The Newsroom connects Shutterstock's established team to news teams, editors, 
journalists publishers and broadcasters to a unique concierge service for 
access to exclusive premium content. The Newsroom will ensure that 
Shutterstock's Editorial customers are part of the conversation in real-time 
when breaking stories, as well as leading the conversation with trending 
content. Additionally, The Newsroom team will provide inspiration for 
storytelling across celebrity, news, politics, and pop culture, with 
first-to-market exclusives.

"As an exceptionally valuable extension of our global Editorial team, The 
Newsroom leverages the expertise of world class editorial professionals to 
deliver breaking and trending news via photo, video and packaged collections 
directly to the inboxes of today's leading media and broadcasting networks 
globally," said Jamie Elden, Chief Revenue Officer at Shutterstock. "We want 
our customers to be at the forefront of breaking news content, and the time is 
now. Our clients are looking for turnkey news stories that they can amplify 
across their platforms to maximise moments of engagement." 

In addition to building out this global infrastructure, Shutterstock has 
created a dedicated Newsroom team with a combined 50-years of experience across 
newsroom management, contributor management, and social strategy. The team 
includes Editorial Director of The Newsroom, Aaron St Clair, a former 17-year 
veteran of Splash/Corbis, where he led the internal team, and managed hundreds 
of freelance photographers and videographers; Timothy Plant, who managed 
newsrooms at Hollywood Life, OK!, Star and InTouch, and has extensive 
experience managing reporters, writers, editors, photographers and 
videographers; Sascha Weis, Global Head of Newsroom Partnerships and Sales, who 
has over 15-years of experience and was previously General Manager of 
Splash/Corbis, has a proven track record of leading global sales and business 
development teams and creating strategic partnerships; and finally, Mike 
Mandel, Amanda Elmslie, and Kate Brooks, who collectively have over two decades 
of experience as account managers for publishers, photo agencies and newsrooms, 
proactively pitching compelling, breaking content, and partnering with editors 
around the world. 

"After listening to our customers, we realized that there was a clear market 
need for a more personalized newsroom service," said Aaron St Clair, Editorial 
Director of The Newsroom at Shutterstock. "The Newsroom is a true partner to 
media companies, publishers and broadcasters that utilizes our global network 
of over 1,000 photographers, journalists and videographers for providing 
breaking, exclusive and high-quality content that will engage audiences. We 
want our customers to think of us as an extension of their newsrooms, and it's 
a tremendous value-added service as part of a partnership with Shutterstock."

ABOUT SHUTTERSTOCK 

Shutterstock, Inc. (NYSE: SSTK ( 
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)), is a leading global creative platform offering full-service solutions, 
high-quality content, and tools for brands, businesses and media companies. 
Directly and through its group subsidiaries, Shutterstock's comprehensive 
collection includes high-quality licensed photographs ( 
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), vectors ( 
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), illustrations ( 
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), 3D models, videos ( 
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) and music ( 
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). Working with its growing community of over 1.7 million contributors, 
Shutterstock adds hundreds of thousands of images each week, and currently has 
more than 370 million images and more than 21 million video clips available.

Headquartered in New York City, Shutterstock has offices around the world and 
customers in more than 150 countries. The Company also owns Bigstock ( 
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), a value-oriented stock media offering; Shutterstock Studios, an end-to-end 
custom creative shop ( 
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); Offset, a high-end image collection; PremiumBeat, a curated royalty-free 
music ( 
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) library; Shutterstock Editorial, a premier source of editorial images ( 
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) and videos ( 
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) for the world's media; Amper Music, an AI-driven music platform ( 
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); and TurboSquid, a leading 3D content marketplace ( 
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).

For more information, please visit www.shutterstock.com and follow Shutterstock 
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) and on Facebook ( 
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).

SOURCE: Shutterstock, Inc.

CONTACT: Aimée Leabon, press@shutterstock.com,. + 917-563-4991