Hi Shutterstock Contributors,

Exciting news from Shutterstock HQ!  Today we�re pleased to welcome Rex Features, Europe�s largest independently owned photographic press agency and PremiumBeat, a royalty-free music service with 5,000 curated music tracks from leading composers around the world, to the Shutterstock family!

Shutterstock�s customers have been asking for an end to end solution including both commercial and editorial content. The acquisition of Rex is a decisive move into the editorial category and underscores our mission to provide the world�s storytellers with all of the content and tools they need to bring their ideas to life. By adding a more robust editorial offering, including entertainment, news and sports imagery, Shutterstock is expanding to serve the full breadth of imagery needed by media companies and advertisers around the world.

This acquisition of PremiumBeat allows us to accelerate our progress in music by welcoming a strong and growing customer base, content library, and team to Shutterstock.

Paul Brennan
VP, Content Operations