Acquisition

    UK orders Meta to sell Giphy, and it’s final
    Oct 19, 2022 Dunja Đuđić Kalinin

    Back in 2020, Facebook (now Meta) bought Giphy, by which it became one of several mainstream platforms under its wing. But UK’s watchdog says enough….

    Shutterstock acquires stock video platform Pond5 for $210 million
    May 13, 2022 Dunja Đuđić Kalinin

    This After Turbosquid and PicMonkey, stock photo platform Shutterstock has acquired another company. This time, it’s Pond5, one of the major stock video platforms in…

    Vitec buys yet another company – Savage Backdrops
    Nov 16, 2021 Dunja Đuđić Kalinin

    Yet another company has come under the wing of The Vitec Group. The company has now acquired Savage,  the leading backdrop brand in the industry,…

    Adobe has completed its acquisition of video collaboration platform Frame.io
    Oct 8, 2021 John Aldred

    The popular online video collaboration platform Frame.io’s acquisition by Adobe, is now completed, the companies have announced. Adobe’s goal, they say is to use the…

    Shutterstock bought photo and design editor PicMonkey for $110 million
    Sep 10, 2021 Dunja Đuđić Kalinin

    Famous stock photo platform Shutterstock has announced the acquisition of PicMonkey, a web-based image editing and design platform. PicMonkey should be able to offer more…

    Litra has been acquired by Logitech
    May 17, 2021 John Aldred

    Litra’s range of LED lights have become very popular over the last few years. Their products fit into that small LED niche accompanied by names…

    The Vitec Group has acquired lighting manufacturer Quasar Science
    Apr 12, 2021 John Aldred

    Vitec Group, the company behind Manfrotto, Lowepro, Joby, Lastolite, Gitzo, Vinten, Syrp and many other big names in the photo and video industry has today…

    Report: Pinterest might be acquiring VSCO
    Apr 5, 2021 Dunja Đuđić Kalinin

    According to recent reports, we will witness an interesting acquisition, most likely this year. Two people familiar with the matter recently spilled the beans that…

    Facebook buys GIPHY, plans to integrate it into Instagram
    May 15, 2020 Dunja Đuđić Kalinin

    Facebook has just bought GIPHY, the popular GIF-sharing platform. According to the announcement, the company plans to integrate it into Instagram, making it easier to…

    Shutterfly to be merged with Snapfish after $2.7B acquisition
    Jun 13, 2019 John Aldred

    American private equity firm, Apollo Global Management LLC (AGM), has agreed to acquire photo printing platforms Shutterfly and Snapfish. According to Reuters, AGM is set…