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
NEW YORK, May 13, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Shutterstock,
Inc. (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.
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), 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, vectors, illustrations, 3D models,
videos and music. 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, a
value-oriented stock media offering; Shutterstock Studios, an
end-to-end custom creative shop; Offset, a high-end image
collection; PremiumBeat, a curated royalty-free music library;
Shutterstock Editorial, a premier source of editorial
images and videos for the world's media;
Amper Music, an AI-driven music
platform; and TurboSquid, a leading 3D content
marketplace.
For more information, please
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