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Getty has canceled a $3.7 billion merger with Shutterstock after the UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) imposed conditions. US regulators had previously approved the deal.

Getty is terminating its $3.7 billion merger with Shutterstock due to UK regulatory conditions requiring the sale of Shutterstock's editorial business. The US Department of Justice had previously approved the deal unconditionally, but the UK Competitions and Markets Authority imposed restrictions that Getty refuses to accept.

The La Brea Tar Pits in Los Angeles, the world's only urban active ice age fossil site, is undergoing a major renovation after nearly 50 years. The site preserves over 2 million ice age fossils, including mastodons and saber-toothed cats, trapped in natural tar pools that still bubble today.

The La Brea Tar Pits in Los Angeles, the world's only urban active ice age fossil site, is undergoing its first major renovation in nearly 50 years. The site contains over 2 million fossils of ice age flora and fauna, including mastodons and saber-toothed cats, preserved in still-active tar pits.

The UK is considering the sale of Shutterstock's editorial business as part of a potential deal with Getty. The article is attributed to photographer Tiffany Hagler-Geard of Bloomberg.