Updates
** Shares of photo distributor Getty Images GETY.N rise 21.4% to $2.46
** Co strikes
multi-year partnership
with AI search startup Perplexity
** Perplexity gains access to GETY's images for its search and discovery tools
** Perplexity will improve its image display and include credit link with source to better educate users on how to use licensed imagery legally
** Getty and Shutterstock's SSTK.N planned merger is
facing antitrust scrutiny
in the UK
** SSTK shares rise 4.9% to $25.72 after the news
** Up to last close, GETY has fallen ~7% this year
(Reporting by Anhata Rooprai in Bengaluru)
((Anhata.Rooprai@thomsonreuters.com))