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Shutterstock, founded in 2003 by Jon Oringer, is an American stock photography, stock footage and stock music provider headquartered in New York City, New York, United States.〔Steven Bertoni, ("Silicon Alley's First Billionaire Aims To Dominate Images On Web" ), Forbes, October 28, 2013〕 Shutterstock maintains a library of over 50 million royalty-free stock photos, vector graphics, and illustrations,〔("Shutterstock's Collection Exceeds 50 Million Images" ), Shutterstock Press Release, March 9, 2015〕 and 2 million video clips and pieces of music for license.〔("Shutterstock Surpasses 2 Million Video Clips in Its Marketplace" ), Shutterstock Press Release, September 2, 2014〕 Shutterstock licenses images, video clips and pieces of music〔 Steve Bertoni, http://www.forbes.com/sites/stevenbertoni/2014/05/20/shutterstock-opens-marketplace-for-music/", Forbes, May 20, 2014〕 on behalf of photographers, designers, illustrators, videographers and musicians adding 40,000 new images a day from 60,000 contributors in 150 countries, as of 2014.〔Steven Bertoni, ("Silicon Alley's First Billionaire Aims To Dominate Images On Web" ), Forbes, October 28, 2013〕 Shutterstock is publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange.〔("Shutterstock Celebrates IPO on the NYSE" ), NYSE Press Release, October 17, 2012〕 == History == Shutterstock was founded in 2003 by Jon Oringer. Oringer uploaded 30,000 of his own stock photos and made them available via subscription, forming the basis of the company.〔Steven Bertoni, ("Silicon Alley's First Billionaire Aims To Dominate Images On Web" ), Forbes, October 28, 2013〕 Originally a subscription site, Shutterstock expanded beyond subscriptions into a la carte pricing in August 2008.〔("Shutterstock Launches New "On Demand" Subscription to Serve Full Spectrum of Stock Image Buyers" ), Shutterstock Press Release, August 5, 2008〕 On September 23, 2009, Shutterstock announced that it had purchased rival site Bigstock, a credit-based microstock photography agency.〔Stephen Shankland ("Shutterstock Buys Rival, Shifts Photo Sales Strategy" ), CNET, September 23, 2009〕 In February 2011, Shutterstock announced a two-year partnership with the AIGA, to provide creative inspiration to its members.〔("AIGA partners with Shutterstock to provide creative inspiration to members" ), Shutterstock Press Release, February 15, 2011〕 One year later, Shutterstock surpassed 200 million stock image downloads, making it the first stock agency to claim such a milestone.〔("Shutterstock Surpasses 200 Million Image Downloads – Celebrates with Global Design Trends Infographic" ), Shutterstock Press Release, February 1, 2012〕 In May 2013, Shutterstock filed for an initial public offering on the New York Stock Exchange, which it completed on October 17, 2012 under the ticker SSTK.〔("Form S-1, Shutterstock, Inc." ), SEC.gov〕〔("Shutterstock Celebrates IPO on the NYSE" ), NYSE Press Release, October 17, 2012〕 In June 2013, Shutterstock launched Skillfeed, an online marketplace to connect the creators of instructional videos with their consumers. The site uses a subscription model and distributes revenue to contributors based on percentage of user time spent with their videos.〔Stephen Shankland, ("With Skillfeed, Shutterstock aims to rework online training" ), ''CNET'', May 29, 2013〕 As of August 2013, Shutterstock was available in 20 languages including French, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, German, Russian, Chinese, Japanese, and Korean.〔("Shutterstock Continues to Meet Demand for High Quality Imagery in Asia and Launches Website in Korean and Thai Languages" ), Shutterstock Press Release, August 8, 2013〕 In September 2013, Shutterstock launched Offset, a boutique, high-end stock photography marketplace that focuses on curated images from established artists. Since this is a service that targets legitimately recognized artwork, Offset's pricing is a notch higher than most stock image services.〔Tom Cheredar, ("Shutterstock launches new high-end photo service ‘Offset’" ), ''VentureBeat'', September 24, 2013〕 In March 2014, Shutterstock acquired WebDAM, a provider of web-based digital asset management software.〔Frederic Lardinois, ("Shutterstock Acquires Digital Asset Management Service WebDAM, Goes After Enterprise Market" ), ''TechCrunch'', March 3, 2014〕 In the same month, Shutterstock relocated its global headquarters and moved into the iconic Empire State Building.〔Will Yakowicz, ("How Shutterstock Used Data to Cut Staff Commutes" ), ''Inc.'', May 5, 2014〕 Shutterstock has additional offices in Amsterdam, Berlin, Chicago, Denver, London, Paris and San Francisco.〔("Shutterstock Opens European Headquarters in Berlin, Germany" ), Shutterstock Press Release, October 31, 2013〕 In June 2014, Shutterstock launched a music licensing offering, launching with 60,000 clips via partner, Rumblefish. Users can see the waveform, listen to a preview of the clip or peruse curated lists. In addition to genres, the tracks are also sorted by moods.〔Michelle Castillo, ("Shutterstock Is Getting Into the Music Business" ), ''AdWeek'', May 20, 2014〕 In January 2015, Shutterstock acquired Rex Features, Europe's largest independent photo press agency, and PremiumBeat, a stock music and sound effects service.〔By Frederic Lardinois, TechCrunch. “(Shutterstock Acquires Rex Features And PremiumBeat ).” January 15, 2015. January 23, 2015.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Shutterstock」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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