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Getty Images Unveils Ⓒreate By Getty Images Series to Foster Creative Excellence and Expertise

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Wednesday, April 3, 2024

NEW YORK, April 03, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Getty Images (NYSE: GETY), a preeminent global visual content creator and marketplace, is bringing back its largest creator community events this year with a newly launched event series, Create By Getty Images. Formerly known as iStockalypse, Create By Getty Images is a unique opportunity for exclusive Getty Images and iStock videographers and photographers from around the globe to connect and learn from Getty Images’ award-winning creative experts and create high-quality, premium creative content for their portfolios and Getty Images’ and iStock’s global platforms.

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  • NEW YORK, April 03, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Getty Images (NYSE: GETY), a preeminent global visual content creator and marketplace, is bringing back its largest creator community events this year with a newly launched event series, Create By Getty Images .
  • Formerly known as iStockalypse, Create By Getty Images is a unique opportunity for exclusive Getty Images and iStock videographers and photographers from around the globe to connect and learn from Getty Images’ award-winning creative experts and create high-quality, premium creative content for their portfolios and Getty Images’ and iStock’s global platforms.
  • Getty Images’ Global Head of Creative Dr. Rebecca Swift said, “For nearly 30 years, Getty Images has been committed to creative excellence and innovation, as well as supporting creators around the world—and we couldn’t be more thrilled to announce the revamp of our large-scale creative events this year in several different locations.
  • To register and learn more about Create By Getty Images, visit: https://www.gettyimages.com/create-event/houston-2024

Getty Images Acquires Motorsport Images, a Specialist Motorsport Archive

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Tuesday, April 2, 2024

LONDON, April 02, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Getty Images (NYSE: GETY), a preeminent global visual content creator and marketplace, and Motorsport Images, a specialist motorsport archive, today announced that Getty Images has acquired Motorsport Images, including its operative arm LAT Images and its Sutton, Schlegelmilch, Colombo and Dukes Video archives.

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  • LONDON, April 02, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Getty Images (NYSE: GETY), a preeminent global visual content creator and marketplace, and Motorsport Images , a specialist motorsport archive, today announced that Getty Images has acquired Motorsport Images, including its operative arm LAT Images and its Sutton, Schlegelmilch, Colombo and Dukes Video archives.
  • The addition of Motorsport Images’ photographic talent and premium motorsport archive complements Getty Images’ award-winning motorsports photographers, its expert operations team and rich sports archive, augmenting Getty Images’ customer offering in the motorsport space.
  • “We are thrilled to welcome Motorsport Images to Getty Images,” said Craig Peters, Chief Executive Officer, Getty Images.
  • Their impressive archive of iconic imagery and video will expand upon our premium motorsport offering to Getty Images’ global customer base.”
    “I’m so proud of what the Motorsport Images team has built over our history and of the high-quality service and outstanding visuals we provide our customers,” said Steven Tee, Managing Director, Motorsport Images.

Getty Images and United Football League Sign Multi-Year Renewal of Photography Partnership

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Wednesday, March 27, 2024

NEW YORK, March 27, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Getty Images (NYSE: GETY), a preeminent global visual content creator and marketplace, has been named the Official Photographic Agency of the United Football League (UFL). The UFL season kicks off on Saturday, March 30, 2024, when the Birmingham Stallions visit the Arlington Renegades at 1 PM ET.

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  • NEW YORK, March 27, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Getty Images (NYSE: GETY), a preeminent global visual content creator and marketplace, has been named the Official Photographic Agency of the United Football League (UFL).
  • The UFL season kicks off on Saturday, March 30, 2024, when the Birmingham Stallions visit the Arlington Renegades at 1 PM ET.
  • As part of the multi-year agreement, Getty Images’ award-winning sports photographers and editors will deliver high-quality imagery from every game during the 12-week season.
  • “We are excited to partner with the United Football League and bring unrivaled and compelling content of the UFL’s inaugural season to fans across the country,” said Getty Images Vice President of Global Sports Michael Heiman.

NVIDIA Launches Generative AI Microservices for Developers to Create and Deploy Generative AI Copilots Across NVIDIA CUDA GPU Installed Base

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Monday, March 18, 2024

Built on top of the NVIDIA CUDA ® platform, the catalog of cloud-native microservices includes NVIDIA NIM ™ microservices for optimized inference on more than two dozen popular AI models from NVIDIA and its partner ecosystem.

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  • Built on top of the NVIDIA CUDA ® platform, the catalog of cloud-native microservices includes NVIDIA NIM ™ microservices for optimized inference on more than two dozen popular AI models from NVIDIA and its partner ecosystem.
  • Among the first to access the new NVIDIA generative AI microservices available in NVIDIA AI Enterprise 5.0 are leading application, data and cybersecurity platform providers including Adobe , Cadence , CrowdStrike , Getty Images, SAP , ServiceNow , and Shutterstock.
  • NVIDIA AI Enterprise microservices are coming to infrastructure software platforms including VMware Private AI Foundation with NVIDIA.
  • Enterprises can deploy production-grade NIM microservices with NVIDIA AI Enterprise 5.0 running on NVIDIA-Certified Systems and leading cloud platforms.

Getty Images Reports Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2023 Results

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Thursday, March 14, 2024

NEW YORK, March 14, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Getty Images Holdings, Inc. “Getty Images” or the “Company”) (NYSE: GETY), a preeminent global visual content creator and marketplace, today reported financial results for the fourth quarter and full year ended December 31, 2023.

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  • NEW YORK, March 14, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Getty Images Holdings, Inc. “Getty Images” or the “Company”) (NYSE: GETY), a preeminent global visual content creator and marketplace, today reported financial results for the fourth quarter and full year ended December 31, 2023.
  • “In a difficult 2023, Getty Images continued to lay a strong foundation grounded in our core value propositions of helping our customers create at a higher level, saving them time and money and eliminating risk,” said Craig Peters, Chief Executive Officer at Getty Images.
  • Full Year 2023 Financial Summary:
    Revenue of $916.6 million declined 1.0% year over year and 0.5% on a currency neutral basis.
  • Ending cash balance on December 31, 2023 was $136.6 million, up $38.7 million from the ending balance on December 31, 2022 and $23.1 million from September 30, 2023.

Getty Images and iStock Transform Visual Content Discovery with Innovative AI-powered Search Experience

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Wednesday, March 13, 2024

NEW YORK, March 13, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Getty Images (NYSE: GETY), a preeminent global visual content creator and marketplace, today announced the launch of Enhanced Search. This new cutting-edge search functionality, available on both Getty Images and iStock’s platforms, is built to redefine how customers find and discover visual content by delivering faster and more relevant results through natural and conversational queries to elevate their creative process.

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  • NEW YORK, March 13, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Getty Images (NYSE: GETY), a preeminent global visual content creator and marketplace, today announced the launch of Enhanced Search.
  • Powered by innovative AI and machine learning models, Enhanced Search enables users to explore Getty Images' and iStock's extensive library of pre-shot creative content of millions of images, videos, and illustrations with an increased level of detail.
  • “Enhanced Search will support the increasingly expressive search queries we are seeing from our customers, making the amazing visual content we offer even more accessible."
  • This innovative experience drives greater breadth and flexibility, returning more effective search results, with users rarely encountering sparse or zero-page result pages anymore.

Space Nation Debuts Gameplay and Describes Expansive Transmedia IP from Roland Emmerich

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Monday, March 25, 2024

Space Nation Inc., the pioneering transmedia entertainment company behind the upcoming Space Nation Online MMORPG, met with fans and gaming industry executives last week during the Game Developers Conference to provide more details on the transmedia IP at the core of Space Nation.

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  • Space Nation Inc., the pioneering transmedia entertainment company behind the upcoming Space Nation Online MMORPG, met with fans and gaming industry executives last week during the Game Developers Conference to provide more details on the transmedia IP at the core of Space Nation.
  • View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20240325046388/en/
    Space Nation co-founders Jerome Wu and Roland Emmerich speak onstage with panel moderator and reporter Rachel Wolfson on March 19, 2024 in San Francisco, California.
  • (Photo: Business Wire)
    “Space Nation represents an exciting new chapter for me, and I’m excited to finally share more of it with the world,” Space Nation Inc. co-founder Roland Emmerich said.
  • These versions of the game will be identical, and Space Nation Online will be available for free without a subscription.

Milena Alberti-Perez Joins Allurion Board of Directors as Audit Committee Chair

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Tuesday, March 12, 2024

Allurion Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: ALUR), a company dedicated to ending obesity, today announced the appointment of its newest board member and Audit Committee Chair, Milena Alberti-Perez, effective as of March 11, 2024.

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  • Allurion Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: ALUR), a company dedicated to ending obesity, today announced the appointment of its newest board member and Audit Committee Chair, Milena Alberti-Perez, effective as of March 11, 2024.
  • "Milena joins the Allurion board during an exciting time in the company’s history and is a proven and dynamic leader, with deep experience as an operator and board member," said Dr. Shantanu Gaur, Allurion Founder and CEO.
  • She currently serves as Chair of the Audit Committee at Digimarc Corporation (Nasdaq: DMRC) and Chair of the Finance Committee and member of the Audit Committee at Pitney Bowes (NASDAQ: PBI)
    “I am thrilled to join Allurion at a pivotal stage of its journey as a public company,” said Ms. Alberti-Perez.
  • “I am looking forward to working with my fellow board members and the company’s management team as Allurion embarks on setting a new standard for a best-in-class weight loss experience.”
    Ms. Alberti-Perez holds a B.A.

Imaraïs Beauty Launches New Wellness Gummies Exclusively at The Vitamin Shoppe® as Part of the Retailer's Innovative "Beauty from Within" Supplement Concept

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Friday, March 29, 2024

LOS ANGELES, March 29, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Imaraïs Beauty and The Vitamin Shoppe® announced today the launch of an assortment of new wellness gummies, formulated to support the health and wellness goals of beauty consumers, exclusively at The Vitamin Shoppe and Super Supplements stores and on vitaminshoppe.com. The supplements are featured in The Vitamin Shoppe's innovative "Beauty from Within" merchandising concept, which brings together the highest quality supplement solutions for every individual's wellness and beauty goals, from clearer skin to healthier hair and stronger nails.

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  • The event featured Imaraïs Beauty giveaways, an educational product wall, wellness-themed cocktails and mocktails, red carpet photos, and surprise gifts.
  • "The Imaraïs Beauty team has poured months of research and dedication into these three new products, each designed to elevate our wellness routines.
  • The innovative formulas of Imaraïs Beauty offer an accessible and effective way to bring plant-based, superfood ingredients to your daily beauty and wellness routines."
  • The Vitamin Shoppe's "Beauty from Within" displays are featured in 480 locations of The Vitamin Shoppe and Super Supplements stores.

Luxury Digital Content Bitbrand Closes $500K First Funding Round, and Launches First-ever Blockchain-based Watch Faces Portal

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Monday, March 18, 2024

LOS ANGELES, March 18, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Bitbrand, the first platform to offer blockchain-certified luxury digital products with tangible utility, has raised $500K in their first round. Investors include Hustle Fund, Side Door Ventures, GFR Fund and other prominent investors in the blockchain and luxury space. This round of capital has helped the platform build its offerings and achieve its first two content launches.

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  • This round of capital has helped the platform build its offerings and achieve its first two content launches.
  • Bitbrand is revolutionizing how luxury brands, artists and their customers engage with digital assets.
  • Luxury brands have struggled to move into the digital space because they can't protect their Intellectual Property (IP) and brand reputation.
  • Just as luxury brands seek dynamic partnerships to amplify their impact, I am thrilled to have found a kindred spirit in Bitbrand.