Glasgow, Scotland - Online photo agency Getty Images has decided to shutter Scoopt, a citizen journalism site it acquired in 2007, PaidContent reported. The service, which offered a cut of profits from user-uploaded photos sold to news agencies, will cease accepting submissions on Friday, and close down entirely by March 6.

Seattle - Getty Images (NYSE: GYI), a provider of celebrity and stock photography, footage and multimedia products, announced on Thursday its acquisition of Jupiterimages, a unit of Jupitermedia, for $96 million in cash.

Seattle - Online photography licensing service Getty Images has launched a new online music licensing service that will offer tracks to producers and advertisers for use in their productions, Billboard reports. The Premium Playlist service at launch includes over 1,000 songs, from artists including Norah Jones and Barenaked Ladies, via deals with Warner/Chappell, Koch, Cherry Lane, Kobalt, Red Light Management, Lionsgate and Nettwerk. Getty Images acquired Web-based music licensor Pump Audio for $42 million last June, and introduced a service based on Pump's called Soundtrack last October that now offers 100,000 independent label tracks.

New York - Time Warner (NYSE: TWX) has partnered with photography archive Getty Images to form a joint venture, See Your World, that will resurrect Life magazine online in the first quarter of 2009, PaidContent reported. The mainly ad-supported site is expected to launch with 6 million photos, and eventually add up to 15 million.

Seattle - Getty Images (NYSE: GYI), a creator and distributor of stock photography and other media, announced on Monday that it has accepted a $2.4 billion buyout offer from private equity firm Hellman & Friedman.

Seattle - Getty Images (NYSE: GYI), a producer and distributor of celebrity and other photography, on Tuesday confirmed that the company has retained Goldman Sachs and is exploring strategic alternatives. The New York Times reported that interested buyers include Kohlberg Kravis Roberts and Bain Capital, and that the company could draw more than $1.5 billion from a potential sale.

Seattle - Getty Images, a distributor and licensor of professional photography, on Monday announced the launch of Soundtrack, a new music licensing service developed by its recently-acquired Pump Audio unit. The service offers more than 20,000 tracks available to license for use in broadcast and film production, advertising and other media projects.

New York - Mochila, a provider of content syndication for news organizations and bloggers, said on Thursday that it has signed deals to make images from three major photo agencies -- Getty Images, Zuma Press and Jupitermedia -- available for licensing by its customers. Revenue from advertising appearing on sites where the content is syndicated will be split between the copyright holder, website syndicating the content, and Mochila.

Seattle - Getty Images, a photographic licensing agency, announced on Wednesday that it has acquired Pump Audio, a provider of licensed music from independent artists for use in commercial productions, for $42 million.

San Mateo, Calif. - MixerCast, an online media network that lets allows mixing of user-generated content with professionally-produced content, announced on Tuesday that it has signed agreements with content providers including Muze, Pump Audio, National Geographic and Getty Images. The deals will give MixerCast users access to licensed audio and video clips for use in creating mash-ups that can then be posted on community sites like Flickr or YouTube.

Seattle - Getty Images, a licensor of stock photography, announced that it has acquired PunchStock, a Wisconsin-based stock image provider. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.

Raleigh, N.C. - Lulu.com, an online marketplace for user-generated digital content, announced on Thursday an agreement with online photo agency Getty Images. Under the deal, authors, creators and organizations will have access to select Getty content to enhance and monetize their original works. When an item containing a licensed Getty image is sold at Lulu.com, the usage fee will be included in the selling price. North Carolina-based Lulu.com claims one million registered members in 80 countries that have published over 200,000 titles.

Burbank, Calif. - Warner Bros. Entertainment said on Tuesday that it has licensed thousands of original stills and film clips to Getty Images. Seattle-based Getty Images, which also hosts professional celebrity and event photos, will then license the Warner Bros. content for use by editors, publishers and filmmakers.

Seattle - Getty Images, a provider of stock photography services, announced on Monday that it has acquired Glasgow, Scotland-based Scoopt, an aggregator and distributor of user-generated, newsworthy photos and videos.

Seattle - Getty Images, a provider of stock celebrity and other images to publishers, announced on Thursday that it will acquire WireImage, an agency that produces entertainment industry and events images, for about $200 million in cash.

Darien, Conn. - Jupitermedia, a provider of images, information and events for IT, business and creative professionals, on Thursday confirmed that it is in buyout negotiations with Getty Images, a Seattle-based distributor of image collections.