Getty Images and Jupiterimages are set to merge their services as part of a $96 million deal. At press time, the merger was scheduled to occur in early 2009.

As early as March 2007, Getty showed interest in acquiring Jupiterimages. A tentative deal valued at $388 million never materialized. Jupitermedia, the parent company of Jupiterimages, also received interest from four other buyers in 2008...

Mark Getty and Jonathan Klein, who co-founded Getty Images in 1995, were honored by the International Center for Photography with its inaugural Trustees Award. Getty and Rosen were recognized for their efforts to modernize the stock photography industry, their grants for editorial photography and their philanthropic activities.