Splash: Roundabout Trip To Shutterstock

Posted on 12/7/2016 by Jim Pickerell | Printable Version | Comments (1)

According to a document filed with Companies House in the U.K. (see here) it appears that Rex Features Limited (owned by Shutterstock) lent Silverhub Media the money necessary to purchase Splash. In return Rex Features has received very extensive control over the activities of Silverhub with regard to certain unspecified assets.

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Paul Melcher Posted Dec 8, 2016
Shutterstock did not want to purchase Splash directly from BEN because Splash deals in hard core paparazzi images ( the behind the bushes kind). That would have come in direct conflict with Shutterstock's official coverage of celebrities. It would have upset agents and publicists. With this arrangement, they can claim that they are not responsible for the scandalous images, just licensing them from a "third party". Silver Hub is a front.

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