Getty Images gets into the music business

Getty, the stock image company, has launched a music extension to their popular photo placement products called Soundtrack.

Soundtrack, the new Getty music licensing service was developed to give multimedia producers the ability to quickly drop songs in to projects. The service blossomed through the acquisition of a leader in music licensing, Pump Audio, in June and will start things off with 20,000 original tracks.

This is only the start of Getty's entry into the music business. They will reportedly be partnering with major labels and publishers.

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