Citizen journalism photo agency Scoopt closing

Digital media agency Getty Images announced plans on Tuesday to close down Scoopt, a citizen journalism photo agency based in Glasgow which it acquired two years ago. The Sydney Morning Herald reports.

The site (scoopt.com) itself will remain active until March 6 but from February 6 we'll not be accepting any new imagery," Molly McWhinnie, a Getty Images spokeswoman, told AFP.

McWhinnie said the decision to close Scoopt, which was purchased by Getty Images in March 2007 for an undisclosed sum, was made to allow Getty "to focus our energies on more of our core products in news, sports and entertainment."

She said Getty Images, which is headquartered in Seattle, Washington, remained interested in user-generated photos.

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