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Shutterfly

Shutterfly, LLC. is an American photography, photography products, and image sharing company, headquartered in San Jose, California. The company is mainly known for custom photo printing services, including books featuring user-provided images, framed pictures, and other objects with custom image prints, including blankets or mobile phone cases. The company has a variety of sub-brands including the main Shutterfly photo gift business, TinyPrints, SnapFish, Spoonflower, Shutterfly Business Solutions, and Lifetouch. Founded in 1999 by Dan Baum and Eva Manolis, the company is currently led by Sally Pofcher as the president and CEO, and owned by Apollo Global Management. The company went public in 2006, but returned to private ownership in 2019 after being acquired by Apollo. On March 29, 2023, Shutterfly deleted all photographs of customers who did not purchase their products more than once every 18 months. After feedback from customers, the deleted photos were temporarily restored on May 1, 2023.

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Shutterfly, LLC. is an American photography, photography products, and image sharing company, headquartered in San Jose, California. The company is mainly known for custom photo printing services, including books featuring user-provided images, framed pictures, and other objects with custom image prints, including blankets or mobile phone cases. The company has a variety of sub-brands including the main Shutterfly photo gift business, TinyPrints, SnapFish, Spoonflower, Shutterfly Business Solutions, and Lifetouch. Founded in 1999 by Dan Baum and Eva Manolis, the company is currently led by Sally Pofcher as the president and CEO, and owned by Apollo Global Management. The company went public in 2006, but returned to private ownership in 2019 after being acquired by Apollo. On March 29, 2023, Shutterfly deleted all photographs of customers who did not purchase their products more than once every 18 months. After feedback from customers, the deleted photos were temporarily restored on May 1, 2023.

Key claims

  1. date of foundation: 1999 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
  2. date of foundation: 1999 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95

Discussion questions

  1. Summarise the article in your own words. Which single claim would you verify first, and why?
  2. The record states that the date of foundation is "1999". What evidence would count against this claim?
  3. The record states that the date of foundation is "1999". What evidence would count against this claim?
  4. Which claim in this article is most likely to be revised as the sources update? How would you check its current status?
  5. If two sources disagreed about one of these facts, what would you need in order to trust one over the other?

Bibliography

  1. Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1376119019

Key claims and bibliography are generated from the same tracked claims and sources as the article page.