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Jupiterimages to be sold to Getty Images for $96 million

So where had Alan been?

In Spring 2007 it sounded like a $450 million deal (the New York Post story), now it comes down to $96 million which will "allow Jupitermedia to pay off all of its bank debt".

Getty Images´ press release, followed by Jupitermedia´s press release for Jupiterimages.

More financial details here in the last two paragraphs of this article at 24/7 Wall St.

Getty Images´ Jamd Consumer Website is back online

Getty Images´Jamd consumer website went offline for quite some hours with the promise to return later "around 10:00 AM PST".

MySpace + Getty Images = MySpace Celebrity™ Images

At the time of writing, shares of Getty Images jumped +10.43% or +$2.55 to $27.00, apparently mainly because Barbara Coffey -- she was also quoted in this recent WSJ article "Getty Images Bolsters Its Web Presence" -- of Kaufman Brothers "boosted Getty´s rating to 'Hold' from 'Sell'", according to today´s Associated Press´ story "Getty Images Rises on Analyst Upgrade" on Forbes:

Getty Images continues to be a company in transition, adjusting from being the leading player in an oligopolistic market to being one of many players in a highly competitive market", Coffey wrote in a note to clients.

Getty Images noted recently -- besides ViewImages and JAM´D -- "we have other consumer initiatives to discuss" in this new year 2008.

As a matter of fact, MySpace announced today that "Getty Images will provide the latest celebrity photos on a daily basis" for MySpace´s new venture MySpace Celebrity™.

PS. MySpace Celebrity™ is a trademark of MySpace, not of Getty Images, and the title of this blog post is only a play of words.

JAM´D and ViewImages by Getty Images

Back in August I had the opportunity to depict shortly ViewImages (Story) and "Getty Audio" (Story). Here´s Getty Images´ condensed statement on the sister venture JAM´D:

"JAM´D is Getty Images´ proof of concept consumer site trial using wholly-owned imagery, not a traditional product launch.

JAM´D is a consumer-oriented Web site created and driven by the realization that we have a huge amount of traffic to various Getty Images sites.

Most of these people are not looking to license but rather browse images.

Getty Images Releases Q3/2007 Financial Results

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Related:

• Getty Images Reports Financial Results for the Third Quarter of 2007
  (Nov. 01, 2007)