Recent Stock Photo Industry Press Releases

a21 Announces Completion of $2.25mm Financing

New Long-Term Notes Provide Favorable Terms, Repay Debt and Increase Working Capital

February 24, 2005. a21, Inc. ("a21") (OTCBB: ATWO), a leading online digital content marketplace for creative professionals, today announced that it has completed a $2.25mm financing in the form of two-year interest only senior (non-convertible) secured notes and retired $1.25mm of its two-year convertible subordinated notes issued in conjunction with its acquisition of its SuperStock subsidiary in February 2004. The financing improves a21's financial position and flexibility with more favorable terms and increased working capital.

Jupitermedia Announces Agreement to Acquire Dynamic Graphics Group and Its Related Stock Photography Brands

Feb. 14, 2005--Jupitermedia Corporation (Nasdaq:JUPM) today announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Creatas, L.L.C., the parent company of Dynamic Graphics, Inc., and PictureQuest Acquisition Company, L.L.C., and its many stock photo and related graphics brands ("Dynamic Graphics Group"), for $38,175,000 in cash and 1,483,073 restricted shares of Jupitermedia common stock. Jupitermedia intends to finance the cash portion of the purchase price with cash on hand and borrowings under a credit facility to be obtained in connection with the transaction. The transaction is expected to close in March 2005 and is subject to customary closing conditions, including regulatory approvals.

Fotolog, World's Largest Photo Blogging Community, Welcomes One Millionth Fotologger

Thursday, February 10, 2005. If a picture is worth a thousand words, one million Fotologgers is cause for celebration.

Marking a major milestone, Fotolog, the world's largest photo blogging community, today welcomed its one millionth Fotologger. A bona fide global cultural phenomenon, Fotolog is one of the fastest-growing sites on the web.

JupiterImages relaunches Animations.com

Feb 07, 05 | 12:04 pm.  JupiterImages, a division of Jupitermedia Corporation, has relaunched its Animations.com website, providing more than 200,000 animations, Flash components, background graphics and other images.
Many of the images are original creations, with 100,000 additional new images to be added soon. Animations.com’s royalty-free license allows subscribers to use graphics in any personal, commercial or professional project. The site now includes all of the content previously available on FlashComponents.com. Paid subscriptions, which begin at US$11.95 per week, include instant access to every image on the site, unlimited downloads, interactive Flash tutorials, PowerPoint and Web templates, sound files and QuickTime files. For more information, visit www.Animations.com

PictureQuest Adds Rights-Managed Orion Press

Innovative Japanese Photo Library Now Available at PQ

Wednesday, February 9, 2005. Dynamic Graphics Group, a leading international source for stock images, publications, and events, announced today that its PictureQuest brand, which provides professional royalty-free and rights-managed photography from the leading picture libraries around the world, has extended its global reach with the addition of the Orion Press collection, the leading rights-managed photo library and press agency in Japan.