Friday, May 20, 2005. Jupitermedia Corporation (Nasdaq: JUPM) today announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary JupiterImages Corporation has acquired all of the shares of Goodshoot S.A.S (www.goodshoot.com), for approximately U.S. $9.8 million in cash. Goodshoot, based in Annecy-le-Vieux, France, is a leading resource for royalty free digital images for business users and creative professionals.
"The acquisition of Goodshoot's images and business operations solidifies JupiterImage's position as one of the largest organizations in the business of selling royalty free digital images," stated Alan M. Meckler, Chairman and CEO of Jupitermedia Corporation. "The acquisition adds another high quality collection of wholly-owned digitized stock photos to our image offerings, increasing our position as the largest owner of wholly-owned digitized images in the world. Goodshoot's operations in France complement our existing direct sales operations in the U.K. and Germany, and will enable further expansion of our JupiterImages business throughout Europe. We are pleased that Philippe Bigard, founder of Goodshoot, will continue to provide world-class imagery for Goodshoot and JupiterImages. We anticipate significant marketing and business synergies between Goodshoot and our JupiterImages division as well as our Jupitermedia properties. We expect that this acquisition will be accretive to our earnings and cash flows," added Meckler.
About Jupitermedia Corporation
Jupitermedia Corporation (Nasdaq: JUPM), (www.jupitermedia.com)
headquartered in Darien, CT, is a leading global provider of original
information, images, research and events for information technology,
business and creative professionals. Jupitermedia includes
JupiterImages, one of the leading images companies in the world with
over 7.0 million images online serving creative professionals with
brands like Comstock Images, Creatas Images, PictureQuest, Liquid
Library, Thinkstock Images, Thinkstock Footage, Goodshoot Images,
Photos.com, HemeraImages.com, Ablestock.com, PhotoObjects.net,
Clipart.com and Animations.com; and JupiterWeb, the online media
division of Jupitermedia which operates five distinct online networks:
internet.com and EarthWeb.com for IT and business professionals;
DevX.com for developers; ClickZ.com for interactive marketers; and
Graphics.com, for creative professionals. JupiterWeb properties include
more than 150 Web sites and over 150 e-mail newsletters that are viewed
by over 20 million users and generate over 300 million page views
monthly. Jupitermedia also includes: JupiterResearch, a leading
international research advisory organization specializing in business
and technology market research in 18 business areas and 14 vertical
markets; and JupiterEvents, which produces offline conferences and
trade shows focused on IT and business-specific topics, including
Search Engine Strategies and WiFi/VoWiFi Planet.
