Recent Stock Photo Industry Press Releases

Science Faction.Net Adds Phenomenal Global Technology Images

Science Faction Inks Deal with Renowned German Science Photographer Peter Ginter

SEATTLE, March 30, 2006. As it continues to assemble the world's leading collection of science and technology images, Science Faction today announced that German photographer Peter Ginter has signed on as a major provider of science research images.

Online Video Achieving Mass Appeal With News Leading The Way, According To Online Publishers Association Study

One-in-Four Internet Users Access Video Weekly; Video Advertisements Drive Specific Actions

NEW YORK, NY, March 29, 2006. According to a study released today by the Online Publishers Association (OPA), video viewing online has reached the point where it is a routine practice for many Internet users. "From Early Adoption to Common Practice: A Primer on Online Video Viewing" is the first OPA study to look at how the U.S. online population perceives video and video advertising.

NEWSCOM PROVIDES BUSINESS-TO-BUSINESS RSS SERVICE

RSS delivers relevant content to the desktop

WASHINGTON, D.C., March 31, 2006. NewsCom (www.NewsCom.com), a leading provider of images and stories to the global publishing community, is launching RSS (Really Simple Syndication) technology for the first time as a business-to-business application. The NewsCom RSS Service will push continuously updated images and text direct to its professional content buyers' desktops.

ONASIA ANNOUNCES DISTRIBUTION PARTNERSHIP WITH NEWSCOM

BANGKOK, Thailand. April 1st, 2006. OnAsia (www.onasia.com) has announced a new distribution partnership with leading American picture agency NewsCom (www.newscom.com). Under the agreement NewsCom will represent OnAsia’s growing archive of Asian images and features in North, Central and South America on a non-exclusive basis.

Japan International Photojournalism Awards: OnAsia Photographer Thierry Falise Wins Special Jury Prize

TOKYO, Japan, April 1st, 2006. OnAsia photographer Thierry Falise has won the prestigious Special Jury Prize at the ‘Days Japan International Photojournalism Awards.’ The award was given for Thierry’s photo essay entitled ‘Humanitarian Commandos Burma.’

 

THREE-YEAR SENTENCES FOR TWO JOURNALISTS WHO TOOK PICTURES OF NEW CAPITAL

Reporters Without Borders/Reporters sans frontières, Burma, March 30. Reporters Without Borders and the Burma Media Association voiced outrage today at the three-year prison sentences imposed on journalists Ko Thar Cho and Ko Moe Htun for photographing and filming in the new capital, Pyinmana, and thereby allegedly violating article 32 (A) of the Television and Video Act.

Google Accounts for Nearly Half of All Web Searches According to Nielsen//NetRatings

About One Third Are Conducted on Yahoo! and MSN Combined; Image Search Vertical Grows 91 Percent Year Over Year

NEW YORK, March 30, 2006. Nielsen//NetRatings, a global leader in Internet media and market research, today reported that Google continues its lead in the search share competition, garnering 48.5 percent of all searches conducted in February 2006 (see Table 1). Yahoo! drew 22.5 percent of online searches, while MSN accounted for 10.7 percent of the search market. AOL and My Way Search rounded out the top five search providers with 6.6 and 2.7 percent of searches, respectively.

INDEX STOCK IMAGERY WILL REPRESENT PURESTOCK RF

New York, March, 2006. Index Stock Imagery, www.indexstock.com, has agreed to represent Superstock’s dynamic Purestock royalty free image collection. This new collection will join a site that is already rich in RF content, with 250,000 high res royalty free images available for immediate download. Index’s library includes many of the world’s top royalty free image collections, and covers a broad range of subjects, including business, lifestyle, high tech, sports, concepts, travel, arts, food, health, elements and backgrounds. The Purestock collection will add even more variety to these image categories.

Shift Adds Individual Images to Its LiveSurface Layered Image Library

March 30, 2006. Built by designers for designers, the image library is aimed at accelerating the creation of presentation - ready, photographically-rendered images from flat artwork.

Each 300dpi Photoshop-ready TIF image is pre-built with layers, layer masks, and Photoshop Vanishing Point planes. Included with every LiveSurface image is an Adobe Illustrator sizing template to ensure that the user's artwork will fit proportionally every time.

K4 Publishing System Version 5.6 Now Available From MEI

Latest Adobe InDesign Server integration, impressive new features boost popular editorial system's performance

Jenkintown, PA, March 30, 2006. Managing Editor Inc. (MEI), a leading provider of software and services to the publishing industry, announces the immediate availability of K4 Publishing System version 5.6. The latest version of this popular high-performance editorial system further accelerates the production process for publishing workflows using Adobe InDesign and Adobe InCopy by adding built-in integration with Adobe InDesign Server. The release also improves interoperability with other systems and incorporates an impressive set of new features that can instantly help publishers boost productivity and lower production costs.