Recent Stock Photo Industry Press Releases

PunchStock gets an attitude with "PunchPunks"

MADISON, WI, October 31, 2006. The world of stock photography is ever-growing and highly competitive - and PunchStock has their fighting gloves on ... and matching hi tops. Introducing PunchPunks, a gang of hyper-zany, spiky creatures who were created to help recruit designers and challenge their stock photography expectations by discovering PunchStock's newly added rights managed collections.

Fotolia and Easyspace cooperate to deliver free stock photography with all Easyspace web hosting packages

Further to recent partnership announcements and additional web hosting features additions, Easyspace are pleased to announce yet another high profile partnership.

Glasgow, UK, Oct. 31, 2006. From this week onwards, Easyspace will be teaming up with Fotolia to offer all web hosting customers a great deal on stock imagery and illustrations – allowing them to brighten up their websites with professional imagery. Fotolia is the first worldwide social marketplace for royalty free stock images, allowing individuals and professionals to legally buy and share stock images and illustrations.

NEWSCOM ANNOUNCES PARTNERSHIP WITH JPI STUDIOS

Photo agency provides exclusive content from film and television

WASHINGTON, D.C., Oct. 30, 2006. NewsCom is proud to announce the addition of John Paschal International (JPI Studios, Inc.) to its roster of industry-leading information partners. Founded in 1997, JPI Studios is a full-service boutique photo agency housing a staff of some of the most creative celebrity photographers in the world of film and television. JPI’s collection includes award shows, movie premieres, television and movie sets, fashion shows, celebrity charity events and studio photo shoots worldwide.

Facebook® Enables Users to Share Photos, Video and More From Anywhere on the Web

October 31, 2006. Facebook, the Internet’s leading social utility, today announced that for the first time people can access Facebook’s share functionality on multiple websites to share video, photos, news and other content with their friends on Facebook. Websites that add a link to share on Facebook will enable people to distribute content by posting it on their Facebook profiles or by sending it to specific Facebook friends without ever leaving the original website. Barron’s Online, Boston.com, Brightcove, CollegeHumor.com, eBaumsworld.com, edgeio, GameSpot.com, Geffen, IDG Entertainment, The Internet Movie Database (IMDb), Jumpcut.com, MarketWatch.com, Miniclip.com, NBCSports.com, the New York Times, People.com, Photobucket, PureVideo Networks, SI.com, TerraPass Inc., The Onion, Time.com, TV.com, U.S. News & World Report, the Wall Street Journal Online, Washingtonpost.com, and Ziff Davis Media are among the first sites to include a link to share on Facebook.

Kevin Ames Hosts Three Sessions at PhotoPlus Conference & Expo 2006

New York, NY, October 27, 2006. Blue Pixel announced today that talented digital photographer Kevin Ames, the current instructor for its Pro Digital Workflow Tour, will add to his teaching schedule by hosting three hands-on workshops for digital photographers of all levels at PhotoPlus Conference & Expo 2006.

“Images That Speak” Encourages Elite Photographers Across The Nation To Use Their Unique Talents To Give Back To Their Community

Oct. 27, 2006. Tim Walden of Walden’s photography in Lexington, KY, designed the program “Images That Speak”- The program gives beautiful, archival black and white images freely and lovingly to courageous families who care for their children with life-limiting illnesses. Walden started this exclusive program three years ago as a way to give back to the community and to give families in need a memorable gift.

Everything Automatic – imagebroker.net Is Prepared For International Growth

Munich, October 27, 2006. The web-based image sales platform imagebroker.net optimizes with a new distribution system the collaboration with existing partner agencies and allows for further international growth. "Automatic FTP-Push“ and "Dynamic Link“ are the two main pillars of imagebroker.net’s new distribution system.

IPNstock Launches New Web Site With Expanded Features, New Photographers Sign Up, 100,000 New RF Images Added

New York, NY, Oct. 26, 2006. IPNstock has launched its improved Web site with a modern, Web 2.0 design to coincide with its new “GO INDIE” campaign.

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Blogging Leader Six Apart Launches Vox, the Next Step in Personal Blogging, Integrates Access To YouTube, Flickr, Photobucket, iStockphoto, and iFilm

Free Service Provides Unprecedented Privacy Control, Ease of Use, and the Richest Media and Web Services Integration Available Today

SAN FRANCISCO, CA, October 26, 2006 -- Six Apart, the world leader in blogging software and services, today launched Vox in the U.S., Japan and France. Vox, a free personal blogging service for sharing experiences with friends and family, had been in private beta since June. Six Apart also announced an agreement with MRM Worldwide, a full-service direct and interactive marketing agency, to develop and implement creative advertising and integrated sponsorship programs on Vox.

JUPITERMEDIA'S JUPITERIMAGES DIVISION ANNOUNCES ACQUISITION OF COVER IMAGES AGENCY IN SPAIN

(New York, NY - October 26, 2006) - Jupitermedia Corporation (Nasdaq: JUPM) today announced that its Jupiterimages division has acquired all of the shares of Cover - Imagen y Publicaciones, S.L. (www.cover.es). With offices in Barcelona and Madrid, Cover Images is a leading Spanish agency focused on the distribution of local and international rights-managed images. Terms of this acquisition were not disclosed.