Recent Stock Photo Industry Press Releases

Channel Yourself Across The Web: SplashCast Unveils First Media Syndication Platform for Consumers at DEMO 2007

Easy Creation of User-Generated Channels Combining Audio, Video, Music, Text and More; Channels can be played on any Website or Blog

Palm Desert, CA, DEMO 07 Event, Jan. 30, 2007. SplashCast, Inc. (Portland, OR) today announced the official unveiling of its new rich media creation and syndication service at DEMO 07. This invitation-only event produced by renowned analyst Chris Shipley showcases the hottest new technologies and companies of the coming year.

WireImage and Major League Soccer Renew Photography Deal

New York, NY, Jan. 30, 2007. WireImage and Major League Soccer have renewed a multi-year partnership according to which WireImage will continue to handle usage, licensing, and distribution of MLS photography. The League's preferred vendor, WireImage will also hold the exclusive commercial rights for the licensing and distribution of MLS photography to editorial, consumer, and MLS corporate clients, including sponsors, licensees, and broadcasters.

LiveDigital Launches First User-Driven Web 2.0 Video Programming and Revenue Sharing Platform

Innovative New Technology to Give Users Complete Control Over Programming and Advertising; Over 800 Channels Created in First Few Weeks of Beta Release

Los Angeles, CA, Jan. 30, 2007. LiveDigital, a next generation media community, has unveiled the future of personal Internet broadcasting with the release of its user generated channel and video programming platform, allowing any user to design, program, and brand their own "Internet channel" importing high-quality content. For the first time, users can harness the thousands of videos uploaded by others and "program" them for public viewing.

Alamy adds World History Archive to its collection

Abingdon, Oxfordshire, UK, Jan. 30, 2007. Alamy has extended its range of archival material by adding the World History Archive to its repertoire of historical collections. Established in 1960, World History Archive represents a unique and extraordinary collection of pictures.

Jupitermedia announces Acquisition of Tradeshow Assets from the Golden Group including ISPCON

New York, NY, Jan. 30, 2007. Jupitermedia Corporation today announced that it has acquired the remaining 50.1% interest in the two annual ISPCON trade shows as well as 100% of the INBOX trade show from The Golden Group I, Inc. Jupitermedia now owns 100% of these properties, up from the 49.9% interest in ISPCON held prior to the transaction.

Pozo Digital Emerges as Authentic Source for Hispanic Images

New Hispanic Stock Photo House Fills Market Gap

Houston, TX, Jan. 29, 2007. Hispanic advertising veteran Guadalupe Marmolejo today announces the live launch of her new company, Pozo Digital, the source for authentic Hispanic stock images.  Pozo Digital is a state-of-the-category e-commerce site - www.pozodigital.com - that gives advertisers, agencies, design firms and publishers easy access to stock photo images that reflect the true authenticity of the U.S. Hispanic experience.

Photographers get for 6-month period 95% of the Sale Price at JuicyStock.com

Photographers get 95% of the sale price of their images for the first six months online at JuicyStock.com

San Francisco, CA, Jan. 29, 2007. JuicyStock.com offers an open sales point for all photographers to sell their stock images. For a limited time photographers can sign up to get 95% of the sale price of their images for the first six months online at JuicyStock.com.

Getty Images Reports Preliminary Financial Results for the Fourth Quarter and Full Year of 2006

10 Percent Revenue Growth for 2006 Driven by Royalty-Free and Editorial Imagery; Company Generates Record Cash Flow from Operations

Seattle, WA, Jan. 29, 2007. Getty Images, Inc., the world's leading creator and distributor of visual content, today announced preliminary results for the fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 2006. "Our fourth quarter and full year 2006 results demonstrate Getty Images' continuing leadership of our dynamic industry," said Jonathan Klein, co- founder and chief executive officer. "Continuous and relentless innovation is our overriding objective for 2007 -- in the way we serve customers, the way we operate, and the way we grow our business. In this changing environment, we remain very well positioned to create and deliver the broadest range of visual content to our customers in all segments and markets, at every price point and on all platforms."

New Adobe® Photoshop® Lightroom™ Learning Center Launched by National Association of Photoshop Professionals

In Step with Final Product Release from Adobe Systems, NAPP Rolls out New Instructional Content and Online Learning Center

Tampla, FL, Jan. 29, 2007. On the heels of the final product release of Adobe Photoshop Lightroom, the National Association of Photoshop Professionals (NAPP) announced today their new Online Lightroom Learning Center at www.photoshopuser.com/lightroom. The newly beefed-up Learning Center provides updated tutorials for the final release of Lightroom, video tutorials, feature introductions and comprehensive how-tos from industry names like Scott Kelby, Dave Cross and Matt Kloskowski.

Adobe Debuts Photoshop Lightroom 1.0

Over 500,000 Beta Testers Help Shape New Digital Photography Software

San Jose, CA, Jan. 29, 2007. Adobe Systems Incorporated (Nasdaq:ADBE) today announced that Adobe Photoshop® Lightroom™ 1.0 software is now available for pre-order and is expected to ship in mid-February 2007. Photoshop Lightroom enables professional photographers to import, manage and present large volumes of digital photographs, helping photographers spend more time behind the lens and less time at the computer.