Recent Stock Photo Industry Press Releases

Getty Images Reports Financial Results for the Fourth Quarter and 2007

Company reports record revenue for the fourth quarter and full year 2007 - Sequential growth in every product line, including creative stills

Seattle, WA, Jan. 31, 2008. Getty Images, Inc. (NYSE:GYI), the world's leading creator and distributor of visual content and other digital media, today reported results for the fourth quarter and full year ended December 31, 2007.

Quarterly Highlights:

• Revenue increased 7 percent over the fourth quarter of 2006 to $218 million
• Earnings per diluted share were $0.48
• Cash provided by operating activities was $78.7 million in the quarter with cash and short-term investments of $364 million at year end

ImageSpan´s LicenseStream Service Gives WEVA Members the Ability to License Digital Content via the Web

ImageSpan and WEVA Bring Licensing-With-A-Click to WEVA, World´s Largest Professional Videographer Trade Association

Las Vegas, NV, Jan. 31, 2008. ImageSpan Inc., which provides an enabling infrastructure for automated content licensing and billing, and Wedding & Event Videographers Association International (WEVA), the world´s largest trade association for professional videographers, today announced at PMA 08 that all WEVA members now will be able to easily license their digital video locally, nationally and globally, thanks to a new long-term agreement. The agreement provides the nearly 10,000 WEVA and WEVA Latino members worldwide with access to ImageSpan´s LicenseStream service, a new and simple - to - use content licensing service via the Web.

World Renowned Nature Photography Competition Opens for Entries

Washington, DC, Jan. 30, 2008. Nature´s Best Photography, the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, and Sony Electronics, Inc. are pleased to announce the CALL FOR ENTRIES for the 2008 Nature´s Best Photography Windland Smith Rice International Awards.

Presented by Sony Electronics, Inc. and its Alpha DSLR Camera system team, the Awards program is one of the world´s most prestigious and visually compelling outdoor photography competitions. Winning images are displayed in large format prints at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History in Washington, DC, where they are enjoyed by millions of visitors.

Eye-Fi Collaborates With Nikon on First Camera Enhanced for Eye-Fi Card

Adds "My Picturetown" To Eye-Fi Service - Nikon´s New D60 Digital SLR is the First Camera in "Eye-Fi Connected"Program

Mountain View, CA, Jan. 30, 2008. Eye-Fi, makers of the world´s first wireless memory card for digital cameras, today announced that it collaborated with Nikon Corporation, a world leader in digital imaging and precision optics, to deliver enhanced integration of the Eye-Fi Card with Nikon´s new D60 digital SLR camera. Eye-Fi will also add Nikon´s "my Picturetown" online photography community to its Eye-Fi Service as a photo sharing option for users.

New Appointment of Simon Woodthorpe at Pepper Stark

London, UK, Jan. 29, 2008. Pepper Stark, the consultancy company specialising in the global stock photography, creative and media industries, is pleased to announce its recent appointment of Simon Woodthorpe to Director of Business Development & Channel Management. 

Simon joins Pepper Stark, with a career spanning over 15 years in international media sales and business development, five years of which have been within stock photography, building and managing an international distribution network for one of the world’s leading RF agencies. Simon brings to Pepper Stark his knowledge and experience of digital content, channel management and intellectual property rights in photography, music and video, having worked over the last 12 months developing an IPTV platform for broadcasting music videos. 

Swiss Picture Bank Guarantees Long-Term Preservation of Your Photos

Las Vegas, NV, Jan. 30, 2008. Swiss Picture Bank, launching at PMA '08, available for review today and in booth R-191, is the first permanent, guaranteed online archive for digital photos. Swiss Picture Bank is different from other "storage" sites, because:

• Your pictures are safe - guaranteed.
• You pay once per picture - there are no recurring fees.
• You choose from a range of long term security plans, beginning at only 3 cents per picture for 30 years.
• Your account is hosted in data centers operated by Swisscom IT Services - together with its subsidiary Comit, the leading provider of IT infrastructure to Swiss banks.

Imagekind Introduces Story Frames

Seattle, WA, Jan. 30, 2008. If a picture tells a thousand words, then Story Frames from Imagekind speak volumes. Imagekind, the world´s fastest-growing online community for creating, buying and selling custom framed artwork and photography, today announced the release of their new Story Frames collection, a group of customized framing products that allows anyone to transform a series of digital images into a story worth telling.

Story Frames from Imagekind are the world´s first "build it yourself" framing option that allows everyone from the casual photographer to established artists to create personal narratives from digital files - including photography, art and children´s drawings.

ASPP Education Conference: April 24 - 27 in Phoenix, AZ

Alexandria, VA, Jan. 28, 2008. The American Society of Picture Professionals invites all photography and visual media professionals to their 5th Education Conference to be held at the Hilton Phoenix East/Mesa Hotel, Mesa, Arizona from Apr. 24th - 27th 2008.

The invitation is for content managers, art buyers, photo researchers, stock agency executives & employees, industry experts, as well as photographers. PACA (Picture Archive Council of America) members are our special guests for this event, and special pricing is also available for any members of the associations belonging to the Imagery Alliance. The conference will feature 8 fascinating sessions with industry guest speakers and panelists.

OnAsia Images is Masterfile´s new exclusive distribution partner for Thailand

Toronto/Düsseldorf, January 2008. With immediate effect OnAsia in Bangkok is the exclusive distributor of the Masterfile Collection in Thailand. The decision to launch direct distribution in Thailand by partnering with OnAsia is part of Masterfile´s new strategy for the fast growing markets in South East Asia.

Says Masterfile SVP International & Marketing Tomas Speight: "OnAsia is one of the most highly respected agencies for digital stock and assignment photography in Asia and we are confident that this will prove to be a very successful new partnership to the benefit of our customers in Thailand".

Cozimo Unveils Simple, Elegant Web Application for Image, Video Collaboration

Palm Desert, CA, Jan. 28, 2008/DEMO 08. Cozimo Technologies Inc. today introduced a new real-time web-based application for digital media and design professionals who regularly review and collaborate on visual content -- such as images, video or PDF files -- and require feedback from many people located in many different locations.

"What people call real-time collaboration on the web today is neither," says Douglas Gayeton, chief creative officer of Millions of Us, the virtual worlds agency whose clients include Intel, Microsoft, Warner Brothers, Coca Cola and Scion. "To do what we do with Cozimo used to require everyone to be in the same room. It´s totally changed the way we work."