Recent Stock Photo Industry Press Releases

a21 Announces Fourth Quarter 2007 Results

Jacksonville, FL, Mar. 31, 2008. a21, Inc. ("a21") (OTCBB:ATWO), a leading online digital content marketplace, today reported its financial results for the fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 2007.

Revenue for the fourth quarter of 2007 was $6.1 million compared to $6.3 million for the same prior year period. Total cost of sales for the fourth quarter of 2007 were $2.7 million, or 44% of revenues, compared $2.6 million, or 41% of revenues, for the same prior year period. Fourth quarter 2007 selling, general, and administrative expenses of $3.3 million were reduced by $1.7 million, or 34%, compared to the same prior year period through a continued focus on expense reduction. Depreciation expense was $617,000 and 762,000 for the 2007 and 2006 fourth quarters, respectively.

The Stock Asylum Donates Archives to Stock Artists Alliance

Atlanta, GA/Denver, CO, Mar. 31, 2008. Today, The Stock Asylum announced it is closing its doors, and will be donating its archives of valuable stock industry reporting, analysis and resources to the Stock Artists Alliance.

SAA is honored that Ron Rovtar has chosen to contribute a remarkable legacy of Stock Asylum archives and other resources to our association, providing fellow SAA members with further means to help them interpret and evaluate their stock businesses.

SAA Executive Director Betsy Reid states, "Ron Rovtar, the voice behind The Stock Asylum, has served as an invaluable resource to stock industry professionals over the past four years. We will no doubt miss Ron´s intrepid reporting and keen analysis, urging photographers and distributors to think beyond the headlines and to challenge industry norms."

Press Association photographer Andrew Milligan picks up prestigious Scottish Photography Awards

London, UK, Mar. 28, 2008. Press Association photographer, Andrew Milligan has won two categories in the prestigious First ScotRail Press Photography Awards. He picked up the News Picture of the Year and Open category. Andrew, who is based in Central Scotland, impressed judges with his image of schoolgirl Vicki Hamilton´s father being restrained as Peter Tobin left court after being charged with her murder. His amusing shot of a young Highland cow in the snow won the Open category.

Andrew Milligan is one of three Press Association photographers based in Scotland, all of whom have either won or been nominated at the First ScotRail Press Photography Awards in the last two years.

BrightQube Demonstrates Stock Photo Industry Leadership

Initiates Carbon Reduction Program with TerraPass - Use BrightQube For Image Sourcing And Enjoy The Benefits Of The Carbon Offset Green Program That Embodies Environmental Commitment And Digital Media Innovation

Dago, CA, Mar. 27, 2008. BrightQube™, the online image resource revolutionizing the way the world finds images, today announced the industry´s first online stock photography purchase program that positively influences global climate change.

Whether setting up a free account, building a light box or purchasing images, BrightQube customer activities will result in the purchase of TerraPass carbon offset credits. These credits reduce carbon dioxide emissions via green energy projects. One TerraPass credit is equal to the purchase of 200 lbs. of CO2 emissions reduction.

Guinevere Smith named The Associated Press´ National Entertainment Photo Editor

New York, NY, Mar. 24, 2008. Guinevere Smith has been appointed National Entertainment Photo Editor for The Associated Press. Smith has been with Getty Images since 1999, most recently as North American manager for field editing.

As national entertainment editor based in Los Angeles, Smith will direct, develop and enhance AP´s photo entertainment coverage in the United States. Her responsibilities will also include working with Canadian Press to coordinate entertainment coverage in North America.

Barnado´s historic photographic library goes digital on TopFoto

London, UK, Mar. 26, 2008. Barnardo´s unique historical image archive is being brought bang up to date and will be put on high quality digital format by leading picture library TopFoto.co.uk. Started by the charity’s founder Thomas Barnardo back in the early 1870’s, the archive is a complete photographic record of Barnardo’s children from the dirty, destitute boys dressed in rags that were taken in to the first home in Stepney Causeway to the shiny faced babies at Babies Castle in Kent.

There are half a million photos in the archive collection, which form a unique document of British social history. Evocative, sad and moving, from the very beginning the photographs were an essential part of Thomas Barnardo’s crusade to rescue destitute children. Work had begun setting up the East End Juvenile Mission in 1868, within two years the services of a photographer had been engaged and by 1874 a formal photographic department had been set up.

Jupitermedia announces James Alexander as Senior Vice President and General Manager of Jupiterimages

New York, NY, Mar. 24, 2008. Jupitermedia Corporation (Nasdaq: JUPM) today announced that James Alexander has joined the organization as Senior Vice President and General Manager of its Jupiterimages division.  Prior to joining Jupitermedia, Mr. Alexander with Adobe Systems, Inc. and most recently was the head of Adobe Stock Photos at Adobe Systems, Inc. Prior to his tenure at Adobe, James held the positions of CEO at Mibrary, Inc. and President at eWatch Inc.

Mr. Alexander will be charged with overseeing all facets of the Jupiterimages division. He will be located in Jupitermedia’s Darien, Connecticut office and will report directly to President and COO Christopher S. Cardell.

Red Cover interior photo library introduces inspirational prints for the home

... delivered to your door!

London, UK, Mar. 25, 2008. Red Cover, the successful photo-library specialising in interiors, lifestyle, garden and food, has branched out with the launch of Red Cover Prints www.redcoverprints.com.

"As we had such an exquisite collection of botanical images in our archive we felt it was about time we made these beautiful images available for prints, hence Red Cover Prints", says chairman and founder Sally Griffiths.

Red Cover Prints has collaborated with Nina Campbell, the world-renowned interior designer. "I was so inspired by Red Cover´s botanical prints that I asked them to create a collection especially for me!", said Nina Campbell in December 2007.

Fotocorp Photo Agency relaunches website

Fotocorp has relaunched a newly designed website with updated search features and a smoother download experience

Mumbai, India, Mar. 22, 2008. Based in Mumbai, India´s financial capital, Fotocorp photo agency provides quality pictures shot with high-end digital equipment on diverse sectors including news, politics, Bollywood, fashion, lifestyle, business, sports, arts and culture, and travel.

Fotocorp photo agency, founded by city-based photojournalists three years ago, is a subscription-based photo service which also undertakes commissioned photo assignments for editorials, advertising industry, corporate houses and entertainment industry across India and abroad.

Reshade´s Professional Online Photo Resizing Engine Gets Faster

Bucharest, Romania, Mar. 21, 2008. Reshade offers the first web application targeting quality preserving photo enlargement. While similar commercial products range in the hundreds of dollars Reshade offers its service free. The new version released today boasts substantial speed improvements, over the previous version, that support the increasing user base. The product has received great reviews from several online communities.

The Reshade engine is more than twice as fast as other high-quality image resizers. This permits processing a greater volume of photos, lower delays and greater user satisfaction.