Recent Stock Photo Industry Press Releases

Anystream and Voxant Announce Grab Networks

Dulles, VA, Oct 29, 2008. Anystream and Voxant today announced the creation of Grab Networks as the new brand resulting from the recent merger between the two companies. Grab Networks offers the next generation platform for content holders, publishers and advertisers in the exploding video snack economy to take advantage of the dramatic trends in video consumption.

Video snacking describes how millions of consumers are creating new viewing habits around quick, fast food-like consumption of video. With technology infrastructure lagging behind the consumer habits, media companies are faced with a shocking monetization gap.

Jupiterimages Announces Single Image Purchase Option For All Resolutions On Photos.com Plus

Half of All Downloads on Photos.com Plus Now from Stockxpert Contributors

New York, NY, Oct. 30, 2008. Jupiterimages, a division of Jupitermedia Corporation (Nasdaq: JUPM), today announced that its leading photo subscription Web site Photos.com will now sell images at all resolutions on a single image basis. In August, Photos.com introduced the first stock image subscription to combine user-generated content with professionally shot images. Single image prices will range from $5.00 for multimedia resolution images (1-2 MB) up to $70.00 for ultra resolution images (50 MB). No credits are required to purchase these images.

The user-generated content on Photos.com is supplied by Stockxpert, a leading source for community created content (Stockxpert is also owned by Jupiterimages). Since introducing the groundbreaking Photos.com Plus subscription in August, overall Stockxpert contributor royalties have increased by 11%.

Jupitermedia Announces Resignation of President/Chief Operating Officer

New York, NY, Oct. 27, 2008. Jupitermedia Corporation (Nasdaq: JUPM) today announced that Christopher Cardell, the President and Chief Operating Officer and a director of the company, has submitted his resignation to the company in order to pursue other interests. Mr. Cardell has been the President and Chief Operating Officer and a director of Jupitermedia since its inception in 1998. Effective immediately, Alan Meckler, the Company’s Chief Executive Officer and Chairman, will also serve as President and Chief Operating Officer of the Company.

More quirky and obscure content: ITN Source announces Diagonal View Joint Venture

London, UK, Oct. 27, 2008. ITN Source today announces the creation of Diagonal View, a leading digital production business. ITN Source and Matt Heiman, founder Mobix Interactive and digital entrepreneur, formed the joint venture six months ago as an incubator business. Diagonal View packages quirky and obscure content from ITN Source’s vast archive and syndicates it to a range of commercial partners including MySpace, YouTube and MSN.

Market appetite for the Diagonal View content during the trial period has proved insatiable. In less than six months, Diagonal View has become one of the top five channels of all time on MySpace and YouTube.

Image Warehouse unveils 'New Deal' for Photographers & Artists

The Professional’s Stock Image Agency Offers Free Membership & Better Personal Service w/Perks

Princeton, NJ, Oct. 22, 2008. Image Warehouse, the “true” stock agency, is reaching out anew in our changing business climate and building its client roster, with better deals and services than are available anywhere else. "We want everyone to know that there is a stock company that is looking out for the individual photographer and artist," said Carroll Seghers, president of Image Warehouse. "We are lighting the technology path to widen more profitable access to your work."

To better serve our active professional photographer & artist clients, Image Warehouse is committed to the following:

Photoshot acquires Bruce Coleman USA

New York, NY, Oct. 24, 2008. Photoshot is pleased to announce the acquisition of Bruce Coleman USA. With this addition of more than 300 photographers and 1.5 million color stock photographs, Photoshot will offer you the most comprehensive archive of the natural world and its inhabitants available.

As a compliment to our existing collections such as NHPA, Woodfall Wild Images, Oceans Image, Photos Horticultural and World Pictures, we are confident that you will find this addition a great asset. Now you can rely on Photoshot for even more of the extraordinary nature, wildlife and travel images you have come to expect.

LTU Presents Portfolio of Photo Management Solutions at International PACA Conference

Washington, DC, and New York, NY, Oct. 24, 2008. LTU technologies, the global leader in multimedia content control and search solutions, announced today its attendance at the 13th Annual Picture Archive Council of America (PACA) International Conference being held October 24 - 26, 2008 in New York City.

LTU will be at the show to demonstrate its comprehensive image content control and search tools that enable photobanks to search, manage and protect their large databases of photographs or videos and their associated copyrights.

Digimarc Releases New Version of Digimarc for Images Software for Adobe PhotoShop

New Digimarc Plug-Ins Deliver Increased Robustness and Additional International Language Support

Beaverton, OR, Oct. 22, 2008. Digimarc Corporation (NASDAQ:DMRC) today announced the availability of its newly enhanced Digimarc for Images plug-ins, shipped in-box with Adobe PhotoShop®, enabling photographers and corporations to better manage their photos and image assets by communicating copyright information and owner contact details, and reporting to owners on both authorized and unauthorized use of images online.

ImageSpan Adds Digital Content Tracker to its LicenseStream Creator Pro Service

Helping Subscribers Find and Convert Non-Paying Consumers of Digital Content into Paying Customers - LicenseStream Creator PRO Now Offers Tracking, Licensing in one Service, Empowering Content Owners and Creators to Make More Money from Their Digital Assets

New York, NY, Oct. 23, 2008. ImageSpan Inc., which provides a digital content licensing and billing settlement platform, today announced the addition of a new content tracker to its Web-based LicenseStream Creator PRO service, delivering the first service to offer both tracking and licensing to creators and owners of digital content. LicenseStream Creator PRO offers additional licensing, reporting and publishing flexibility and options to the standard LicenseStream service for photographers, videographers, illustrators and other providers of digital content.

Jupitermedia Corporation Signs Agreement to Sell Jupiterimages for $96 Million in Cash

New York, NY, Oct. 23, 2008. Jupitermedia Corporation (Nasdaq: JUPM) (“Jupitermedia”) announced today that it has entered into a definitive stock purchase agreement to sell its Online Images business to Getty Images, Inc. for an aggregate purchase price of $96 million in cash. Under the terms of and subject to the conditions set forth in the stock purchase agreement, Jupitermedia has agreed to sell all of the outstanding capital stock of Jupiterimages Corporation (“Jupiterimages”), an Arizona corporation and a wholly owned subsidiary, to Getty Images, Inc.

The Board of Directors of Jupitermedia has approved the transaction and resolved to recommend that Jupitermedia’s stockholders approve the transaction. Completion of the transaction is subject to approval by Jupitermedia’s stockholders, regulatory approval and other customary closing conditions.