Recent Stock Photo Industry Press Releases

Fotolia Announces Call For Stock Video Submissions

Leading source for legal, low-cost imagery seeks stock video submissions for launch of new stock video offering

New York, Jan. 27, 2009. Today Fotolia, one of the world's leading sources for legal, low-cost imagery announces a call for high quality, user-generated video submissions, in preparation for the launch of its stock video offering, which will supplement its current library by licensing royalty-free video clips at microstock prices

"Fotolia has been, for years, one of the world's most trusted sources for high-quality, low-priced, legal imagery and illustration," explains Oleg Tscheltzoff, co-founder and president of Fotolia, LLC.

StockFood sponsors special award for young creative talents

Kennebunk (ME)/Munich/London, Jan. 27, 2009. A career opportunity for the young and talented: StockFood is again sponsoring the “FAB Futures Award” for designers aged 30 or under, offering ambitious young professionals the chance to make a name for themselves in food marketing. The Futures Award is part of the 11th FAB Awards, an internationally recognised creative awards programme. Uniquely, this programme is entirely devoted to the food and beverage sector.

StockFood’s CEO Pete A. Eising on this great opportunity: “Professional designers and creatives from all over the world have been working with our images of food, beverage, wellbeing & styling for thirty years."

iStockphoto joins with Sony World Photography Awards to find the World´s Best Amateur Photographers

Jan. 22, 2009. iStockphoto has partnered with the World Photography Awards to become the offical Amateur Selection committee for the 2009 Sony World Photography Awards (SWPA).

Run alongside its professional awards, SWPA invited amateur photographers from across the globe to submit their images into any of the nine amateur categories, which iStockphoto's expert team then judge down to the top shortlist. The categories cover a broad range of subjects from portraiture to sport, architecture to fashion, and offer an all-encompassing competition for the photographic world.

GumGum partners with Bauer-Griffin, expands access to entertainment content

GumGum teams up with leading paparazzi agency, further expands breadth of entertainment content offering

Santa Monica, CA , Jan. 22, 2009. GumGum, an analytics and monetization platform for content online, announced today that it has partnered with Bauer-Griffin, a premier destination for high-quality celebrity content. The addition of Bauer-Griffin provides hundreds of publishers in the GumGum network with increased access to coveted celebrity content.

GumGum enables publishers to license content from Bauer-Griffin via pay-per-use and ad-supported licensing options.

Compassionate Eye Foundation Celebrates Milestone as a Sustainable Philanthropic Model

Innovative Non-Profit Organization Grows Image Collection to over 1,000 Images, Raising More Than $250,000 for International Aid

Vancouver, BC, Jan. 20, 2009. Compassionate Eye Foundation (CEF) today announces its achievement of raising more than $250,000 for international aid through its unique photography collection distributed by Getty Images, the world’s leading creator and distributor of visual content and other digital media. CEF’s innovative fundraising model is the first of its kind that generates funds for a non-profit through an imagery licensing process.

RGB Venture Partners Acquire SuperStock

Jacksonville, FL, Jan. 16, 2009. a21, Inc. ("a21") (OTCBB: ATWOE), today announced that the US assets of its subsidiaries, SuperStock, Inc. and ArtSelect, Inc., and the stock of its UK subsidiary, SuperStock, Limited, were sold at auction at the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Middle District of Florida, Jacksonville Division, which was previously announced as part of its plan of bankruptcy.

The following was determined at the auction:

• RGB Venture Partners, a joint venture comprised of Rubberball Productions LLC, Glow Images LLC, and Blend Images LLC, was the winning bidder for the U.S. assets of SuperStock, Inc. RGB Venture Partners will pay $2,825,000 for the U.S. assets of SuperStock, Inc.

ImagePoint AG Takes Over Business Activities from One to X

Zurich, Switzerland, Jan. 15, 2009. As of now the Zurich based photographic agency ImagePoint AG takes over the business activities of the Karlsruhe based photographic agency One to X. Customer service for former One to X clients will now take place on ImagePoint's platform www.imagepoint.biz. Step by step ImagePoint will adopt part of the images out of the One to X agency stock.

This transaction enables the Swiss photographic agency ImagePoint AG, which is already active in the whole German speaking area, to further strengthen its presence on the German market.

Corbis and Thought Equity Motion Announce New Partnership

Seattle, WA/Denver, CO, Jan. 14, 2009. Corbis, a leading visual media provider for the creative community, and Thought Equity Motion, the world leader in providing access to high quality film, video and music content, today announced a new partnership that will position both companies to compete more effectively in the fast growing footage licensing industry.

Under the new agreement, Corbis and Thought Equity Motion will cross-distribute content from their footage collections, enabling Corbis to increase the size of its footage collection and Thought Equity Motion to increase the distribution of its content through Corbis’ globally recognized brand, footprint and sales force.

ImageSpan and JaincoTech Partner

... to Help Photographers Digitize, Keyword, License and Track Images to Create New Revenues - Partners to Offer Reciprocal Discounts on Services, including ImageSpan’s LicenseStream Creator, to Speed Image Processing, Licensing and Royalty Settlement

Sausalito, CA/Solon, OH, Jan. 13, 2009. ImageSpan Inc., which provides digital content licensing and royalty settlement services, and JaincoTech, a recognized leader in outsourced digital imaging services, today announced they are partnering to offer photographers premium services to help them digitize and keyword their photo archives. They also will leverage ImageSpan’s LicenseStream Creator services to protect, track, create new revenue streams and settle royalties for new and existing photos.

NBC Universal Announces Digital Media Distribution Alliance with SIPA Press

Burbank, CA, Jan. 09, 2009. NBC Universal has entered into a distribution relationship with SIPA press, Europe’s leading news photo agency, which will make SIPA Press the major international distribution partner for NBC Universal archival television photos. The collaborative venture was announced today by Ray Slay, Senior Vice President, NBC Universal Photography and New Media, and Jonathan Wells, Bureau Chief of SIPA Press in New York.

The deal will make images from NBCU’s extensive online archive (NBC Universal Photo Bank, www.nbcuphotobank.com) available through the SIPA Press licensing website at www.sipa.com.