Brentwood, Tenn.-based Dreamstime, originally launched in Romania, is expanding distribution in its native region. It has partnered with Prague's Imagio.cz to bring micro-priced creative and editorial imagery to the Czech Republic and Slovakia. Financial arrangements were not disclosed.
This month saw the launch of Celebrity Extra, the first of a multimillion-dollar group of new entertainment-focused news products from the Associated Press. Focusing on A-list stars, Celebrity Extra video is available now, and a photo service is scheduled to launch in September.
The recently announced program to add StockXpert contributor images to the Photos.com Web site is set to launch on Aug. 20. Jupiterimages, the parent of both brands, has also revised some of the parameters in response to photographer feedback.
The first image-to-image search engine, TinEye, is now open to the public.
Thomas Costanza, the vice president and chief financial officer of the troubled a21, Inc., has resigned.
This month, Wisconsin-based Fotosearch celebrates its 10th anniversary. The online stock-image and footage distributor represents over 3 million stills and 65,000 clips by 150 brands, including the Big Three.
The photography industry's major event of the year,
Photo District News' PhotoPlus Expo, will take place in New York in late October. The event's program is as diverse as usual, spanning a multitude of creative, technical and business topics over three days.
Microsoft U.K.'s "Iconic Britain" photo contest initial goal was to identify the 100 images that best define Britain. The contest was originally co-sponsored by Nikon, which has now withdrawn its support due to the controversy surrounding image ownership.