Corbis Aggressively Expands Royalty Free Position — Launches "rf Shop" Website, Adds Key Content Partners, and Acquires image10
Corbis (www.corbis.com) today announced a series of moves to solidify the company’s position as the second largest global provider of imagery and related services to creative and editorial business users. The 3-part announcement includes the launch of “rf SHOP,” a new royalty free website on corbis.com, the signing of numerous leading content partners including Jupiterimages, MedioImages, and Blend, and the acquisition of image100, an established London-based royalty free production business.
“Clients in every segment, including advertising/design agencies, corporate marketers, and publishers, use royalty free imagery for projects that benefit from flexible use and perpetual rights,” said Jennifer Hurshell, Corbis’ senior vice-president of commercial image licensing. “Demand in this image category has seen healthy growth in tandem with rights managed content types, and we are meeting that demand with our new rf SHOP, showcasing nearly 200,000 richly diversified professional-grade images.”
Corbis’ rf SHOP (www.corbis.comrf) launches today, aggregating Corbis’ entire RF offering and providing customers with enhanced search capabilities, improved seat licensing, and industry leading 3-click checkout. RF photography collections from Corbis, image100, MedioImages, Blend, Image Source, Brand X, Goodshoot, DEX and others are available for immediate licensing, and Jupitermedia’s Thinkstock and Comstock collections are coming soon.
image100 has been one of Corbis’ most successful content partners for several years and adds approximately 40,000 wholly-owned images to the company’s royalty-free collection as a result of the acquisition. Russell Glenister, CEO and co-founder of image100, joins Corbis as vice-president of creative content production, reporting to Hurshell. Glenister is charged with growing Corbis’ proprietary image production via creative hubs in New York, London, and Hong Kong, and will collaborate closely with Carolyn Guidoin and Siri Vorbeck who continue to lead the sourcing of Corbis’ creative imagery from top-tier commercial photographers and filmmakers around the world.
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Corbis (www.corbis.com) provides complete visual solutions used every day by publishers, advertising and design agencies, filmmakers, and other creative professionals to tell their stories with impact that goes beyond words. Our image licensing, assignment & representation, and rights services enable clients around the world to differentiate brands, sell products and services, support news stories, and entertain audiences. Corbis is headquartered in Seattle, with 19 offices throughout North America, Europe, and Asia.
