Stock Photography Company Can Stock Photo Inc. Acquired

As the result of an acquisition, microstock innovator Can Stock Photo Inc. is now an affiliate of stock photography pioneer Fotosearch. As part of the new relationship, Fotosearch will distribute Can Stock Photo imagery, allowing Can Stock Photo's contributors access to the robust worldwide distribution network Fotosearch has built over the past 10 years. Can Stock Photo contributors will be able to present their stock photos to millions of Fotosearch visitors every week.

Halifax, Canada (PRWEB) November 12, 2008 -- As the result of an acquisition, microstock innovator Can Stock Photo Inc. is now an affiliate of stock photography pioneer Fotosearch. As part of the new relationship, Fotosearch will distribute Can Stock Photo imagery, allowing Can Stock Photo's contributors access to the robust worldwide distribution network Fotosearch has built over the past 10 years. Can Stock Photo contributors will be able to present their stock photos to millions of Fotosearch visitors every week.

Contributors to Can Stock Photo will further benefit by having their images marketed as prints and their best content licensed in a professional brand. "It's only been a few days and we've already had a tremendous amount of interest from photographers in adding new content to Can Stock Photo as a result of this relationship with Fotosearch," said Can Stock Photo's founder, Duncan Enman.

Can Stock Photo will continue to operate as a separate company, and its already easy-to-use upload process has been improved to accept vector files. Further enhancements to the site will be made in the near future, including the acceptance of footage content. As a result of the new owner's growth strategy, Can Stock Photo will be marketing its website more aggressively to attract even more stock photography buyers. Enman, who created Can Stock Photo while a university student in Nova Scotia, Canada, will remain involved with Can Stock Photo.

Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

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Fotosearch Stock Photography Turns 10 Years Old

Waukesha, WI, Aug. 17, 2008. Fotosearch, a leading provider of premium stock photography based in Waukesha, Wisconsin, is celebrating its 10 year anniversary this week. Fotosearch.com was launched August 10th 1998 and has since grown by leaps and bounds.

In addition to featuring over 3.25 million images from 150 providers at one site, Fotosearch also holds one of the largest collections of stock footage on the internet. The ability to search HD clips was recently added and makes it easy to browse through over 65,000 footage clips.

Fotosearch grew out of Publishing Perfection, founded in 1987, when electronic publishing was in its infancy. From the beginning the company targeted graphics and multimedia professionals through its monthly catalogue. Expert sales staff provided the assistance required for buying graphics tools such as design software, laser printers, and scanners. In addition to hardware and software, the company began to offer high quality stock images in the early 1990s.

In 1996, Publishing Perfection launched a website offering an online catalog, expanded product information and special discounts. In 1998, the Fotosearch web site was introduced where customers could search multiple stock photography publishers at a single site.

The site is now offered in more than a dozen languages with a fully functional, easy to use search, and the ability to pay in local currency for each site. 24-hour customer support by phone was added in 2005, and is also available for most languages.

Millions of high-quality images, with thousands more being added every month, coupled with a sophisticated, intelligent search engine, enable Fotosearch to help designers and creative professionals around the world find the perfect photo fast and get back to the business of being creative.

By keeping the imagery content fresh, making it easy to search, and offering exceptional customer service both before and after the sale, Fotosearch has become one of the world’s largest providers of royalty-free and rights-managed stock imagery. Fotosearch offers content from more than one hundred of the world’s highest-quality stock photo, video, and music publishers, including Corbis, Getty Images, JupiterImages, and many others.

On the Web: www.fotosearch.com.

Source: Stock Photo Talk

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