Crestock achete Corbis !

Crestock Acquires Corbis for $625 millions

The acquisition has been driven by a Scandinavian group of investors as well as the Norwegian government fund organization: Innovation Norway. The move is also supported by the European Union's Media II Programme, whose purpose is to encourage the development and distribution of European audiovisual works.

Corbis was privately held by its Chairman, Bill Gates, who founded the company in 1989. Corbis offers a preeminent collection of more than 100 million creative, entertainment and historic images. Based in Seattle, Corbis serves more than 50 countries worldwide. The revenue for 2006 was $251 million.

This is a key strategic business decision for us," Corbis CEO Gary Shenk says, and continues: "The stock photography business of today is very different than in 1989, when our company was founded, not the least because of the growth in the microstock market segment, such as Crestock and SnapVillage ...

Corbis and Veer will continue to operate as separate brands, while SnapVillage, Corbis' 2007 attempt at entering the micro payment stock photography market, will be merged with the Crestock brand. The office in Seattle will remain, but a new head quarter will be established in Europe, most likely in London or in Paris

on se posait la question hier sur le chat si c'était ou non un poisson d'avril... l'info semble maintenu alors qu'on est le 2...
suis surprise quand meme...

Bon aprés vérif, je viens de tomber la dessus :

The most alert among you, however, did not fail to
notice that the fact that the announcement was made on
April fool's day may have been more than just sheer
coincidence...

The description of how Corbis would continue operating
as a separate brand, combined with a rather rudimentary
'Crestock-style' Corbis logo make-over was just one
clue.

So ok, we confess, this was all just a somewhat
megalomanic April Fool's joke.


traduction Gogglienne :

La plupart d'entre vous avertir, toutefois, n'a pas manqué de
Avis que le fait que l'annonce a été faite sur
Avril fool's day peut-être été plus qu'un simple
Coïncidence ...

La description de la façon dont Corbis continuerait d'exploitation
Comme une marque distincte, combinée avec une assez rudimentaire
'Crestock style' Corbis logo faire-over n'était qu'un
Indice.

Alors ok, nous confessons, c'était tout juste un peu
Mégalomanie April Fool's joke.


Désolé de m'être fait piégé :geek:

Je crois que nous le sommes tous désolé, merde pour une fois qu'il allait peut être se passer qqchose sur snapvillage par la même occasion. :scratch: , donc je ne m'explique pas alors pourquoi il n'avance pas plus alors chez snap.