Under the terms of the agreement, ZUMA Press will syndicate Southcreek Global's daily news image feeds. Southcreek Global's images will go directly into ZUMA's global distribution system. The systems ingestion of time sensitive news images filed by Southcreek's staff from stadiums and events will be automatically enter into a global syndicated feed to deadline news desks throughout the world. Simultaneously the images will be published online into Southcreek's media galleries. The online galleries will be immediately have the live time images available for licensing by daily newspapers, magazines and editorial clients around the world.
Southcreek Global's entire database archive of past news, sports, politics, entertainment, fashion and travel media will also be fully available for clients to utilize in Southcreek Global's online media galleries.
"ZUMA Press gives us access to an extended global market for the delivery of our live news images that would be otherwise out of our reach" said Southcreek Global CEO Kathy Miller. " So unlike when two companies form a merger, our content distribution agreement fully keeps Southcreek Global it's own corporation and does not change any aspect of our daily 'in-house' operations. What we now do have is the ability to get our daily news images out quicker and to a much larger international client base. The degree of speed that the ZUMA Press system feeds our images to news desks worldwide is unsurpassed".
With the NAFTA agreement in place between the USA, Canada and Mexico, Southcreek Global has set it's sights to expand. The Canadian company has set it's sights to develop much greater coverage in one of the largest media markets in the world - the USA. Southcreek Global's CEO Kathy Miller adds "We look to establish by the second quarter of 2011, a dedicated Southcreek USA division that is fully registered with the U.S. Government and we look forward to bringing aboard a large amount of U.S. photographers to expand our media coverage and give Southcreek Global a dedicated U.S. base of operations. The Southcreek USA office will work hand and hand with our Canadian head office as the two form the backbone and future of Southcreek Global Media".
Southcreek Global's Associate Media Director Robert Vickers added "Our goal at Southcreek Global is all about live news event delivery. Editorial account clients desiring Southcreek Global's images will have access to the complete syndicated daily news feeds of all our diverse news coverages, and they will also be able to utilize our live time online media system on a 24/7 basis. Clients are provided full hi resolution image download privileges of all our media galleries to avoid any delay in their publication deadlines. They will also have full access to the Southcreek Global vast database archive of images. A client can either license images individually or on a subscription basis with monthly / yearly membership which offers them many benefits. The bottom line is the Southcreek Global - ZUMA Press distribution partnership agreement now guarantees that our daily news coverages will be delivered to deadline news desks throughout the world... all while the event is still occurring".
About Southcreek Global Media
Southcreek Global Media is a Canadian based news image wire service covering all areas of daily news media. Southcreek Global's staff photographers deliver live time news images to editorial deadline publications, including daily newspapers, magazines, as well as online news services.This is all available in real time and with high resolution downloads for editorial publishing clients. www.southcreekglobal.com
Southcreek Global's mission from its onset has been two fold. First was to develop a dependable and trusted reputation in the industry of delivering the finest customer service to both our clients and the events that we cover. Second is our mandate of image updates filed live from events because Southcreek Global is all about news delivery, not stock photography. During the past few years Southcreek Global has built an instantly recognizable industry brand that has served as a solid foundation. Southcreek Global will now continue to grow and reach out globally to deliver the finest images and dependable customer service in the media industry. To learn more please visit Southcreek Global at www.southcreekglobal.com
About ZUMA Press
ZUMA Press is one of the world's leading providers of digital photography and image services for editorial, creative professional and corporate use.
Representing more than 500 photographers and a growing network of news partners on almost every continent in the world (we're working on Antarctica), ZUMA Press leads the way in recoup exclusives, coverage of current news, live action sports, hot entertainment and red carpet, sexy global runway fashion, live music, diverse military collection, award-winning reportage and much more.
ZUMA Press features a unique and diverse library of more than three million original pictures that is supplemented daily by our global network of sources. Currently close to one million images are live on our online database - growing daily by 500+ new and 500+ archive images - are digitized, fully captioned and available for immediate download via our industry-acclaimed, e-commerce web site, www.ZUMApress.com .
Founded in 1995, ZUMA Press remains independent and photographer-owned. ZUMA Press is headquartered in Laguna Beach, California, with additional offices in New York, Los Angeles, London and other locations worldwide. Visit our web site www.ZUMApress.com - the ultimate source for pictures.
Contact Southcreek Global Media:
Phone: (800) 945 - 5030
Fax: (800) 714 - 9624
E-Mail: info@southcreekglobal.com
Contact ZUMA Press:
Phone: (949) 481-3747
Fax: (949) 481-3941
E-Mail:info@ZUMAPress.com
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