PhotoDisc

PhotoDisc

Infobox Company
company_name = PhotoDisc, Inc.
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foundation = Seattle, Washington, USA (1991)
location = Seattle, Washington, USA
key_people = Mark Torrance
industry = Photography
products = Stock photography
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homepage = [http://www.photodisc.com/ www.photodisc.com]
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PhotoDisc, Inc. based in Seattle, was a leading publisher of royalty free digital stock photography. It was founded in 1991 by Mark Torrance, who also became the chief executive officer and chairman. [cite news|url=http://community.seattletimes.nwsource.com/archive/?date=19960713&slug=2338955|title=Digital-Photo Makers Riding Crest Of Web-Site Wave|last=Haines|first=Thomas W.|date=July 13, 1996|work=The Seattle Times|accessdate=2008-10-08] After receiving the catalog in the mail, customers would write or phone the office and order the photos or pre-made collections which would then be shipped to them on CD-ROM. In the fall of 1995, their website was launched [cite news|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-17959266.html|title=Image is everything.(West Stock and PhotoDisc introduce Web sites) (Internet Watch) (Company Business and Marketing)(Brief Article)|last=Crotty|first=Cameron|date=February 1, 1996 |work=Macworld |accessdate=2008-10-06] making business more convenient as it was no longer necessary to wait for shipping as photos could be downloaded directly from the website, the catalog option was still available, though. In September 1997, PhotoDisc agreed to combine with London-based Getty Communications to form the Seattle based Getty Images. [ [http://www.businessweek.com/bwdaily/dnflash/september/nf70917b.htm "The Getty-PhotoDisc Deal: Image is Everything" - Business Week] ] In February 1998, at the closure of the acquisition, PhotoDisc's library amounted to 60,000 images. [cite news|url=http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/archives/1998/9802100063.asp|title=PHOTODISC MERGER TO OPEN NEW HORIZONS|last=Wilson|first=Warren|date=February 10, 1998|work=Seattle Post-Intelligencer|accessdate=2008-10-08]

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External links

* [http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_1997_Sept_16/ai_19753646 "Getty and PhotoDisc Join Forces" - Business Wire]


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