Thursday June 3, 6:28 pm Eastern Time
Company Press Release
InMedia Nabs Top Photography Journalist For New PhotoChannel(tm) Web Site
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--InMedia Presentations, Inc. (ME: IMD - news), a leader in the development of consumer digital imaging software, announces the appointment of Don Sutherland of Staten Island, New York as Vice-President, Editorial Content with responsibility for the creative and editorial content at the new PhotoChannel(tm) web site. The PhotoChannel(tm) site specializes in serving the needs of both conventional film and digital photographers by allowing users to search for and gather photography information online, digitize and store pictures or order reprints, enlargements, photo merchandise as well as camera equipment, accessories and supplies online. This appointment is subject to the regulatory approval of the Montreal Exchange.
Sutherland comes to PhotoChannel(tm) with over 30 years of journalism experience and has written extensively about photography, concentrating on leading-edge technology. His first article on digital photography appeared in Popular Photography magazine in 1976 and he has been a frequent contributor of articles on photography to Playboy magazine. Sutherland is currently a Contributing Editor and/or columnist for five monthly periodicals spanning the photography and digital imaging markets including Shutterbug, Photo Trade News and Digital Imaging Magazine. In 1995 he was the Founding Editor of MediaLink, a Spanish-language monthly published in Mexico City and was elected to the Board of Directors of the Association for Multimedia International (AMI). Sutherland operated PRESS HERE! BBS, an on-line service for photographers, from 1988 to 1993.
''We are extremely pleased to have such a highly regarded industry expert joining us at the helm of PhotoChannel(tm),'' said Geoffrey Briant, Chairman & CEO of InMedia Presentations, Inc. ''With his journalism and photography experience, Don will help make PhotoChannel(tm) the one stop content and information resource for all photography enthusiasts.''
''I am very excited to join InMedia and the PhotoChannel(tm) team,'' stated Sutherland. ''Our goal is to make PhotoChannel(tm) an indispensable resource for photographers of all levels. With the combination of information, supplies and personalized features, PhotoChannel(tm) will offer the easiest and most comprehensive solution for photographers.''
PhotoChannel(tm) will be useful for both digital and conventional photographers. The portal will offer information; chat rooms; discussion forums; online applications for editing and enhancing pictures online as well as for emailing, publishing and broadcasting pictures, albums and shows from the site; cameras, accessories and supplies for sale online and a quick search engine. In addition, PhotoChannel(tm) members will be able to personalize their own photo home pages with pictures, photo albums or multimedia slide shows.
PhotoChannel(tm) will be launched in late-June, 1999. A microsite has already been created at photochannel.com where visitors can register to enter a contest to win a Nikon CoolPix 950 digital camera on the official launch date for the site. Don Sutherland can be contacted at don@photochannel.com
ABOUT INMEDIA PRESENTATIONS INC.
The Company develops and sells digital imaging software products to consumers. The Company ships its award winning Slides & Sound Plus software with some of the world's leading digital camera and scanner manufacturers.
The Company is developing a specialty photo portal brand named PhotoChannel(tm) for both conventional film and digital photographers featuring a comprehensive photography information resource center, an online photo finishing service to digitize and store pictures, and an online camera store where reprints, enlargements and photo merchandise can be ordered and where camera equipment, accessories and supplies are available online.
The Company has its head office in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The Company's shares trade on the Montreal Exchange (symbol: IMD). For more information, please contact InMedia Presentations Inc. by phone at (604) 893-8955 or visit the Web site at inmediapresents.com.
InMedia Presentations Inc.
Geoffrey G. Briant, Chairman and CEO
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Mr. V. Khanna
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