Look for a huge Q199!
CHICAGO, Dec. 21 /PRNewswire/ -- Tony Stone Images, part of Getty Images Inc. (Nasdaq: GETY - news), and one of the
world's leading contemporary stock photography agencies, today announced a better than anticipated performance from its full
commerce website, www.tonystone.com. Launched only eight weeks ago, the site consists of 50,000 high quality and creative
images available for search, purchase and download with 1,000 new images being added every week. It has attracted over
1,000 registered users each week and has generated a higher revenue per individual sale than is currently being achieved in the
analog environment. The website has achieved a 25 percent weekly growth rate in sales since its mid-October launch.
The Tony Stone Images website is one of the most advanced full commerce websites operational today. It was developed to
provide an exceptional selection of imagery and offer customers more control in how they search for, purchase and download
images. Tony Stone Images believes that the quality of the imagery and the superior service will ensure that existing customers
will purchase more licenses more often and that it will attract new users to grow the customer base. Website analysis to date
supports this with more than 25 percent of all online purchases coming from new customers.
''Our latest full commerce website, www.tonystone.com, is a revolutionary step in providing Tony Stone Images' customers
with the best access to our distinctive imagery without having to pay search fees, haggle over price or wait for catalogues or
image selections,'' Jonathan Klein, chief executive officer of parent company Getty Images, said. ''We are thrilled to have had
such a great response. The site will continue to confirm Tony Stone Images' position as the leading provider of licensed high
quality contemporary imagery.''
Tony Stone Images is part of Getty Images Inc, one of the leading international providers of visual content to a diverse range of
professional users of images, including advertising and design agencies, magazines, newspapers, broadcasters, production
companies and traditional and new media publishers. Getty Images markets rights to images and footage through its international
network of wholly owned offices in 13 countries and through agents in 54 countries.
Getty Images' high quality visual content portfolio consists of: Tony Stone Images, one of the world's leading providers of
contemporary stock photography; PhotoDisc, a world leader in royalty-free photography; Allsport, a leading world-wide sports
picture agency; Hulton Getty, one of the two largest privately owned collections of archival photography in the world; Liaison
Agency, a leading North American news and reportage agency; and Energy Film Library, one of the world's leading stock
footage companies.
Further information about Getty Images is available at www.getty-images.com. The Getty site includes links to each of the
following sites:
www.tonystone.com
www.photodisc.com
www.allsport.com
www.hultongetty.com
www.liaisonphoto.com
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