:. back to News Releases Menu For immediate release October 13, 2005 For more information, contact: Pat Hunt 212-929-4644 800-729-7466 jpath@indexstock.com Jan M. Guszynski Marketing Director Tribune Media Services (312) 222-4717 jguszynski@tribune.com Index Stock Imagery and NewsCom Expand Their Relationship NewsCom Will Represent IndexOpen New York, October 13, 2005 — Index Stock Imagery, www.indexstock.com is pleased to build upon its longstanding relationship with NewsCom, www.newscom.com, in two new ventures. NewsCom will represent the Royalty Free subscription product, IndexOpen, www.indexopen.com, to its world media customers, giving them the opportunity to access 80,000 high quality images in a subscription model. IndexOpen was launched last fall and has more than tripled its image offering with no additional cost to the customer. The offer of high-resolution images in all categories and subject matter has been extremely successful for graphic designers. Index Stock has also provided NewsCom with a large selection of additional Rights Managed images for their site, including contemporary lifestyle, travel, business, industry, education, historic and science, now totaling close to 200,000. "NewsCom's distribution of our Rights Managed digital content to their vast array of online customers is a perfect venue for Index imagery. We are also excited to make IndexOpen available via NewsCom. This is an ideal alliance," says Peter McCluskey, VP of Distribution at Index. "NewsCom is pleased to expand our relationship with Index Stock to offer our media customers additional images from their prestigious collection, along with new content from IndexOpen and their Royalty-Free subscription product," said Bill Creighton, General Manager of NewsCom. About NewsCom NewsCom licenses and distributes digital content from 85 providers for editorial and commercial use. A joint venture of Tribune Media Services and Knight Ridder, NewsCom is a one-stop, one-password resource for the global publishing industry. NewsCom's recently upgraded and redesigned digital content Web site offers photos, graphics, news text, full-length text features and stock images. Leading content partners include Reuters, Getty Images, AFP, New York Times Syndicate, Washington Post Writers Group, TASS, Notimex, ZUMA, Tribune Media Services, Knight Ridder/Tribune, Kyodo News International and UPI. About Index Stock Imagery Index Stock Imagery has a broad, deep library, composed solely of images contributed by independent artists and agents. Index does not own or create its own images. The company is a major International player in the stock photo industry, with 1,700 contributing artists, a 900,000+ image library, and more than 100 distributors. Its library includes more than 200,000 royalty free images and more than 20,000 illustrations. Index offers its images through both single license and subscription products and also supports a complete suite of Web Service interfaces. The Company maintains a corporate blog with more information about its artists, partners, and history at www.indexstockimagery.com. Index Stock Imagery, Inc. is a registered trademark.

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