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December 6, 2005 SuperStock Royalty-Free Brand, Purestock, Grows to 16,000 Images; Now Represented by Over 115 Global Distributors Jacksonville, FL—December 6, 2005—SuperStock, Inc. a subsidiary of a21, Inc. ("a21") (OTCBB: ATWO), a leading online digital content marketplace for creative professionals, today announced, the company's Royalty-Free (RF) brand, Purestock (www.purestock.com), is experiencing solid growth in both the number of images available for sale and the number of global distributors carrying the brand.
December 2, 2005 Stock Agents Target Web Infringers Photo District News Convinced that image theft in cyberspace may be costing them millions of dollars in lost revenue every year, stock photo agencies are pursuing unauthorized image users with newfound resolve—and some powerful technology.
November 29, 2005 a21 Reports Third Quarter Financial Results Jacksonville, FL—November 29, 2005—a21, Inc. ("a21") (OTCBB: ATWOE), a leading online digital content marketplace for creative professionals, today announced financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2005.
November 16, 2005 SuperStock Launches New Website to Support UK Expansion Launch of SuperStock.co.uk is part of Overall Integration Plan Targeted at UK Market Jacksonville, FL, and London, United Kingdom—November 16, 2005—SuperStock, Inc., a subsidiary of a21, Inc. ("a21") (OTCBB: ATWO), a leading online digital content marketplace for creative professionals, today announced the launch of SuperStock.co.uk, the company's new UK web site.
October 25, 2005 SuperStock Names Candice Crough VP of Direct Sales Responsible for US and UK Sales Territories Jacksonville, FL—October 25, 2005—SuperStock, Inc., a subsidiary of a21, Inc. ("a21") (OTCBB: ATWO), a leading online digital content marketplace for creative professionals, today announced that it has named industry veteran Candice Crough as Vice President of Direct Sales, a new position within the company reporting to Thomas V. Butta, Vice Chairman and President of a21 and SuperStock Chief Executive Officer.
October 24, 2005 Alternative Strategy For Subscription A21 has acquired Ingram, a UK-based provider with a file of approximately 100,000 images that are offered for licensing by subscription, as CD-ROM or as single-image RF.
October 12, 2005 A21 Buys UK Subscription Service . . . Stock Asylum Staff Report The Stock Asylum The acquisition of a United Kingdom stock supplier will move a21 and its subsidiary SuperStock into the subscription stock photography market along with competitors like JupiterImages, Getty Images, Index Stock and others.
October 12, 2005 A21 Acquires Ingram, Giving It A New RF Subscription Service By Daryl Lang Photo District News Another stock agency has gotten behind the royalty-free subscription model. A21, the parent company of SuperStock, announced today that it has acquired U.K.-based Ingram Publishing, a provider of royalty-free images and CDs.
October 12, 2005 a21 Acquires Ingram Publishing Limited New Subscription Offering, Solid Royalty-Free Brand and European Presence Are Keys to Purchase Jacksonville, FL—October 12, 2005—a21, Inc. ("a21") (OTCBB: ATWO), a leading online digital content marketplace for creative professionals, today announced it has acquired Ingram Publishing Limited, a UK-based provider of subscription, CD and individual Royalty-Free images as well as vector graphics and fonts, vehicle outline templates, and print price guides for the worldwide graphics design, printing, sign-making, advertising and publishing communities. a21 projects this acquisition to be accretive to its earnings and cash flow.
October 7, 2005 a21 Closes on $3.2 Million in Financing Jacksonville, FL—October 7, 2005—a21, Inc. ("a21") (OTCBB: ATWO), a leading online digital content marketplace for creative professionals, today announced it has raised $3.2 million through the sale of the company's common stock.
September 26, 2005 SuperStock and Art.com to Supply Consumer Market with Unique Contemporary, Fine Art and Vintage Images Jacksonville, FL—September 26, 2005—SuperStock, Inc., a subsidiary of a21, Inc. ("a21") (OTCBB: ATWO), a leading online digital content marketplace for creative professionals, today announced an agreement with Art.com, the leading web-based, direct-to-consumer supplier of prints, posters, photographs, pre-framed art, original art and photography and custom framing.
September 22, 2005 WireImage Dips A Toe Into Commercial Stock By Daryl Lang Photo District News WireImage, a picture service known for dishing up celebrity and sports images to editorial clients, has quietly launched a new commercial stock photography web site.
September 22, 2005 WireImage Brings SuperStock's Purestock Images To Worldwide Publishing Organizations Jacksonville, FL—September 22, 2005—SuperStock, Inc., a subsidiary of a21, Inc. ("a21") (OTCBB: ATWO), a leading online digital content marketplace for creative professionals, today announced an agreement with WireImage, a leading digital photographic press agency and wire service and one of the largest entertainment and sports photo wire services in the United States.
September 21, 2005 The Consolidation Shuffle . . . By Ron Rovtar Managing Editor The Stock Asylum Everything seemed so much more cordial 15 months ago when The Stock Asylum published its first article about the current wave of stock industry consolidations.
September 21, 2005 a21 Reports Second Quarter Financial Results Jacksonville, FL—September 21, 2005—a21, Inc. ("a21") (OTCBB: ATWO), a leading online digital content marketplace for creative professionals, today announced financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2005.
September 7, 2005 NewsCom To Offer SuperStock's Purestock Collection of Royalty-Free Images Jacksonville, FL—September 7, 2005—SuperStock, Inc., a subsidiary of a21, Inc. ("a21") (OTCBB: ATWO), a leading online digital content marketplace for creative professionals, today announced an agreement with NewsCom (http://www.newscom.com), a joint venture of Knight Ridder (NYSE:KRI) and Tribune Media Services (TMS) (NYSE: TRB) and a leader in providing publishers with high quality content from a variety of sources.
June 18, 2005 SuperStock uses PicScout to track image cheats "We regard protecting our artists against copyright infringement as essential to our relationship with our artists," says Haim Ariav, President and Chief Creative Officer of SuperStock. Working with PicScout is an important part of SuperStock's continuing commitment to protecting the economic interests of our artist partners and their valuable work. "
June 14, 2005 Controlling Copyright Infringement . . . By Haim Ariav & Ze'ev Rozov Special to The Stock Asylum An Illinois pharmacist recently decided to establish an online presence. He hired a freelance designer to create a web site for his pharmacy, illustrated with several medical photographs. The designer was paid and the site went live. The pharmacist was pleased with the results. His customers complimented him on the site and it even generated some additional business. Things were going exactly as planned.
June 13, 2005 A.D. "Bud" Albers Joins a21 Board of Directors Former Getty Images CTO sees a21/SuperStock Driving Next Generation of Digital Media Content Delivery Jacksonville, FL—June 13, 2005—a21, Inc. ("a21") (OTCBB: ATWO), a leading online digital content marketplace for creative professionals, today announced it has named A.D. "Bud" Albers to its Board of Directors.
May 24, 2005 SuperStock Names Susan O'Brien VP of Global Channel and Product Management Jacksonville, FL—May 24, 2005—SuperStock, Inc., a subsidiary of a21, Inc. ("a21") (OTCBB: ATWO), a leading online digital content marketplace for creative professionals, today announced that it has named industry veteran Susan O'Brien as Vice President of Global Channel and Product Management, a new position within the company.
May 17, 2005 a21 Names William E. Murphy IV as VP and CFO Jacksonville, FL—May 17, 2005—a21, Inc. ("a21") (OTCBB: ATWO), a leading online digital content marketplace for creative professionals, today announced it has appointed William E. Murphy IV as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Murphy joins a21 from Phoenix Products, a manufacturing and construction firm, where he served as CFO.
May 17, 2005 a21 Reports First Quarter Financial Results Jacksonville, FL—May 17, 2005—a21, Inc. ("a21") (OTCBB: ATWO), a leading online digital content marketplace for creative professionals, today announced financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2005.
May 13, 2005 SuperStock Launches Purestock RF Collection SuperStock, Inc., a subsidiary of a21, Inc. has unveiled the new royalty-free brand called "Purestock". Purestock is aimed at an under-serviced niche in the RF market as RF suppliers not only expand their content offerings but seek to reach customers at a greater and greater variety of price points.
May 10, 2005 SuperStock Announces SuperStock UK Powerstock subsidiary becomes SuperStock UK in International Expansion Jacksonville, FL—May 10, 2005—SuperStock, Inc., a subsidiary of a21, Inc. ("a21") (OTCBB: ATWO), a leading image provider to advertisers, graphic designers, and publishers, today announced that Powerstock, its subsidiary in the United Kingdom, will formally change its name to SuperStock UK (http://www.superstock.co.uk) effective immediately. SuperStock acquired Powerstock in March 2002 and retained the Powerstock name, merging its SuperStock UK operations into the acquired company.
May 5, 2005 SuperStock Launches Purestock RF Collection Delivers on Price, Quality and Range of Imagery Jacksonville, FL—May 5, 2005—SuperStock, Inc., a subsidiary of a21, Inc. ("a21") (OTCBB: ATWO), a leading image provider to advertisers, graphic designers, and publishers, today unveiled the new "Purestock" royalty-free brand. The Purestock royalty-free brand is designed to provide the professional creative community with quality images at the highest resolutions and with competitive pricing. Purestock's first ten CD titles cover a wide range of categories including lifestyle, business, education and sports.
April 19, 2005 SuperStock Supports Catskill Fly Fishing Center & Museum's "Flies from New Zealand" Exhibit with Donated Images Jacksonville, FL—April 19, 2005—SuperStock, Inc., a subsidiary of a21, Inc. ("a21") (OTCBB: ATWO), a leading online digital content marketplace, today announced the donation of a number of its images to the Catskill Fly Fishing Center & Museum for display in its current exhibit, "Flies from New Zealand" on display at the Museum through December 31, 2005.
April 13, 2005 SuperStock Names Paul Ryall VP of Marketing Jacksonville, FL—April 13, 2005—SuperStock, Inc., a subsidiary of a21, Inc. ("a21") (OTCBB: ATWO), a leading online digital content marketplace, today announced it has named industry veteran Paul Ryall as Vice President of Marketing, effective immediately. Ryall will be responsible for all SuperStock marketing activities.
April 4, 2005 a21 Reports Fourth Quarter and Full Year Financial Results Jacksonville, FL—April 4, 2005—a21, Inc. ("a21") (OTCBB: ATWO), a leading online digital content marketplace for creative professionals, today reported financial results for the fourth quarter and fiscal year ended December 31, 2004.
March 31, 2005 SuperStock & PicScout—CASE STUDY SUPERSTOCK PROTECTS ARTISTS WORK WITH PICSCOUT IMAGE TRACKER SuperStock, a subsidiary of a21 (OTCBB: ATWO), is a leading digital content marketplace for the professional creative community. It delivers high quality images and exceptional customer service. Together a21 and SuperStock (www.superstock.com) provide a whole new level of image access to the best photographers, artists, photography agencies and customers in the business, offering a valuable and viable choice in the stock image industry.
March 9, 2005 SuperStock Achieves One Million Image Mark; Adds Enhanced Accessibility and Search Features Expansion key to effort to lead stock industry Jacksonville, FL—March 9, 2005—SuperStock, Inc., a subsidiary of a21, Inc. ("a21") (OTCBB: ATWO), a leading online digital content marketplace, today announced that its collection of images surpassed the one million mark.
February 24, 2005 a21 Announces Completion of $2.25mm Financing New Long-Term Notes Provide Favorable Terms, Repay Debt and Increase Working Capital Jacksonville, FL—February 24, 2005—a21, Inc. ("a21") (OTCBB: ATWO), a leading online digital content marketplace for creative professionals, today announced that it has completed a $2.25mm financing in the form of two-year interest only senior (non-convertible) secured notes and retired $1.25mm of its two-year convertible subordinated notes issued in conjunction with its acquisition of its SuperStock subsidiary in February 2004. The financing improves a21's financial position and flexibility with more favorable terms and increased working capital.
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