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| March 3rd, 2008 |
| Digital Railroad Names Tom Grina Chief Financial Officer |
Digital Railroad, a leading provider of Web-based application services for the professional photography industry, today announced the appointment of Thomas A. Grina to Chief Financial Officer.
A seasoned finance executive, Grina has over 20 years' experience leading financial organizations in the telecom and software industries. He'll play integral roles in overseeing Digital Railroad's finance organization, account management, and business and operating strategy.
"Tom brings a wealth of experience in growing entrepreneurial startups into successful companies," said Digital Railroad CEO Charles Mauzy. "His longtime experience as a CFO, in addition to the executive roles he's held at larger established companies, will be invaluable to our company."
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| August 6, 2007 |
| Digitalrailroad.net Marketplace Expands its Selection With Royalty-Free Images From Blend Images, Blue Jean Images, Design Pics, Eyecandy, I Love Images, Image Source, And Stock Connection |
Digital Railroad, the trusted provider of Web-based archiving and marketing services for the professional photography industry, today announced the availability of an expanded selection of Royalty-Free (RF) images in Digitalrailroad.net® Marketplace TM. With a storefront dedicated exclusively to RF images, photo buyers can now quickly locate RF images in Marketplace from distinguished photographers and agencies worldwide who distribute RF images through Digitalrailroad.net the fastest-growing collection of high-quality content from professional photographers and agencies around the world.
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| May 3, 2007 |
| Partnerships With ADBASE, Hindsight Reiterates Digital Railroad's Commitment to Its Members |
Digital Railroad, the trusted provider of Web-based archiving and marketing services for the professional photography industry, today announced two partnerships with ADBASE Inc., and HindSight Ltd., to provide the professional photography community with tools that will streamline their back-office business processes and drive sales of their online image archives. These premium partnerships will further empower Digital Railroad's membership by providing access to a wealth of creative buyers, and services that manage licensing fees, contacts, and invoicing.
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| April 11, 2007 |
| Digital Railroad Unveils Marketplace Uniting the Fragmented Professional Photography Industry |
Digital Railroad, the trusted provider of Web-based archiving and marketing services for the professional photography industry, today announced the public beta launch of its online Marketplace (http://marketplace.digitalrailroad.net), empowering the professional photography community to more efficiently manage, market, and license professional photography while making it easier than ever for professional photo buyers to find and license images. Utilizing a sophisticated permission-based global search, editors and buyers are able to search members images in real-time, as they are contributed, by keyword, captions, community ratings and other relevant metadata.
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| March 21 , 2007 |
| The Virtual Picture Desk signs technology and services agreement with Digital Railroad |
| New York and Chicago -- Digital Railroad and The Virtual Picture Desk today announced that VPD has selected Digital Railroad as its technology partner for delivering syndicated content for its clients to their distributors and representatives worldwide. VPD will use Digital Railroad’s platform to syndicate image collections to a variety of VPD distribution channels. |
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| March 1 , 2007 |
| UPI Newspictures chooses Digital Railroad to power its historic image collection |
| New York and Washington, D.C. -- United Press International (UPI) has chosen Digital Railroad’s technology to distribute and license its Newspictures image collections. It will be the first time more than 300,000 historic UPI images will be presented digitally to the photo-buying public in one online searchable archive. The images include world events and exclusive collections of public figures from entertainment and politics. |
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| February 5, 2007 |
| Digital Railroad secures $10M to accelerate product development and expand internationally |
| New York -- Digital Railroad today announced it closed $10 million in Series B financing led by London-based venture firm DN Capital, with ongoing support from current investors. The funding will be used to accelerate product development, fuel the launch of the Digital Railroad Marketplace and open international offices, starting with Milan. |
| January 11, 2007 |
| Digital Railroad Names Mark Ippolito Vice President of Marketplace Image Sales |
| New York - Digital Railroad, a leading provider of Web-based application services for the professional photography industry, today announced the appointment of Mark Ippolito to Vice President, Marketplace Image Sales. A long-time photo-industry executive, Ippolito brings extensive background in business development, global sales and marketing to Digital Railroad's aggregated photo Marketplace. |
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| January 10, 2007 |
| Digital Railroad Releases Export Plug-in for Apple Aperture |
| New York and Seattle - Digital Railroad Inc., a leading provider of Web-based application services for the professional photography industry, announced release of its export plug-in for Apple Aperture. The new plug-in gives Digital Railroad members a one-click solution for transferring image files from Aperture version 1.5 directly into their archives powered by Digital Railroad. |
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| November 2 , 2006 |
| Digital Railroad and Jaincotech partner to provide premium keyword and scanning services to members |
| New York, NY and Solon, OH - Digital Railroad, Inc., a leading provider of Web-based application
services for the professional photography industry, and JaincoTech, the
recognized leader in integrated digital imaging services, today
announced a partnership to provide Digital Railroad members with the
highest quality keywording and outsourced image processing services. |
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| October 25, 2006 |
| Digital Railroad offers support for iView MediaPro to streamline photographers' workflow |
| Monterey, CA - 6SIGHT - Digital Railroad, Inc., a leading provider of Web-based application services for the professional photography industry, announced support for iView MediaPro from iView Multimedia Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary of Microsoft Corp., providing its members new tools and streamlined workflows. |
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| October 19, 2006 |
| Digital Railroad adds e-commerce features and simplifies buyers' jobs with unified cart |
| New York, NY – Digital Railroad announced today the implementation of secure e-commerce features that allow image buyers to purchase rights-managed and royalty-free images from any member’s archive by credit card, in one check-out cart. |
| March 6, 2006 |
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Blend Images selects Digital Railroad technology |
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New York, NY -- Digital Railroad today announced that Blend Images, which focuses on ethnically diverse business and lifestyle imagery, has chosen Digital Railroad’s technology as the solution to significantly improve productivity, while minimizing business and workflow costs. |
| February 12, 2006 |
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Digital Railroad names Paul Melcher as Vice President of Sales |
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New York, NY -- Digital Railroad announced that it has named Paul Melcher as Vice President of Sales. Melcher, a seasoned sales and technology entrepreneur, brings extensive European market experience with top photographers and agencies, building on the company’s executive team expertise in the global photo industry. |
| February 12, 2006 |
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Digital Railroad names Paul Ryall as Vice President of Marketing |
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New York, NY -- Digital Railroad announced that it has named Paul Ryall as Vice President of Marketing. In his leadership role, Paul will be responsible for the company’s worldwide marketing presence. He is a seasoned marketing executive with an entrepreneurial spirit and a successful track record in growth initiatives for stock photography and technology businesses. |
| November 15, 2005 |
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Digital Railroad appoints 30-year photo industry veteran Charles Mauzy president |
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New York, NY -- Digital Railroad today announced the appointment of Microsoft executive Charles Mauzy to President. He brings extensive domain knowledge to the company from his background as a photographer, photo agent, entrepreneur, technologist and executive. He will open Digital Railroad’s Seattle office, where he will be responsible for growing the company’s sales, marketing and operations. |
| September 3 , 2005 |
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Digital Railroad presents 4SEE, Veras and Stephen Alvarez |
Perpignan, France -- At this year's prestigious Visa Pour L'Image festival, 4SEE Photo, Veras Images, and National Geographic photographer Stephen Alvarez discussed how Digital Railroad minimizes their production costs and enables them to efficiently distribute their images around the world.
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| From left: Photographer Stephen Alvarez, Veras Images photographer Neil Harris and 4SEE photographer Luis Catarino discuss the benefits of the Digital Railroad photo archive system at a Visa Pour L'Image 2005 press conference. |
| June 14 , 2005 |
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Digital Railroad raises $5.2 million from Morgenthaler and Venrock |
New York, New York -- Digital Railroad, Inc., the leading provider of Web-based application services for the professional photography industry, announced that it has secured $5.2 million in venture capital from Morgenthaler Ventures (www.morgenthaler.com) and Venrock Associates (www.venrock.com).
Digital Railroad will use the “Series A” funding to expand its online photo management, distribution and archiving platform. The company has developed a unique suite of Web-based services that enable professional photographers and photo agencies to manage, market, and sell their images with greater efficiency than with existing solutions. |
| April 25, 2005 |
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Stock Agency Ambient Images Chooses Digital Railroad |
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Los Angeles, California -- Digital Railroad, Inc., today announced that Ambient Images, a stock agency that specializes in images of New York and California, has chosen Digital Railroad technology and services to power their online photo archive. Ambient's New York Stock photo image collection, www.digitalrailroad.net/newyorkstockphoto, offers a vast selection of New York landmarks, neighborhoods, skylines, aerials and more. Ambient's California Stock Photo, www.digitalrailroad.net/californiastockphoto, covers the state from top to bottom, including cityscapes and landscapes, mountaintops and deserts, coastlines, wineries, freeways and main streets. |
| February 20, 2005 |
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Capture and Store on Lexar Cards; Edit and Sell through Digital Railroad |
Orlando, Florida -- Lexar Media, Inc. (Nasdaq: LEXR), a world leader in advanced digital media technologies, today announced a collaboration with Digital Railroad to more quickly make images available to customers worldwide. Aimed at professional photographers and photo agencies, the improved system leverages Lexar’s ActiveMemory System™ (AMS), a technology designed to improve photographers' workflow in and out of the photo studio. The new cooperative solution saves much time usually reserved for administrative functions, such as adding copyright and captioning information, and simplifies the process of making content available to customers.
View Digital Railroad and Lexar Workflow Technology [PDF, 1.2 MB]
View Digital Railroad Archive Directory at Lexar |
| February 13, 2005 |
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Digital Railroad Unveils Rights-Managed Photo Feeds at DEMO 2005 |
| Scottsdale, Arizona -- Digital Railroad, Inc., demonstrated its rights-managed Photo Feeds at the prestigious DEMO@15 conference, providing individual photographers and photo agencies with the technology and distribution power of a major photo wire service. |
From left: Digital Railroad CEO Evan Nisselson; photojournalist Rick Smolan, the creator of the bestselling "Day in the Life" books; and Digital Railroad CTO Andy Parsons as they demonstrate "Photo Feeds" at DEMO@15, the premier conference for new technologies. Photo copyright Asa Mathat.
View Digital Railroad's DEMO@15 Presentation Video
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| January 18, 2005 |
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Redux Pictures Selects Digital Railroad |
| New York, New York -- Redux Pictures, the agency founded by respected picture editor Marcel Saba, has chosen Digital Railroad technology and services for their photo archive. Redux specializes in compelling portraits and award-winning reportage. |
| January 16, 2005 |
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Stock Artists Alliance Partners With Digital Railroad |
| New York, New York -- Stock Artists Alliance, a global trade association dedicated to the interests of Rights Managed stock photographers, has partnered with Digital Railroad to provide a special offer to SAA members. |
| January 15, 2005 |
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Eyevine Selects Digital Railroad |
| London, England -- Eyevine, an editorial and assignment agency based in London, has chosen Digital Railroad technology and services to power their photo archive. Eyevine provides photographers and photo agencies an alternative through which to syndicate their work effectively to clients around the world. Eyevine uses the latest digital tools together with a combination of traditional sub agents, portals and direct-to-client sales to license the images it represents. |
| January 13, 2005 |
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Digital Railroad Chosen to Present at Prestigious Technology Conference, DEMO@15 |
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Scottsdale, Arizona -- Digital Railroad, Inc., today announced it has been selected to present next month at DEMO 2005, the prestigious, invitation-only technology conference. The annual DEMO conferences focus on emerging technologies and new products, which are hand-selected from across the spectrum of the technology marketplace. The DEMO conferences have earned their reputation for consistently identifying tomorrow's cutting-edge technologies, and have served as launch pad events for companies such as Palm, E*Trade, Handspring, and U.S. Robotics, helping them to secure venture funding, establish critical business relationships, and influence early adopters. Each DEMO conference features approximately 70 new companies, products and technologies. |
| December 29, 2004 |
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Jiwafoto Selects Digital Railroad |
| Jakarta, Indonesia -- JiwaFoto, an assignment and stock photo agency representing award-winning international photographers across Asia, has chosen Digital Railroad technology and services for their photo archive. |
| December 29, 2004 |
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Advertising Photographers of America Partners with Digital Railroad |
| New York, New York -- Advertising Photographers of America, a trade association that promotes and protects the interests of commercial, editorial and corporate photographers, has partnered with Digital Railroad to provide a special offer to APA members. |
| December 8, 2004 |
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VII Launches New Archive Powered by Digital Railroad |
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Paris, France -- The renowned VII photo agency, representing some of the top photojournalists and documentary photographers in the world, has launched a new photo archive powered by Digital Railroad. The archive has been incorporated into VII's own site design. |
| November 29, 2004 |
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Tom Stack & Associates Select Digital Railroad |
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Key Largo, Florida -- Tom Stack & Associates, an agency spealizing in wildlife, underwater, space and environmental images, has selected Digital Railroad technology and services for their photo archive. |
| November 27, 2004 |
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Editorial Photographers Partners with Digital Railroad |
| New York, New York -- Editorial Photographers, a non-profit organization dedicated to improving the health and profitability of editorial photography, has partnered with Digital Railroad to provide a special offer to EP members. |
| September 8, 2004 |
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| Kabul, Afghanistan -- Digital Railroad Inc., announced today that AINA Photo, Afghanistan's first photo press agency, has selected Digital Railroad technology. |
September 3, 2004
Visa Pour L'Image Photojournalism Festival - Perpignan, France
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| Digital Railroad CEO Evan Nisselson announces that the VII, AINA, and Webistan photo agencies, along with the FifityCrows Foundation, will be using Digital Railroad technology to organize, share, or sell imagery. Seated, from left, are: Manoocher Deghati, award-winning photographer and founder of the AINA Photo division; Reza, world-renowned photojournalist, National Geographic contract photographer and AINA founder; Nisselson; photographer John Stanmeyer of the VII agency; and Andy Patrick, founder and executive director of the FiftyCrows Foundation. |
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