epa european pressphoto agency and Landov Media announce strategic co-operation

epa european pressphoto agency and Landov Media announce strategic co-operation

Frankfurt and New York, July 29, 2010

The european pressphoto agency epa and Landov Media announced the conclusion of a long-term strategic co-operation agreement today.

Under the agreement Landov will become epa's distribution partner for the licensing of epa's daily newsphoto service of 1000 images per day as well as the epa archive.

“Landov has built an excellent name as a top service provider for the industry.” said Jörg Schierenbeck, President & CEO of epa. "We are convinced that the agreement will soon prove its worth for the North American picture market."

"We are very pleased to offer epa’s unique images to our clients," said Patricia Lantis, Executive Director of Landov. "And our customer base is as enthusiastic as we are with this fresh view of news photography from around the world."

About epa: epa built a name as the leading newsphoto source from Europe since its founding in 1985. epa is owned by 11 of Europe's finest news and pictures agencies, and the cream of their current newsphotos forms part of the epa product. On May 1, 2003, the agency went one step further and set up its own world-wide network of photographers. Today, an average of 1000 epa pictures per day reach hundreds of newspapers and other subscribers on all continents. epa photos have been awarded prestigious prizes in Europe, Asia, North America and Africa.

About Landov: Landov was founded in New York in 2002 and has grown to become one of the leading digital image sources in the North American market. Delivering over 4,000 news, entertainment, sports and feature photos each day, it has become a trusted source of still photography and video to much of the editorial world.

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