Corbis Brings Pictures to Online Consumers as a Microsoft Internet Explorer 5 Launch Partner.

SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 18, 1999--

Corbis(R) Picture Experience, Corbis' Proprietary Picture Search

Engine, Will be Promoted by Microsoft to Millions of Internet

Explorer 5 Users as a Preferred Picture Search Engine

Corbis, the place for pictures on the Internet (www.corbis.com), today announced a strategic relationship with Microsoft Corp. (www.microsoft.com), to bring online consumers fast and easy access to the images in the world-renowned Corbis Collection.

As a part of the strategic relationship, users of Microsoft Internet Explorer 5 will enjoy easy access to the Corbis Picture Experience, Corbis' proprietary picture search engine of over 500,000 digital images in the coming weeks. From Corbis Picture Experience, online consumers can send custom Corbis e-Cards and purchase photographic prints of images ranging from fine art to celebrity.

Corbis Picture Experience is also available to consumers as the preferred picture search engine through Microsoft Internet Explorer versions 3.0 and 4.0.

"Corbis is excited to be working with Microsoft as a preferred picture search engine for Internet Explorer 5," said David Rheins, vice president of Corbis Productions.

"By combining the technologies of Corbis and Microsoft Internet Explorer 5, we are able to provide seamless delivery of exciting digital e-cards to a wider audience and a much-desired outlet to digital imagery. In addition, Internet Explorer's fast performance provides even more online consumers with an opportunity to gain easy access to the Corbis Collection."

Consumer Benefits

Through the search icon of Internet Explorer 5, consumers will now have a direct link to Corbis Picture Experience, allowing access to 500,000 of the world's most significant images. The Corbis Collection includes images of contemporary and historical celebrities, classic black and white historical photography and world-famous fine art.

Through Corbis Picture Experience, consumers have the ability to access all of Corbis' consumer offerings, including the creation of custom Corbis e-Cards, the purchase of prints and posters or the purchase of images for their personal use.

"Microsoft's goal with Internet Explorer 5 is to provide customers with a faster and easier way to access all the offerings of the Internet," said Yusuf Mehdi, director of Windows marketing, Microsoft. "We are excited that the Corbis Picture Experience will be easily accessible to users of Internet Explorer 5 so that they can enjoy a more complete Web experience."

Corbis' 1999 Distribution Strategy

In 1999, Corbis has entered an array of distribution alliances, designed to provide online consumers with improved access to the Corbis Collection. Since January, Corbis has announced three agreements designed to provide a broader online audience with the ability to send, purchase and download images. -0-

--   Corbis' agreement with the MSN Expedia travel service provides a
     special gallery of travel-related e-postcards for Expedia
     customers. (2/99)
--   Corbis' broadband offering through @Home has brought enhanced
     access of the Corbis Collection to a wider online audience, while
     maximizing the @Home Network's 'Making Pictures' destination.
     (2/99)
--   Through Digital River's online retailer network, Corbis' Digital
     Picture Packs can now be purchased and downloaded, allowing
     consumers to purchase Corbis' digital images for personal,
     non-commercial use. (3/99)

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About Corbis

Corbis is a privately-owned company that provides visual content and services to creative professionals and consumers through innovative digital technologies. The Corbis Collection -- 25 million images, with more than 1.4 million available online -- contains the world's most significant photography and art from more than 1,500 creative sources, including Ansel Adams, The Bettmann Archive, UPI, The National Gallery--London and The State Hermitage Museum, as well as leading celebrity, commercial and editorial photographers.

Corbis Images (www.corbisimages.com) -- Corbis' image licensing division targeting creative professionals -- provides its customers with leading visual solutions and customer service across a wide spectrum of imagery from the Corbis Collection, which features traditionally licensed and royalty-free images.

Corbis also creates innovative visual products for online consumers. The Corbis Picture Experience, the Corbis Print and Poster Store, Corbis features and other innovative online consumer products all showcase the Corbis Collection, making www.corbis.com the Place for Pictures on the Internet.

Corbis is based in Seattle, with offices in New York, London, Los Angeles and San Diego. For more information about Corbis and its products and services, call 800/260-0444, 425/641-4505, fax [phone], or visit the Web site at www.corbis.com.

Note to Editors: Corbis is either a registered trademark or trademark of Corbis Corp. in the United States and/or other countries