Corbis Partners with Latin Stock to Expand Global Network into Latin America.Business Editors SEATTLE & BUENOS AIRES Buenos Aires (bwā`nəs ī`rēz, âr`ēz, Span. bwā`nōs ī`rās), city and federal district (1991 pop. , Argentina--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 2, 2001 Corbis' image licensing division for creative professionals (www.corbis.com) and Latin Stock (www.latinstock.com), an independent network of picture agencies based in the Latin American markets of the world, announced their partnership in Latin America Latin America, the Spanish-speaking, Portuguese-speaking, and French-speaking countries (except Canada) of North America, South America, Central America, and the West Indies. to provide digital images from the Corbis (R) collection to creative professionals and picture editors in the Latin American picture market. Latin Stock will exclusively supply images in the Corbis collections to its clients in all countries of Latin America and the Caribbean. The region serviced will be from Mexico to Argentina, including Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Venezuela, Peru, Costa Rica Costa Rica (kŏs`tə rē`kə), officially Republic of Costa Rica, republic (2005 est. pop. 4,016,000), 19,575 sq mi (50,700 sq km), Central America. , Uruguay and the Dominican Republic Dominican Republic (dəmĭn`ĭkən), republic (2005 est. pop. 8,950,000), 18,700 sq mi (48,442 sq km), West Indies, on the eastern two thirds of the island of Hispaniola. The capital and largest city is Santo Domingo. . This partnership demonstrates the common will of Corbis and Latin Stock to develop digitally enabled networks of image distribution, to meet the growing needs of the image professionals. "Latin Stock has always been a strong partner for The Stock Market(R) and Sharpshooters(R), two agencies recently acquired by Corbis, in providing commercial photography to the professional market. Now, with the agency's ability to license content from the full Corbis Collection, we expect to significantly enhance our services to clients throughout Latin America," said Bruce Bruce, Scottish royal family descended from an 11th-century Norman duke, Robert de Brus. He aided William I in his conquest of England (1066) and was given lands in England. Chesebrough, Vice-President, Creative Professional Segment. "Latin Stock will continue to represent The Stock Market and Sharpshooters in Latin America, as we have done for eight years, and we will increase our offering by including Outline, Bettmann, fine art and the work of over 3000 other photographers available through the Corbis website. This significantly increases the options our clients will have to meet their picture needs. At the same time, we will honor As a verb, to accept a bill of exchange, or to pay a note, check, or accepted bill, at maturity. To pay or to accept and pay, or, where a credit so engages, to purchase or discount a draft complying with the terms of the draft. all our agreements with our suppliers, and keep our corporate independence," said Marcelo Brodsky, President of Latin Stock. About Latin Stock Latin Stock is a network of independent picture agencies based in Latin Markets. It was founded in 1986 in Argentina, and then extended to Brazil, Chile, Spain, Mexico and all major Spanish speaking markets of the world plus Brazil. In all these markets, Latin Stock has local offices, with local partners that take care of running the operations. The central office of the network is in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The shareholders of the companies are 100% Latin American and Spanish. The network represents multiple suppliers from around the world, including picture agencies from the US, the UK, France, Germany and Spain. In all the Latin Markets, the members of the Latin Stock network have leading market positions. Among them, Focus Argentina, Fotobanco Chile, Stock Photos Brazil, Ideas Stock Venezuela and Latin Stock Mexico. For more information about Latin Stock and its services visit our websites at www.stockphotos.com.br, www.focus.com.ar or www.latinstock.com. About Corbis(R) Corbis(R) -- The Place for Pictures Online(TM) -- is the definitive destination for photography and fine art in the digital age. With 65 million images -- 2.1 million on line -- it is the leading provider of digital images to the creative professional, commercial, business and consumer markets. Corbis is also the world's leading news photography agency. The company uses its extensive Internet technology to allow customers to quickly and conveniently access and purchase images. Headquartered in Seattle, with offices in New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. 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