In the maize of round ups at the end of 2006 there was a stock photo industry comment that deserves mention. For those who follow the stock photo industry the Stock Asylum round-up is a good read. It shows the depth and breadth of what happened in this industry and illustrates that while many think the industry is Corbis, Getty and Jupiterimages, that the industry does have lots of other vibrant players.

Workbook Stock is a Rights Managed collection that Jupiterimages purchased in June 2006. It is considered by many in the stock photo industry to be the finest general interest RM collection in the world. It had been distributed through Getty Images, but now is found exclusively through Jupiterimages and select distributors worldwide. Combined with our acquisition of Picture Arts' RM collections (FoodPix, Botanica, NonStock) in 2005, we now have one of the better RM collections in the world backed by many superb career professionals and photographers.