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Award-Winning Minneapolis Star Tribune Joins ZUMA
June 15, 2005 - Laguna Beach, CA - ZUMA Press, America's largest independent picture agency, proudly announces representation of the leading Minnesota daily, the Star Tribune. Today's deal gives ZUMA worldwide rights to represent the paper's daily picture production plus years of award-winning news, feature, sports and business coverage. Representing Star Tribune content expands the picture wire's newspaper syndication division by formalizing a long-running relationship between ZUMA and the leading Midwest daily.
"Of all the photo agencies I've worked with I found ZUMA to be by far the best," said Peter Koeleman, Star Tribune director of photography. "They are consummate professionals. When the Iraqi coffin photo was published in the Seattle Times, their photo editor called me to ask which agency I thought would be fair and treat the photographer honestly and with respect. I did not hesitate to recommend ZUMA. I look forward to a good working relationship with them in the future," he said.
This is the second Mc Clatchy Company paper ZUMA has signed--the agency began representing the Sacramento Bee in 2003. ZUMA also represents the picture content of a dozen other major publications, including national sports weekly The Sporting News, Florida's prolific Palm Beach Post, Texas' diverse and ever-strong daily the San Antonio Express-News, London's large and dynamic Daily Mail, Spain's main daily ABC and Canada's largest newspaper and paper of record, the Toronto Star.
"I am extremely proud to announce today's deal with the Star Tribune," said Scott Mc Kiernan, director and founder of ZUMA Press. "The work that comes out of Peter's staff always amazes me for its elegance and journalistic depth. I look forward to letting the world appreciate their images as their credit line and pictures grace the pages of hundreds of weeklies and dailies around the world," he said.
The Star Tribune has a long history of excellent documentary photography. In 2005, its standing was enhanced by several important national awards. Jim Gehrz was named Newspaper Photographer of the Year by National Press Photographers Association (NPPA) and National Photographer of the Year by Scripps-Howard. His work was also a finalist in the Pulitzer competition and was showcased as part of ZUMA's elite photojournalism essay division, zReportage.com. NPPA honored Renee Jones for a sports feature photo and Brian Peterson and Vickie Kettlewell for photo editing. Rich Tsong-Taatarii won the photo shoot competition at Unity 2004.
In the weeks ahead, the "Best Of" the Star Tribune's picture archive will be loaded into ZUMA's e-commerce Website (ZUMApress.com) and made available for immediate syndication by editors worldwide.
About ZUMA Press
Incorporated in 1995 by photojournalists for photojournalists, ZUMA Pres is now the world's largest independent press agency and wire service. Establishing the first Website for image download back in early '90s, ZUMA now represents over 1,200 photographers worldwide and 33 of the best picture agencies around the globe, as well as over three dozen major newspapers. ZUMA photographers have won numerous awards, including the Pulitzer, World Press, BOP and POY.
ZUMA properties include: Bearing Witness Book Series, picture books that have to seen; DOUBLEtruck magazine, the ultimate showcase of cutting-edge photojournalism; Keystone Picture Agency, the best visual history of the 20th century and beyond; KONA Pictures, art and commerce with flair; zReportage.com, the high-end, elite photojournalism service; and ZUMA Press, the flagship premium wire service for news, entertainment and sports pictures!
For more information, visit ZUMApress.com.
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