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ZUMA Press Scores License Agreement with Canada's Largest Daily - The Toronto Star
A century of stellar photographs - including the "Black Hawk Down" series by renowned photojournalist Paul Watson.
Laguna Beach, CA - April 3, 2003
ZUMA Press, Inc. (www.ZUMApress.com), one of the world's leading providers of editorial photography, and the Toronto Star, Canada's largest daily newspaper, today announced an agreement giving ZUMA Press world-wide licensing rights to the Toronto Star's entire editorial image archive. As part of the partnership The Toronto Star supplements the collection daily with its award winning coverage.
The Toronto Star Picture Library dates back to 1892, including the timely 1994 Pulitzer Prize "Black Hawk Down" photo by Paul Watson, of a US Soldier's body being dragged through the streets of Mogadishu, Somalia.
As well as Pulitzer photography, the Toronto Star's collection is deep and varied in national and international news stories, politicians, celebrities and business leaders from Canada & around the World; exceptional feature & reportage picture stories; full coverage of Afghanistan War in 2001; major league sports; Toronto Film Festival and much much more.
"The Toronto Star has a highly desirable collection of photography that we are honored to represent," said Scott Mc Kiernan, Director of ZUMA Press.
"We are seeing a spike in interest in the "Black Hawk Down" images given the parallel concerns over treatment of American POWs in Iraq," he said. (Fresh on the newsstands, see this week's TIME's page 63 story titled 'Playing by Mogadishu Rules' is illustrated with one of the images in that award winning series.) According to Mc Kiernan, " 'Black Hawk Down' images are the tip of the iceberg, Toronto Star visual content is appearing proudly everywhere around the globe via ZUMA Press, now thanks to this partnership! "
About The Toronto Star
Toronto Star founded in 1892, is Canada's largest daily newspaper, reaching more than 2.2 million readers weekly.
For 110 years, the Toronto Star has woven itself into the fabric of the growing city, becoming an indelible part of the expanding community. It's a newspaper that looks through the eyes of its readers to the city, the province and the country.
The Star has won over 90 National Newspaper Awards in the 50-year history of the awards, the most of any news organization.
The Star is published seven days a week in the Greater Toronto Area and is a division of the Torstar Media Group, which is a wholly owned subsidiary of Torstar Corporation. www.thestar.com
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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