crestock acquires Corbis

xxabi · #1 (**permalink**) 04-01-2008, 07:43 PM

Crestock Stock Photos Acquires Corbis for $625 million | Crestock

incredible!

ajn · #2 (**permalink**) 04-01-2008, 07:56 PM

On April 1st... Unlikely ;-)

xxabi · #3 (**permalink**) 04-01-2008, 08:03 PM

uah!!!

In Spain doesn't exist fools day

I forgot about it!

orchidpoet · #4 (**permalink**) 04-01-2008, 09:11 PM

Yep, the PR staff at Corbis love this lucky day! LOL....

thesupe87 · #5 (**permalink**) 04-02-2008, 12:23 AM

That's like Subway buying out McDonalds...

RacePhoto · #6 (**permalink**) 04-02-2008, 05:17 AM

Assuming that Crestock doesn't have a wild sense of humor and it's true. This is interesting for a number of reasons. All those who said SV had potential because of Bill Gates owning it, raise their hand. OK now we are all going to drop that angle.

Also amusing was Crestock claiming to be a leader in the stock photo market for their area, which would be? the world's northernmost stock photography agency ?

This certainly will change the face of stock. How would I have known that my prediction that the big six would some day become the magnificent seven, was only hours away?

So now what? Which agency is the real one? Will SV still exist? Will Crestock suddenly grow. What about partners of all three of these? This is just way too strange.

And worse, Crestock isn't one of my ten agencies! Dang, here goes another application and a bunch of submissions.

Nope, it's on the wait and see list with the rest of them. Tomorrow someone should be writing, Ha Ha, April fools, and it will all be over.

sharpshot · #7 (**permalink**) 04-02-2008, 07:21 AM

This must be an April fool. If they announced it on another day I might get taken in but not on All Fools' day.

Travis Manley · #8 (**permalink**) 04-05-2008, 05:05 PM

What a bunch of bull, Im ashamed to admit I actually believed them for a minute. Now im starting to wonder if the email they sent me saying I got a raise because I sold 100 images was a joke too!