| Acquired by | Getty Images |
| Price | $202M |
| Date | 4/07 |
| Terms | Cash |
| Website | wireimage.com |
| Category | Games, Video and Entertainment |
| Employees | 300 |
| Founded | 1/01 |
| Description | Celebrity Image Distributor |
| TOTAL | $15M |
| VENTURE FUNDING TOTAL | $15M |
| Series C, 5/06 Time Warner Investments Baroda Ventures QVT Financial Ryan Born | $15M |
Launched in 2001, WireImage has become an authority for celebrity imagery by bringing together a first-class delivery platform and a premier photographic service team. Our roster of photographers includes acclaimed professionals and industry veterans who have tremendous clout within the entertainment industry.
As a top-ranking digital photo agency and wire service for entertainment, WireImage captures all the major events in the business, ranging from awards ceremonies, movie and television premieres, concerts, festivals, social events and much more. Our imagery appears regularly around the world in magazines, newspapers, websites, television programs, advertisements and wireless applications.
WireImage also provides up-to-the-minute entertainment footage to leading broadcast and mobile carriers, and online properties worldwide. The footage division specializes in licensing wholly owned and represented entertainment content, in both raw and packaged forms.
Headquartered in New York, WireImage provides worldwide image syndication through its international offices and a global network of affiliates. In April 2007, WireImage was acquired for $208M by Getty Images, Inc., a leading creator and distributor of visual content.
