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Wieck Photo DataBase, Inc., Will Do Business As Wieck Media Services
New Name For MultiMedia Company Reflects Changing Business Profile
DALLAS (March 6, 2001)--In a move that reflects its expanding business profile, Wieck Photo DataBase, Inc., has changed its name to Wieck Media Services, effective immediately.
Wieck, which celebrates its 10th anniversary this spring, pioneered the distribution of public relations photographs. In recent years, the company has branched out into managing Web sites, online pressrooms and digitized press kits, streaming video and audio, and satellite photo delivery.
"This name change has been a long time coming," said Jim Wieck, the company's president and one of its founders. "We thought the anniversary of our 10th year in business would be the ideal time to mark how far we've come. We think our new name better reflects our expanded services."
Wieck began operations in the spring of 1991 with a contract to distribute The New York Times News Service photo using analog technology.
"We started sending photos using a network of five PCs with one meg of RAM in each," said Tim Roberts, the company's general manager. "What began as a pure photo database service for the media has grown into a real powerhouse in just about every area of high-speed media delivery services."
In 1994 Wieck added corporate images to its database and began experimenting with Web technology. It set up its own media distribution site on the Web and began working with automakers and others to link images from its database to their media Web sites.
"By the late '90s, our clients were asking us to manage and maintain their media Web sites," said Roberts, who joined the company as its first photo editor. "From there it was a short hop to designing and building their multimedia sites.
Wieck Photo DataBase was founded as a partnership in late 1990 by two United Press International veterans: Wieck and Travis Hughs, who is chairman of the company. They soon enlisted Marge Boatright, also a former executive with the wire service, and Roberts, a former freelance photographer for the company, to help develop the new service.
Wieck Media
Wieck Media specializes in Web delivery of multimedia files — text, graphics, photos, audio and video — to media organizations worldwide.
Wieck utilizes Internet and Web technologies to distribute the news reports, columns, photos and graphics for The New York Times News and Syndicate Services, as well as the daily Times Digest and the daily and weekly crossword puzzles. The company also distributes the daily photo reports for Kyodo News Service, LAT Photographic in London and Newhouse News Service.
Wieck’s corporate clients include American Honda Motor Co. Inc., American Suzuki Motor Corp., AT&T, The Coca-Cola Co., DaimlerChrysler, Ford Motor Co., General Motors, HIT Entertainment, Kmart, Pinehurst, Toyota Corporate Services, Verizon and Weber Shandwick.
Information: www.wieck.com
Kris Hoover-Kozamchak214.536.1098
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