Lisa Dempsey

Masterfile Corp. provides visual content solutions and services. It acquires, organizes, distributes, and licenses images for commercial use. The company provides services to advertising agencies, graphic designers, publishers, website designers, and multimedia producers. Masterfile was founded by Steve Pigeon in 1981 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada

Getty Images, Inc. creates and distributes visual and digital media contents through online. Its products include Getty images API, media manager, image.net, iStock and Photos.com. The firm offers rights and clearances, image collections, plugins and extensions, premium access and custom solutions. The company was founded by Mark Harris Getty and Jonathan David Klein in March 1995 and is headquartered in Seattle, WA.

FootageNow, Inc. provides moving imagery. The company is based in Atlanta, GA. FootageNow was acquired by Branded Entertainment Network, Inc. on January 29, 2002.

Branded Entertainment Network, Inc. provides photography and art images through the internet. The firm's services include digital image licensing, artist representation, and media management. It has offices in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, London, Paris, Dusseldorf, Vienna, Hong Kong, Kuala Lumpur, and Tokyo. The company was founded by William Henry Gates III in 1989 and is headquartered in Sherman Oaks, CA.

Part of SunOpta, Inc., First Light Foods, Inc. provides soymilk to major retailers. The company is based in Minneapolis, MN. First Light Foods was acquired by SunOpta, Inc. on March 14, 2001 for $2.30 million.