Fairfax launches content syndication arm, strikes deal with Getty Images

Fairfax Media has launched a standalone unit to manage the licensing of its content. The company has also struck a deal with Getty Images that will see Getty represent Fairfax’s photographic collection.

The announcement:

July 1, 2011: Fairfax Media today launched Fairfax Syndication, a new stand-alone business unit which will manage the licensing of current and archival content to companies, organisations and individuals in Australia and throughout the world.

A new Fairfax Syndication website (www.fairfaxsyndication.com), was also unveiled today, a valuable resource for commercial entities including corporations, not-for-profits associations and international publications to licence the vast array of photographic, text and video content available from Fairfax Media’s award-winning publications.