May 6, 2004

AP Wide World Photos Names Two New Managers to Direct Sales and Content

NEW YORK – The Associated Press has named Andrew Hill and James Gerberich to two new management positions in Wide World Photos, the commercial picture division that sells photographs to books, magazines, advertisers and the general public. Hill joins the AP as director of sales. Gerberich has been appointed to the post of director of content management and operations.

The appointments were announced by Ken Dale, vice president/global business. Wide World Photos (http://www.apwideworld.com), a unit in AP's Global Business division, provides access to more than 1.8 million photos in a fully searchable image database that is one of the biggest and most comprehensive collections in the world.

Hill will be responsible for managing Wide World's sales teams in New York and on the West Coast. He comes from the New York office of Virtual Picture Desk, a content licensing and digitization consultancy. A graduate of Columbia University, Hill previously held sales management positions in the New York offices of the photo agencies Getty Images and Corbis. "Andy brings to AP a wealth of experience," said Dale.

Gerberich has been interim editorial director in Wide World since February. In his new role, he will responsible for managing and expanding AP's commercial editorial content in the Photo Archive and for overseeing operations and systems for Wide World. He joined the AP as a staff photographer in San Francisco in 1986 and went on to lead the development of AP's Preserver technology and digital photography initiatives as senior product manager for editorial imaging. Later, Gerberich oversaw the operational aspects of AP's ad services businesses as director of operations/business development.

Gerberich and Hill will report to Dale who said "we'll also be working closely with the AP International team to expand AP's commercial photo sales overseas."
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