Splash News

Splash News is a Los Angeles–based entertainment news and photography agency. The company provides candid celebrity photography and video content to the world's premiere entertainment print, online and broadcast media outlets.

Splash News
IndustryEntertainment
Founded1990; 28 years ago
ProductsCandid celebrity photography and video
Websitesplashnews.com

Founded in 1990, Splash News has a global network of contributors and has offices in London, New York, Los Angeles, Miami, Milan, Berlin and Sydney.[1]

History
  • In June 2018, Rcapital[3] backed the management buy-out of Splash. The growth strategy will focus on the US, UK, Australia and Germany, where the agency already has an established footprint.[4]

Business

Splash News has been credited with announcing some of the world's most memorable and controversial celebrity news stories. These include the first images of Michael Jackson's first child, Tiger Woods' mistress, Sandra Bullock's first public appearance with her newly adopted son and Anna Nicole Smith's death in 2007.[5] Splash also provided coverage of the 2010 Copiapo Mining Accident in Chile.

Most recently, Splash News was credited for the images of Meghan Markle, as a child posing outside Buckingham Palace after the announcement of her engagement to Prince Harry.

References
  1. Images, Corbis. "Corbis Images Acquires Splash News". PR News Wire. Cision. Retrieved 4 January 2018.
  2. Allison, Melissa (July 20, 2011). "Corbis buys L.A. firm that specializes in celebrity photos". Seattle Times. Retrieved 4 January 2018.
  3. Rcapital
  4. "Splash News - Rcapital". Rcapital. Retrieved 2018-06-30.
  5. Lamm, Greg. "Corbis buys Splash News, putting Bill Gates in celebrity photo biz". Business Journal. Retrieved 4 January 2018.
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