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GETTY IMAGES APPOINTS NEW CFO


        LONDON, Jan. 7 /PRNewswire/ -- Getty Images, Inc. (Nasdaq: GETY), a
leading international provider of visual content, today announced the
appointment of Christopher Roling as Chief Financial Officer, effective at the
end of January. A native of Seattle, Roling has been Chief Financial Officer at
Kellogg Europe since 1996. He also held financial and corporate positions
internationally with Pepsico, RJ Reynolds and Armstrong World Industries.

        "Chris Roling has a tremendous store of experience and expertise as well
as the energy needed to help drive our business in the right direction," said
Jonathan Klein, Getty's Chief Executive Officer. "He joins us at a crucial and
exciting time as we accelerate the implementation of the strategies that will
change the way much of our industry currently does business. We look forward to
bringing more high quality imagery and services to far more customers than we
could have imagined only a few years ago. We are delighted to have Chris on
board to help us to manage these initiatives."

        Roling's track record and experience in international finance and
operations will, Getty believes, enhance the strength of the senior management
team and thereby accelerate implementation of the company's strategy. Getty's
departing Chief Financial Officer, Lawrence Gould, has been with Getty since it
acquired Tony Stone Images and was Group Finance Director at Tony Stone Images
since 1990. At Getty, Gould successfully managed the expanding Group's finances
and its IPO. Gould is leaving to seek a broader role within an earlier stage
Internet business.

        Since its IPO in July 1996, Getty has brought together leading image
providers in the areas of historic and contemporary photography and film as well
as in current affairs, sports and photojournalism, and in royalty-free digital
stock photography.

        Getty already operates three successful full electronic commerce
Internet sites that sell over 400,000 images online. Digital sales accounted for
34 percent of Getty's total sales in the third quarter of 1998. Getty's newest
site was launched three months ago for its largest business, Tony Stone Images,
a world leading stock photography business. Later this year, Getty plans to
launch full web commerce for Hulton Getty, one of the largest archival
collections of imagery in the world. By making use of leading edge technology,
Getty believes that it is cementing its position in the visual content sector.

        Getty Images has 30 million photographs and 13,000 hours of stock film
footage and is one of the leading international providers of visual content to a
diverse range of professional users of images, including advertising and design
agencies, magazines, newspapers, broadcasters, production companies and
traditional and new media publishers. Getty Images markets rights to images and
footage through its international network of wholly owned offices in 13
countries and agents in 54 countries.

        Getty Images' high quality visual content collections include: Tony
Stone Images, one of the world's leading providers of contemporary stock
photography; PhotoDisc, a world leader in digital stock photography and
electronic delivery; Allsport, a leading world-wide sports picture agency;
Hulton Getty, one of the two largest privately owned collections of archival
photography in the world; Liaison Agency, a leading North American news and
reportage agency; and Energy Film Library, one of the world's leading stock
footage companies.

        Further information about Getty Images is available at
http://www.getty-images.com. The Getty site includes links to each of the
following sites:


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    http://www.tonystone.com

    http://www.photodisc.com

    http://www.allsport.com

    http://www.hultongetty.com

    http://www.liaisonphoto.com

    http://www.digital-energy.com

SOURCE Getty Images, Inc.
Web Site: http://www.getty-images.com