Attached Link: http://www.daz3d.com/pages/dp/press/pressmain.html

Yes, the are a separate entity, separate founded, new partners etc.. Basically all of the Poser people at Zygote (Zygote Media's Poser Division) branched out to do their own thing, so to speak, since the Poser market was big enough to support them making just poser items (and brokering them). The link is to the full story if you're interested in exactly what happened in full detail. -Adam