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Apples and Oranges
There was something very interesting about the photo news last week. On one side there’s the mighty Getty Images (aka, the whale) who took a deep plunge in pricing with its subscription royalty free offering, combining microstock and pro. On the other, legendary Magnum photos that managed a great coup by selling some used prints for an estimated $ 30 million dollars. Like two extremities... [Read more]
Photolibrary acquires Peter Arnold collection
Photolibrary has announce its acquisition of New York-based Peter Arnold Inc . The company has already acquired a number of specialist agencies like Garden Picture Library , Oxford Scientific (OSF), Fresh Food Images, Britain on View and Monsoon images. Glenn Parker, Photolibrary Group CEO commented “The Peter Arnold collection will significantly enhance our content in the key specialty... [Read more]
Getty Images CEO Jonathan Klein on music licensing
Digital Music Trends – Midem 2010 Special – Day 3 by digitalmusictrends A delegation of Getty Images has been to the yearly music conference MIDEM in Cannes. The company has taken the opportunity to unveil more of their music licensing plans. Digital music trends featured a podcast with Getty Images CEO Jonathan Klein . In the podcast he says every image is worth the same (i.e.... [Read more]
Following John Lund interview, tips from Shannon Fagan
Shannon Fagan is seemingly everywhere that stock photography is discussed. (See John Lund’s interview). This isn’t because Shannon is a shameless self-promoter but because he works hard at his craft, gives back to the community of photographers and is an articulate and forward thinking guy. Like many in the business today Shannon is spending a lot of time thinking about the future of stock photography... [Read more]
Interview: Shannon Fagan, SAA President and photographer
Shannon, I know you as a top stock shooter and as President of Stock Artists Alliance. I also know that you have done many large produced shoots both here and abroad. You have won a raft of awards from Communication Arts Photography Annual to PDN to Print and even to the Addys. Can you fill us in on your background, how you came to be a photographer and how stock came to be your focus? Thanks for... [Read more]
Getty Images closing Stockxpert this month
Following the launch of Thinkstock last week StockXpert has stopped selling credits, accepting new members and uploads on February 2 2010. On February 11, searching and downloading will be suspended. StockXpert’s subscription operations are being migrated over to Getty Images’ new subscription site Thinkstock, and individual image purchase operations are moving to iStockphoto. Photographers... [Read more]
Microstock is the new Royalty Free
The distinction between microstock and royalty free (RF) is becoming irrelevant. If this seems a little controversial, consider the following: Veer announced that it is blending RF & microstock at Veer.com and moving rights managed (RM) imagery to Corbis. Getty launched Thinkstock this morning (ed. Wednesday this week). This is a subscription-only site which integrates imagery from Getty,... [Read more]
iStockphoto sends takedown notice to Awkward Stock Photos
Awkward Stock Photos ’Where awkward stock photos finally have a purpose’ is a site that publishes, well, awkward stock photos. It has now received a take-down notice from iStockphoto via the blogging platform Tumblr . iStockphoto does not want the low res images to be shown and demanded that the pictures be taken down immediately. As a result all photos, also those from other sources... [Read more]
Job: Interns at fast growing online magazine
We are looking for a number of interns to work on the daily content at www.fastmediamagazine.com. This is a great opportunity to create a portfolio of articles about one of the fastest growing and most debated areas of the Media industry. Your articles will be read by a Global audience of media professionals. Please spread the word about this position. We’re keen to start building the team now We’re... [Read more]
Job: Sales Executive
Purpose: This position is responsible for successfully generating new business opportunities plus building and maintaining ongoing relationships with clients for single images and features. The Sales Executive will work together with Sales Support and other departments within Red Cover to ensure that their individual accounts run smoothly from both a sales and administrative perspective. The role... [Read more]
Job: Picture library manager
Salary Range: approx £20,000 pro rata PA Writer Pictures is a small but fast growing image library specializing in literary portraiture. As the first phase of our development nears completion we are seeking a Library Manager to help us take Writer Pictures to the next level. As such we are looking for somebody with previous image/picture library experience who is seeking to take on more responsibility... [Read more]
Job: Research Executive
Purpose: The Research Executive is responsible for selecting images and footage from the many Corbis collections in response to client requests in order to meet or exceed office revenue goals. For this position we are keen to find someone with at least one year’s experience of picture research for commercial clients (advertising, design and corporate), or other relevant experience. You will be... [Read more]
Interview: Photographer, Art Director, Editor Scott Redinger-Libolt
Interview with Photographer, Art Director and Editor Scott Redinger Libolt Thank you John for the opportunity. It’s a privilege to be interviewed by a top shelf photographer such as yourself. In efforts to be completely candid, I must preface this interview by stating these are simply my current opinions, they are ever changing, and in no way represent the viewpoint of any stock agencies I have... [Read more]
CEPIC New Board opens registration for Dublin 2010
CEPIC, recently re-branded as the CEntre of the PICture industry has opened the registration for its annual Conference. You can register here, or here: Dublin2010@cepic.org The conference will take place at the brand new (and yet to be finished) Aviva stadium in Dublin on June 9th to 13th. The CEPIC board says that interest is already high in early registration and expects a high attendance.... [Read more]
Fotolia plugin for Wordpress by Lee Torrens and Amos Struck
Lee Torrens and Amos Struck have partnered to launch the Microstock Photo Plugin for WordPress. The plugin allows Wordpress bloggers to search Fotolia’s 8 million images and import them directly into posts. The application will also suggest pictures on the basis of article tags. Images are automatically inserted into posts once selected. “Thanks to our powerful and unique API, the... [Read more]
AOL preparing for turnaround, Sony laying off people
AOL is completing layoffs that will reduce its workforce to 2/3 of the original size. In doing so AOL says i’ts preparing itself for a transformation to a different type of company. “The company is eying both an expansion and a new home in Silicon Valley, in hopes of tapping the area for expertise and inspiration. Garlinghouse said local employees should increase to 350 from 200 by the... [Read more]
Finally…everything in one place
Finally..everything in one place. Microstock and traditional Royalty Free (RF) have finally united on one, simple to use, website. The entity behind it ? Well, Getty Imagesof course. Some were already playing with it, others were staying away from it. Getty jumped in it, two feet at a time. No more of this ridiculous RF branding that presupposed that RF image buyers are actually faithful to... [Read more]
Convert our readers to clients…for free
Convert our growing group or readers to clients. Simply join our new promotions page and we will do the rest. On the new page, our visitors from the client side (advertisers, publishing companies, corporations) can find promotions on a wide variety of products and services from the Stock Media industry. We already have a growing number of companies on board that offer great value on Stock Photography... [Read more]
Michael Dell buys Magnum Collection for undisclosed sum
Updated: Ransom center curator shares his thoughts on the collection Video interview with Magnum director Bloomberg says the insurance value is $100 million The New York Times offers some great insight We have been informed that the collection will remain in ownership of MSD Capital but housed at the Ransom center for a period of 5 years, with a possible extension (Changed the headline of... [Read more]
Deadline for comments on Google books settlement passes
It has been quiet around the Google Books copyright settlement. In November Photo associations were denied the right to intervene and in the same month Google was forced to adapt the settlement. The deadline for new comments on the settlement passed at the end of last week. During this relative silence around new developments and changes it appears that not much has changed. Associations may be... [Read more]
Where are advertising markets going in 2010?
After a tough year for advertising, 2010 may be an improvement if some of the first research coming out is anything to go by. A Barclays analyst points to a possible improvement as a result of increased marketing spending. U.S. advertising sales may increase 3.5 percent this year as companies boost their national marketing spending, according to Barclays Capital. Ad sales may climb to $167.6 billion... [Read more]
Thinkstock; is 2010 the year of merging licensing models?
Is 2010 the year when the distinction between Stock Photography licensing models disappears? The lines are certainly blurring rapidly. First, Veer announced they are creating a single offering out of their microstock and Royalty Free offer on veer.com. Now Getty Images is launching an integrated subscription offer that contains images from their three main collections in a single licensing model. Thinkstock... [Read more]
Kent news and pictures closes
Journalism.co.uk reports that Kent News and Pictures closed yesterday. Its founder blames poor national newspaper rates and tough economic conditions. “The agency, which covered stories both in the UK and abroad, made the news when it became the first UK agency to send staff to report in Iraq in 2003.” via Photo agencies suffer as newspapers slash fees, says Kent News and Pictures founder. Read More →
Like a TV dinner
Photography should be a revolutionary act. It should be a kick in the establishment, the common, the mundane. It has to be an act of revolt against banality and conformity, a powerful explosion of new ideas. It should be as violent to the mind as a thousand thunderstorms. It should rip apart the accepted social fabric. It should denounce, point, accuse and solve. In one frame. It should be a declaration... [Read more]
Embracing the power of open source…everything
Chris Anderson, the editor in Chief of Wired magazine and author of the Long Tail, has introduced a new concept in a lengthy article called “this is about the next 10 years” that was published this week. In the Wired magazine article, he talks about a new industrial revolution that allows individuals to produce things that could only be produced by factories and large companies. He argues... [Read more]
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