Corbis introduces £5 pricing
Corbis is launching new pricing for web and mobile usages. It is matching the pricing that Getty Images introduced in august 2009. Royalty Free will be priced at £7 and Rights Managed at £15. The company has illustrated the change with research done by YouGov in the UK that shows respondents found current banner ads [...]
“Image First” Stock photography pricing
“Image First” Hybrid Model Part II In the last article I proposed that the stock photography industry will continue to slip into the lowest possible price levels unless the pricing models evolve. The “Image First” Hybrid pricing model is a single model that replaces RM and RF/Micro. The important element is that it delivers the [...]
Economist decreases free online content
In a continuing bid to deal with plumetting advertising revenues in the Media sector the economist is increasing the amount of paid for content. “Joining the scramble of publishers looking to generate more money from readers, The Economist is experimenting with a pay model, the British news and business weekly announced. The Economist—which only made [...]
Rupert Murdoch against the internet
Rupert Murdoch’s decission to start charging for online content of his newspapers has received a lot of attention. This in-depth article by Michael Wolff in Vanity Fair analyses Murdoch’s attitude to the internet, his past ventures and the likelyhood of his approach being correct or not. “In one of my favorite Murdoch stories, his wife, [...]
October discounting by Getty Images and Corbis
Another month, another set of discounts. This time both Getty Images and Corbis are looking to generate a boost in traffic in traditionally high sales months after the summer break. Getty Images is offering 30% off their creative collections to existing clients and is promoting the small file sizes introduced earlier. It is also drawing [...]
Google developing micropayment platform
Google is developing a micropayment platform that will be “available to both Google and non-Google properties within the next year,” according to a document the company submitted to the Newspaper Association of America. The system, an extension of Google Checkout, would be a new and unexpected option for the news industry as it considers how [...]
Getty Images introduces $5,- pricing.
SEATTLE, August 05, 2009 – Getty Images, Inc., today announced two new Web & Mobile image products featuring very small file sizes – 170 pixels and 280 pixels – designed specifically for online and mobile use. These new Web & Mobile products enable customers to license high volumes of compelling, high quality and simple to [...]
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