At the close of market on July 2, Getty Images stock will cease trading on and be delisted from the New York Stock Exchange.
The Associated Press has often been the subject of criticism among freelance photographers, whose complaints have ranged from low rates to corporate policies. As a result of several new policies, this summer has seen a surge in negative coverage of the news conglomerate among photography, online-publishing and the AP's core newspaper markets. There are also indications that the once-unshakable monopoly is beginning to lose bread-and-butter clients.
Historically, video has been the domain of Hollywood and TV studios. The Internet has democratized video production, giving rise to user-generated and Web-only content. According to Thought Equity Motion and its client WatchMojo.com, these new content types have increased the options available to marketers and ad agencies. At the same time, they have caused a decrease in production budgets, fragmented target audiences and impeded attempts to monetize online video content. Thought Equity and WatchMojo.com say they have cracked the monetization code by combining resources to produce high-quality low-cost content designed to satisfy Web and out-of-home advertisers.
Launched in 2006 by Canadian photographer Robert Kent and Getty Images, the annual Summer Solstice Shoot took place on June 21. It united 100 top photographers in raising cash for Compassionate Eye Foundation's educational projects in Guatemala and South Africa.
Photopreneur, a blog dedicated to sharing money-making opportunities for photographers on the Web, has released a WordPress plug-in that enables bloggers to find and post free images. Called iFlickr, the plug-in searches Creative Commons-licensed photos among Flickr's 2.5 billion images and guides the user through inserting select images into blog posts.
iStockphoto has announced that it is bringing back the holiday it established last year. Punctum Day will be celebrated on August 19, with $40,000 in prizes to be awarded to iStock contributors. In addition, iStock will once again give its exclusive contributors 100% of the revenues generated by their images on an undisclosed date within the next two months.