The Hamburg, Germany-based Avenue Images has launched a budget-image platform, Petit Price. Though Avenue is calling this a microstock venture, there are notable differences.
Online content-syndication company Mochila has announced site improvements and a new partnership with domain registrar Go Daddy.
According to The Bridgeman Art Library, this holiday season has revealed a new trend: Japanese art has become third among the top five image categories sought by greeting card and other holiday product publishers.
Recently launched collections with a European flavor can count on market demand. Central and Eastern European markets have seen advertising growth rates of close to 18% per year. Russia doubles its ad spending every year, and Ukraine, Moldova, Belarus and Romania show similar figures.
As of Jan. 7, 2008, Getty Images-owned microstock iStockphoto is raising prices for photography and illustration. According to the announcement on its Web site, the move "balance[s] the creative needs of [iStock] customers with the financial rewards desired by excellent artists."
Launched this week, the Nielsen Media Manager is intended to allow content owners to enforce copyright and monetize online video.