The Bucharest, Romania-based microstock provider Dreamstime.com has recently announced reaching the 2 million image milestone. The company also said the number of buyers tripled last quarter.
Survey data of Publishing Forecast 2008, the latest research report by The Industry Measure, suggests that this segment's demand for stock imagery is on the decline. Though close to 40% plan to purchase royalty-free images and about 30% expect to buy rights-managed stock, planned spending has decreased by 3% to 13%, depending on license type.
JaincoTech has partnered with Advertising Photographers of America to provide discounted digital imaging services to APA members.
Evan Nisselson, founder of Digital Railroad and its CEO until this week, has quietly handed over the company's leadership to Charles Mauzy. The former company president, is also stepping up to the post of CEO. Nisselson will continue as chairman of the board, focusing on building alliances and representing Digital Railroad at events and conferences.
"In one respect, I always think it is unfortunate when a brilliant independent company is swallowed by a whale," says Steve Pigeon, president of Canada-based Masterfile. While Pigeon is a pragmatic man who thinks the recent Corbis acquisition of Veer was a good move for the two companies, the erosion of independent agencies is often lamented by industry insiders.
Getty Images issued a statement Nov. 16 claiming "early success" of its recently introduced, controversial Web-use image license.
As of Nov. 15, the PhotoShelter Collection is open for business. The new marketplace offers the professional, amateur and hobbyist photographer 70% of image sales. It's been open to photographers for two months and has already amassed 225,000 images from over 5,000 contributors.