Corbis and Condé Nast have reached an agreement to license fashion and celebrity imagery originally published by Women's Wear Daily. The arrangement expands Corbis's editorial offerings, while providing Condé Nast with a secondary revenue stream.
Getty Images has launched a new footage Web site, which features improved search capabilities and instant broadcast-quality downloads. In addition, the company announced the replacement of rights-managed footage licensing with the rights-ready model.
PA Photos, the picture agency of the U.K.'s national Press Association, announced a new release of its real-time image delivery service and a new medical representation agreement.
Kelly Thompson, senior vice president of iStockphoto, found a novel way to thank the company's photographers. On Aug. 19, the day Louis Daguerre's discovery was released to the world in 1839, iStock will introduce the photographic community to a new holiday: Punctum Day's. The first Punctum Day will be commemorated by the launch of several "thank you" programs for iStock contributors. These will include eight contests with more than $40,000 in prizes.
The Calgary-based microstock pioneer iStockphoto says its community has surpassed 2 million members. Of this number, 38,000 people are contributors - and many microstock photographers moonlight as art directors and graphic designers who also buy images.