An 11-year saga of Greenberg v. National Geographic Society has concluded with the Supreme Court refusing to hear photographer Jerry Greenberg's latest appeal. The two rulings that now set the legal precedent for reproducing copyrighted freelancer content will be the July 2008 decision of the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals and an earlier Supreme Court decision in Tasini v. The New York Times.
Getty Images has added exclusive images by Patrick Hoelck, Kurt Iswarienko, Tyler Shields and Yu Tsai to its celebrity portraiture brand Contour. The company also announced the acquisition of Britain's Redferns music picture library, further expanding its celebrity and entertainment offering.
Jupitermedia announced that the U.S. Department of Justice and Federal Trade Commission have granted early termination of the review period for the proposed sale of Jupiterimages to Getty Images. Jupitermedia also filed a statement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, disclosing the details of negotiations that went back to late 2006.
Iceland agency continues acquisition spree.
Two leading Madison Avenue forecasters further downgrade U.S. advertising forecasts for 2009, though there is some disagreement on the degree of expected erosion.
According to Technorati's State of the Blogosphere 2008 report, lines between blogs and mainstream media Web sites are becoming less and less clear. As the Blogosphere grows in size and influence, larger blogs increasingly take on traditional-media attributes, while mainsteam sites incorporate blog styles and formats. Professional and user-generated media types are also merging in more literal ways: practically all (95%) of the top U.S. newspapers have reporter blogs.
According to Corbis' December Creative IQ Trends report, singlehood is rising in prevalence worldwide. The trend is resulting in an increase of imagery depicting singles, dating and same-gender groups.