Adobe announced that it is cutting 600 full-time jobs as a result of weaker-than-expected sales of Creative Suite 4. The company also reported preliminary fourth-quarter revenues, which did not meet expectations.
The Virtual Picture Desk, founded in 2000 by former Getty Images vice president and Corbis director George Sinclair, has expanded its roster of clients with several exclusive agreements.
Liisa Kaakinen, Amana's metadata, keywording and thesauri expert, leads a one-day training course from London-based digital-imaging and picture-archiving consultancy Electric Lane.
Technology startup Imprezzeo has launched a beta version of its new image-to-image search. While it may not be the first to market, Imprezzeo says its proprietary search software is more sophisticated than currently available similar products.
The already struggling Associated Press is about to face another obstacle: a soon-to-launch daily wire service from CNN, which promises to deliver the same product cheaper.
ITN Source now represents the content of Asian News International in an exclusive, all-content, all-platform deal.
Online image uses appear to be following the pattern established in traditional media. A recent Epsilon survey demonstrates that clients responsible for the highest traditional revenues---big corporations with million- and billion-dollar marketing budgets---prefer more proven, though often more costly social-media tools, such as email.