Articles by Julia Dudnik Stern

Creative Trend: Banks Up Direct Mail, Focus on Savings and Customer Retention

By Julia Dudnik Stern | 260 Words | Posted 12/1/2008 | Comments
U.S. banks sent almost twice as much direct mail in the third quarter of 2008 than during the second quarter. These 53 million direct-mail offers were also nearly twice the number sent last year--despite the critical state of financial markets.

Reflex Distributes The Irish Image

By Julia Dudnik Stern | 47 Words | Posted 12/1/2008 | Comments
Rights-managed collection of iconic imagery focuses on the Irish people.

Alamy Updates Contributor Contract

By Julia Dudnik Stern | 72 Words | Posted 11/28/2008 | Comments
The latest version of the Alamy contributor contract was published on Nov. 26 and reflects the recent change in the agency's commission structure.

Stock Houses Accused of Heavy-Handed Collections Tactics

By Julia Dudnik Stern | 75 Words | Posted 11/28/2008 | Comments (1)
The Guardian's Wendy Grossman takes a look at the tactics used by large stock agencies, such as Getty Images and Corbis, to pursue payment for unauthorized image uses.

Agodia Images Launches with "One Price" Strategy

By Julia Dudnik Stern | 219 Words | Posted 11/28/2008 | Comments
Coventry, U.K.-based royalty-free library Agodia Images says its strategy is to keep pricing as simple as possible. To do this, each image is licensed at a single price point, regardless of file size or usage-specific criteria.

Digital Railroad: SocialDocumentary.net Founder Raises Cultural Heritage Concerns

By Julia Dudnik Stern | 452 Words | Posted 11/26/2008 | Comments
Glenn Ruga, founder and publisher of photo-exhibit Web site SocialDocumentary.net, likened the destruction of images stored on Digital Railroad's servers to the demolition of the original Penn Station building in New York. But was anything actually destroyed?

Walsh-Newton Joins Spring Workshop Cruise

By Julia Dudnik Stern | 97 Words | Posted 11/25/2008 | Comments
The author of over 30 Blurb photo books joins the teaching panel of the ninth DSLR Photography Workshop Cruise.

Hemis Reps Alaska Stock

By Julia Dudnik Stern | 28 Words | Posted 11/25/2008 | Comments

Sports Agency Action Plus Up for Sale

By Julia Dudnik Stern | 85 Words | Posted 11/25/2008 | Comments
Estate seeks to sell library or entire business.

Moodboard Launches Blog

By Julia Dudnik Stern | 88 Words | Posted 11/25/2008 | Comments
In addition to Moodboard-specific content, the blog will also offer tips to help new photographers entering the stock business.

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