The Senate Judiciary Committee passed a revised version of its orphan-works bill last Friday. The American Society of Media Photographers, which feels that "just about every single change benefits users to the detriment of photographers and artists," is urging its members to oppose the revisions.
Fotolia's new Reseller API targets traditional image agencies eager to get a piece of the microstock pie.
Alamy had gross sales in Q1 2008 of $8,097,000, up 18% from Q1 2007. 56% of the revenue for the quarter came from images submitted by photographers and 44% from agencies.
a21, Inc. has reported Q1 results of $5,107,000, down 17% from it's the same period last year. The SuperStock division had revenues of $2,615,000, down 11% from Q4 2007 and 17% from a year earlier.
Scott Gordon is taking the lead in building the brand of Jersey City-based stock-production company Tetra Images, founded two years ago by Comstock co-founder and veteran stock photographer Tom Grill.