Random Thoughts 32

By Jim Pickerell | 1711 Words | Posted 5/9/2001 | Comments
This series of short items covers: Copyright Alert to stop the Hatch-Leahy Ammendment, Getty Shooter seems to have found the key to success, ASMP's Co-op Business Plan, Catalog selling on the web, Objections To Getty's Photographer Contract Grows and CEPIC to Release Industry Statistics.

Pictor Files Chapter 11 Bankruptcy

By Jim Pickerell | 362 Words | Posted 5/9/2001 | Comments
On May 3rd Pictor International, Inc., a subsidiary of Pictor International, Ltd. filed Chapter 11 bankruptcy in the District of Columbia. The company had total assets of $635,000 and debts of $1,278,341. The bankruptcy affects the U.S. subsidiary, not the parent.

2001 Stock Photographer Profits Survey

By Jim Pickerell | 1383 Words | Posted 5/2/2001 | Comments
Only 97 photographers responded to this year's survey. They had total stock income of $8,877,211 in 2000 and additional photographic income of $5,579,669 for a total photographic income of $14,456,880. Analysis of the data is in this report.

Sales Flat At Getty

By Jim Pickerell | 766 Words | Posted 5/2/2001 | Comments
Getty Images has announced sales of $125.8 million for the first quarter of 2001. This was about 4% below the $130 to $133 million guidance provided by the company on February 8th, and less than a million above the 4th quarter 2000 revenue of $124.9 million.

Opus Solutions UK

By Jim Pickerell | 936 Words | Posted 4/24/2001 | Comments
Opus Solutions UK provides technology services in the UK to Picture Libraries and Photo Agenices. About 40 agencies have almost 200,000 images in their system. Peter Arnold uses the service in the U.S. CORRECTION: I made some incorrect statements about Opus in my Random Thoughts 31 and this story serves to correct that mis-information and set the record straight.

Getty Sells Giraudon to Bridgeman

By Jim Pickerell | 508 Words | Posted 4/24/2001 | Comments
The Bridgeman Art Library has acquired Giraudon, the prestigious French fine art picture archive from Getty Images, Inc. This acquisition strengthens Bridgeman's position as the world's leading source of fine art images.

Pickerell Apologizes

By Jim Pickerell | 276 Words | Posted 4/19/2001 | Comments
I want to apologize to Corbis Corporation, its employees and my readers for an erroneous story about Corbis that I published in my Random Thoughts 31 on Monday, April 16th.

Direct Selling vs. Agency Selling

By Seth Resnick | 1151 Words | Posted 4/16/2001 | Comments
If you have any questions about why photographers don't trust Stock Agencies, and believe they can do a better job of licensing their work directly read the following from Seth Resnick, President of the Editorial Photographers group (EP).

Letters To Newsweek

By Jim Pickerell | 2592 Words | Posted 4/16/2001 | Comments
Newsweek has recently lowered their day rate and some of the industry's leading photographers are saying enough is enough. Burke Uzzle and David Burnett have turned down work and written strong letters to Sarah Harbutt, Director of Photography at Newsweek. Their letters are printed here.

Random Thoughts 31

By Jim Pickerell | 1116 Words | Posted 4/16/2001 | Comments
This series of short items includes: Tony Stone (the man) is returning to the industry, Advertising spending down, ASMP endorses StockArtistsAlliance, Rightspring doesn't get financing, and more.

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