Peter Howe has combined forces with a technology company in Southern California, and will shortly offer a technology and service platform to stock agencies that will enable them to distribute their content worldwide on the web. Pricing for the service will be available in the near future.
SuperStock has cancelled their Express Pricing strategy for Rights Protected images that they instituted in January proving that discount prices don't always result in increased sales volume. Meanwhile PhotoSpin has introduced an even lower price model for RF in an attempt to grab market share.
We have several short items for you including a variety of developments at Getty and Corbis, Exactly!'s plans to launch a service for stock photographers, MIRA's hiring of an editor, developments in the photographer action against the Boston Globe, and the termination of the Professional Photographer's of America's copyright licensing program.
Stories this month include: New developments at Getty and Corbis, Finding Other Marketing Options,Things Needed to Sell Worldwide on the Internet, an analysis of Alamy.com and more.
News about Getty, DOJ investigation of Corbis, Magnum's rejection of Getty and Corbis, Picture Perfect still not paying, Speedpix eliminates up-front charges, Pictor representing PhotoAlto and PPA licensing organization.
Corbis abruptly cancels a press conference at Perpignan in an effort to avoid tough questions about the Sygma contract. Relations with editorial photographers are rapidly detoriating.
Photographer Allan Tannenbaum sends an open letter to other Sygma photographers outlining his reasons for leaving Corbis after more than 20 years as a Sygma photographer. Other photographers are also leaving.
Photographers unaffiliated with Getty or Corbis can still sell stock images, but to reach their maximmum potential income they may need a variety of services outlined in this article.
alamy.com, in the United Kingdom, will launch a new brokerage service designed to aid photographers in marketing their work through the Internet. Alexandra Bortkiewicz, formerly with Tony Stone Images, is Director of Photography.
Photographers with Getty Images and Corbis are concerned about contract terms, but many have a tendency to overlook the overall business strategies of these two companies. Understanding how these strategies differ from those of traditional stock photo agencies is critical and much more important than contract terms.