2015: Interesting Year Ahead For Stock Photography

Posted on 12/18/2014 by Jim Pickerell | Printable Version | Comments (0)

It seems likely that we will see some major shifts in the stock photography business as the three major players – Getty Images, Shutterstock and Adobe/Fotolia – jockey for position in a market that is experiencing very little, if any growth. At the end of 2014 Getty’s total revenue will be somewhere around $870 million, but $260 of that will be editorial. Shutterstocks will be about $328 million and I estimate Fotolia’s at somewhere in the range of $110 million.


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