This edition includes: Getty Launches Subscription Service; Jupiter Redeploys Assets and Q2 Results; Jupiter Expands Subscription; Corbis Aggressively Expands RF; Management Changes At Corbis; Windfall For PictureArts Staff;
Why Are RM Prices Falling?; Alamy Publishes Annual Numbers; Getty Second Quarter 2005; Will Getty Continue to Grow? and much more.
This edition contains stories on: Adobe Adds Four New Collections; Web Use of RM Images; UpperCut Starting Promotion; and Bahar Gidwani Analyses Getty's Subscription Offering.
This edition includes releases on the Stock Photography Pipeline launch and SuperStock's Purestock Collection to be offered on NewsCom.
This edition of Random Thoughts has stories on: Management Changes At Corbis, Jupitermedia Revises 2005 Financial Guidance, Jupitermedia Expands Subscription Service, Getty Changes Numbering System, Photo Events In October, Changes in the Advertising Industry and Why Are RM Prices Falling?
More and more investment analysts are calling to ask my opinions on where Getty's is headed. What's the company's potential? I think Getty has some difficult challenges ahead. This story explains in detail what I think they are.
These press releases include: Index Stock Forms Alliance with Polfoto of Denmark and Bruno Press of the Netherlands; Inmagine Represents 1 Million RF Images; Media Bakery Offers Visual Search; Pepper Stark Consultancy; Aurora Launches Outdoor Collection; Spencer Images; Jupitermedia Puts Graphic Design Magazines Online and Kai Chiang To Leave SuperStock
Jupitermedia Corp. has agreed to sell its Search Engine Strategies trade shows and its ClickZ.com Network of web sites, for $43 million in cash to Incisive Media plc of London in order to redeploy assets to its JupiterImages. Also announced was Q2 2005 revenues of $33.8 million up from $17.8 million and an 89% increase from the same period in 2004.
Alamy recently provided its contributors with some figures for its operations during the first six months of 2005. They intend to provide the same type of information on a quarterly basis going forward. The figures provide some interesting insights into where their business is heading.
Many investment analysts remain very bullish on Getty Images and expect continued growth. I'm not so sure. Recently Credit Suisse First Boston outlined the key points on which their investment thesis centers. In this story I've explained some of the reasons I have some reservations.
Short items in this edition include: Corbis Partners with European Pressphoto Agency; Hughes Out At ImageState; PictureArts Staff Receives Windfall; Alamy Reaches Three Million Images; Sales Positions At Major Agencies; Consolidation In Magazine Publishing; Bystander Photojournalism, Another Threat To The Professional; ASMP Investigates Mira; and Retrofile Sold To Getty