Rumors of Getty Images losing the exclusive business of the National Football League have been circulating for over a week and were finally confirmed during this week's annual meeting of The Associated Press. In passing, AP president and chief executive officer Tom Curley said that last week, the AP became the exclusive licenser of NFL photography for commercial use, winning the business from Getty.
The eighth annual Picture Buyers Fair takes place on May 6 and 7 at London's Business Design Centre and offers a new service to photographers.
The Associated Press has announced plans to launch an industry initiative to protect news content from misappropriation online. Unfortunately, the proposed measures amount to tracking content and suing perpetrators, with which the stock-licensing industry has had plenty of experience but limited and unquantifiable success.
Getty Images has notified its suppliers that it will discontinue offering rights-managed content on the Jupiterimages website as of August 1. Images will be pulled down from www.jupiterimages.com, www.jupiterimages.ca, www.jupiterimages.co.uk, www.jupiterimages.com.au, www.jupiterimages.de, www.jupiterimages.fr and www.jupiterimages.es.
Getty Images has revised, simplified and made its model and property releases more visually appealing with larger text. These releases are available in twelve languages and anyone can use them, regardless of whether or not they license images through Getty Images.
While undoubtedly self-promotional in initial intent, PhotoShelter's newly released SEO Cookbook offers plain-language guidance on how to optimize a photography Web site for best search-engine placement. The 30-page PDF file is available upon request and will be particularly useful for those who are daunted by marketing their work online.
Las Vegas-based multiethnic stock-licensing company Blend Images has revamped its identity, Web site and marketing campaign. The design work was done by Spil Creative, a New York shop managed by Latin-American and Asian-American partners.