The legendary print title will be resurrected for the fourth time as LIFE.com, jointly owned and operated by Time Inc. and Getty Images. The Web site is scheduled to launch in 2009 with an ambitious goal: "to provide access to the most comprehensive iconic and professional photography collections available anywhere online."
As iStockphoto's newly promoted chief operating officer Kelly Thompson told
Selling Stock a month ago, the company has officially announced the opening of its European headquarters in Berlin. Dittmar Frohmann, formerly a regional director at Fotolia, has joined iStockphoto as European director.
Advertising Week V kicked off on Monday evening with an opening concert at New York's Nokia Theatre.
The Third Millennium: 2000 -- Present, a short film composed almost entirely of footage provided by Thought Equity Motion, was screened during the evening's festivities.
San Francisco-based ad-supported image-licensing platform PicApp has secured $3.2 million in a funding round led by Israeli venture-capital firm Carmel Ventures. The PicScout spin-off, which recently became a separate business venture, has also announced a technological update of its product and a new content partner.
According to media researchers at The Kelsey Group, tough economic times are not always accompanied by a reduction in ad dollars.
Photographers still ask me, “Is the Hellman & Friedman’s acquisition of Getty Images good or bad (for photographers)?” As far as I can see whether or not Getty is owned by H&F doesn’t make a whole lot of difference for photographers.
a21 Group launches another low-budget decorating offering.
Digital Railroad has extended a discount to members of the PhotoShelter Collection, which is scheduled to shut down on Oct. 10. Membership is required to participate in the DRR Marketplace, which this month generated $20,000 in royalties for one contributing stock agency.
Though Jill Greenberg is no stranger to political controversy, the reaction to her release of doctored images of presidential candidate John McCain is markedly different from the reception of her last statement-art, the 2006 series "End Time."
There is growing concern among Stock Artist Alliance photographers and many other Getty Images' contributors about the company's Premium Access Subscription strategy. Increasingly, Getty's premium rights-managed and royalty-free images are licensed for fees of less than $10, with the photographer's royalty share a fraction of that.