Getty Images has decided to reduce the duration of rights-ready and rights-managed images available under its new Web-use license to three months from the previously announced one year.
Attributor Corp., a California-based company that bills itself as the world's first Web-wide content monitoring and analysis platform, has signed Reuters as a client.
The current disparity of prices is the greatest in the history of stock licensing. Some images are available for $1 for perpetual use; others command thousands while imposing time, distribution and medium restrictions. Somewhere between the extremes is the new buzzword midstock, a concept that attempts to bring some order to the chaos of image pricing.
As more amateur photographers submit images to microstock, the line between amateur and professional blurs. In some areas, amateurs are giving pros a run for their money.
To outline a new model means it is necessary to come to some general agreement on several of the industry's fundamental issues. In a nine-part series, Jim Pickerell will discuss several key ones. Each installment will explore the impact on the future of the stock photo business. Part I: The New Business Model
TNS Media Intelligence reports that the second quarter of 2007 is the first time since 2001 that ad spending declined for two consecutive quarters. Though the overall decline is only 0.3% ($190 million) compared to the first half of 2006, some industries are seeing more significant declines. The biggest hit is the B2B mag category.
The Visa pour l'Image festival saw the launch of Noor, a new agency established by nine documentary photographers of global acclaim. The launch received much attention at the Perpignan-based photo festival. In addition to its exhibits and awards, Noor also promised to be a trendsetter.
a21, the Jacksonville, Fla.-based owner of SuperStock, Purestock and ArtSelect, is consolidating and restructuring to improve profitability and prepare for upcoming growth initiatives.
The Brentwood, Tenn.-based microstock Web site Dreamstime.com has launched a workshop program. The first one-on-one workshop and stock shoot will be hosted by well-known stock photographer Ron Chapple in Maui, Hawaii.