This edition has stories on: Alamy to Change Search Engine; U.S. Copyright Office Invites Beta Testers for Online System and Masterfile Wins 3 European Design Awards.
In April Corbis announced that Gary Shenk, President of Corbis would become the new CEO effective July 1, 2007 (See Story 948) and that all Corbis officers would begin reporting to him as of the date of the April announcement. Read the questions and answers.
This edition has stories on: SAA Calculator Simplifies Rights-Managed Image Licensing; Corbis Expands Media Management to Audio, Video; Capture Updates Web Direct, Releases Keyworder; a21 Board Member Resigns; Microsoft's iView Launches Utility for Corbis Photographers; Fox Buys Photobucket and Flektor; and Google to Acquire Panoramio.
I believe the gross worldwide revenue that is generated from the licensing of stock imagery, both still photos and illustrations, is about $1.8 billion annually. This story explains in detail the process I went through to arrived at that number.
This edition has stories on: Getty Images Provides Footage For Fox Reality Show; Fotolia to Raise Prices with Site Revamp; Getty Images Appoints High-Profile General Counsel; Quark Symposium Offers Stock Agencies Promo Opps and Jupiterimages Appoints New Marketing VP.
This edition of Random Thoughts has two stories. One on New Aggregator Sites that are trying to suppliers additional ways to reach customers, and a second on the CEPIC international conference and trade show that takes place next week where the theme of one of the major seminars will be: Imagery from the Majority World - The Untapped Potential.
He's been called everything from the father of stock photography to the sage and guru of the industry. Now his biggest source of pride is being the father of a top stock shooter. This describes Tom and Jamie Grill, the father/daughter stock producing duo and powerhouse creative team.
The two stories in this edition are by Julia Dudnik Stern who will be working with me in the future to expand the coverage of Selling Stock. The stories are: Publishing Challenge: Popularity of User-Generated Content and Microstock vs. Traditional Imagery: the Case Against One-Stop Shopping.
a21's image licensing revenue for Q1 2007 was up 4.4% compared to the previous quarter and 8% above Q1 2006. Total revenue (48% for Art Select) was $6,124,000 for the quarter down from $6,283,000 in the previous quarter.
The story provides an extensive analysis of the Association of Commercial Stock Image Licensors' study of the worldwide stock footage industry. This association determined that gross revenue of the industry is approximately $282 million but more importantly examined many specific issues related to the industry.