ImageState has gone through a major restructuring of its business. Sheldon Marshall says they had ''geared up the business anticipating a much bigger business than it is (and found) it necessary to downsize to meet the level of existing business that we have.''
Agents, do you need to expand your supply of images? Don't drive photographers away with terms they can't afford to accept. Read this story and consider how important ''exclusive rights'' really are and whether you need to have exclusive rights to all the images you represent.
Getty Images has announced significantly higher than expected 1st Quarter revenues of $113.5 million. This was up from $102 million for the 4th Quarter and exceeded Getty's 1st Quarter estimate of between $103 and $106 million.
Photographers are increasingly concerned that they are not receiving all the monies they are entitled to from their agents. Read about some of the things that are causing these concerns and things both photographers and agents need to think about.
This issue contains stories on E-Data Corporations' attempt to get a share of fees from all digital sales, Higher fees from some book publishers, Getty Press Division Sales, ImageState Completes Move to New York, Defining ''Crappy'' Photography, and Alaska Stock's Website Upgrade.
Sygma Staff is back to work in Paris, Coalition of Visual Artists Flounders, Corbis Stock Market moves office, Harper Collins Publishers Sued For Unfair Dealing With Authors, SuperStock Acquires PowerStock, New Artists Relations Positions Announced at Getty and more.
Pricing textbook uses is getting more and more complex as publisher seek broader rights for the images they purchase. Sellers are often giving away huge additional rights for only a small additional fee over what they would charge for much less use. Check out our analysis of the numbers.
This issue of Selling Stock contains stories on: Work Stoppage At Sygma, Tony Stone's comments on the industry, and Jim Pickerell's analysis of those comments, Pictor Ltd. Insolvent, SuperStock Creates X-File and Closes Production, Getty Images 2001 Results, Ad Sales Down, Acquisitions by ImageState, GlobalPhoto, Corbis and SuperStock, Creative Eye's Search For Money and more.
Peter Dean has developed a very effective way for someone with a small file of images in a specialized subject area to make those images available for searching online. His experience is worth considering for those with lots of images and limited resources for marketing.
This story contains short items on SolusImages' new international network, Workbookstock's Ad Campaign, Appeals Court Decision on Web Crawling For Images, Retrofile.com, news from Corbis, Zefa and Image State, Cautions on tracking your images once they are online and anticipating stock agency bankruptcys; and more.