Local Advertising Spend Trends

By Jim Pickerell | 339 Words | Posted 9/25/2009 | Comments
According to BIA/Kelsey, local advertising spend continues to shift to digital and to decline overall in gross revenue generated.

Photoshelter Releases Google Analytics Toolkit

By Julia Dudnik Stern | 119 Words | Posted 9/24/2009 | Comments
Photoshelter has released a free downloadable Google Analytics toolkit for photographers. The goal: to help photographers implement Web site traffic monitoring tools.

SuperStock Acquires Assets of Art Life Images

By Jim Pickerell | 170 Words | Posted 9/24/2009 | Comments
The SuperStock division of RGB Ventures now owns the artist distribution contracts of Art Life Images, which cover approximately 80,000 rights-managed travel images.

2009: Updated Stock Agency List

By Jim Pickerell | 122 Words | Posted 9/24/2009 | Comments (2)
Selling Stock has compiled a list of the world's leading stock photo sellers.

Shutterstock Announces Acquisition of BigStockPhoto

By Jim Pickerell | 279 Words | Posted 9/23/2009 | Comments
Shutterstock, the world's largest subscription-based stock photo agency, has acquired BigStockPhoto in a move to enter the credit-based side of the microstock business.

Expanded Textbook Sales In Asia

By Jim Pickerell | 273 Words | Posted 9/23/2009 | Comments
Pearson Education is getting requests from the India office for additional textbook. Should region affect pricing?

Italian Agency Grazia Neri in Liquidation

By Jim Pickerell | 229 Words | Posted 9/23/2009 | Comments
The leading photojournalism agency in Italy has been devastated by the current economic crisis.

Products, Locations May Require Releases

By Jim Pickerell | 245 Words | Posted 9/22/2009 | Comments
iStockphoto has produced an online tool to help determine which worldwide settings need a signed release.

Pre-Recession: IP Rights on Rise

By Fern Siegel | 120 Words | Posted 9/22/2009 | Comments

Design Professionals Using More Stock

By Jim Pickerell | 335 Words | Posted 9/21/2009 | Comments (2)
According to an International Communications Research survey, over 40% of designers are using more stock photography in 2009 compared to last year in order to lower costs.

About Michael Masterson

Michael Masterson has a broad range of experience in marketing, business development, strategic planning, contact negotiations and recruiting in the photography, graphic design and publishing industries. In addition to his long experience at the Workbook and Workbookstock, Masterson owned and was creative director of his own graphic design firm for several years.

Masterson has been a speaker or panelist at industry events such as Seybold, PhotoPlus Expo, Visual Connections and the Picture Archive Council of America (PACA) national conference. He is currently the national president of the American Society of Picture Professionals (ASPP). He also serves on the board of the Silver Lake Neighborhood Council in his Los Angeles community. He chaired the marketing committee for the Los Angeles Conservancy, a historic preservation advocacy group, for many years.

He currently heads Masterson Consulting, working on projects ranging from business development for creative companies and sourcing talent for them to promoting and marketing industry events as well as providing resume and professional profile services for job-seekers. He can be reached at zvpunryqznfgrefba@tznvy.pbz.