Deutsche Telekom Enters Micro Segment

By Julia Dudnik Stern | 362 Words | Posted 6/17/2009 | Comments
Deutsche Telekom, the thriving German telecommunications leader and owner of leading global mobile phone service T-Mobile, has launched a microstock business. Operating since the first week of June, Polylooks combines a microstock media store with an online community and a photography magazine.

Bridgeman Reps The Sterling & Francine Clark Art Institute

By Julia Dudnik Stern | 81 Words | Posted 6/15/2009 | Comments

Framepool Reports U.S. Expansion Success

By Julia Dudnik Stern | 267 Words | Posted 6/15/2009 | Comments
Munich-based footage company Framepool is touting new high-profile accounts in the North and South American advertising, film and television markets. The deals follow the company's recent expansion into the region.

Corbis Offers Retna Celebrity Imagery

By Julia Dudnik Stern | 118 Words | Posted 6/12/2009 | Comments
Corbis and Retna have announced a partnership that adds 250,000 red carpet, film, music, fashion, celebrity and news images from the Retna archive to the Corbis offering, with additional images to be added weekly.

Keedup Launches Micro Keywording Standard

By Julia Dudnik Stern | 231 Words | Posted 6/12/2009 | Comments (1)
New Zealand keywording company Keedup has announced the launch of a streamlined keywording service aimed at the microstock market segment. The service relies on a 15-word standard that captures the most important technical, literal, thematic and conceptual keywords.

Reaching the B2SB Market

By Jim Pickerell | 975 Words | Posted 6/11/2009 | Comments (2)
Those selling images to big business at traditional prices must develop a different strategy for addressing the B2SB (small business) market. The strategy needs to embrace the idea of pricing based on value received, so big businesses that receive greater value from the images they purchase continue to pay reasonable fees for that value.

Corbis Releases Sygma Opening Video

By Julia Dudnik Stern | 30 Words | Posted 6/11/2009 | Comments

Shutterstock Releases Survey: Designer Use of Stock Up in Down Economy

By Julia Dudnik Stern | 294 Words | Posted 6/11/2009 | Comments
New York microstock company Shutterstock says a recent survey shows that over 40% of traditional buyers are using more stock photography this year compared to last. The survey was conducted by Pennsylvania-based International Communications Research.

Where Have The Customers Gone?

By Jim Pickerell | 483 Words | Posted 6/10/2009 | Comments (4)
Traditional stock-photo sellers wonder why there does not seem to be any growth in demand for their product. The 2006 U.S. Census Bureau statistics of U.S. businesses could provide some clues.

CEPIC Announces Executive Committee

By Julia Dudnik Stern | 150 Words | Posted 6/10/2009 | Comments
Following the recent election of Image Source founder Christina Vaughan as its new president, the Coordination of European Picture Agencies has announced a seven-member executive committee that will head its work for the next two years.

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.