U.S. Entertainment Archive for Sale

By Julia Dudnik Stern | 79 Words | Posted 2/25/2009 | Comments

2009 Sales Make Photographers Cry

By Julia Dudnik Stern | 53 Words | Posted 2/24/2009 | Comments

Getty Images Completes Acquisition of Jupiterimages, Jupitermedia Rebrands as WebMediaBrands

By Julia Dudnik Stern | 126 Words | Posted 2/24/2009 | Comments
Subject to some post-closing adjustments, Getty Images has completed the acquisition of Jupiterimages. Jupitermedia, which will now be called WebMediaBrands, is using the proceeds of the sale to pay debts.

PPA Announces "Relief" Package

By Julia Dudnik Stern | 74 Words | Posted 2/24/2009 | Comments

GumGum Signs b5media, Boasts High Quantcast Ranking

By Julia Dudnik Stern | 325 Words | Posted 2/24/2009 | Comments
GumGum has added b5media, one of the world's largest blog networks, to its client roster. In slightly more than a year since since its public launch, GumGum ranks among the top 100 Quantcast destinations.

Veer Marketplace Goes Live

By Julia Dudnik Stern | 87 Words | Posted 2/23/2009 | Comments
The new microstock arm of the Corbis empire, Veer Marketplace, is live as of Monday. This makes Veer the first major provider to integrate user-generated imagery into a traditional Web site.

plainpicture Partners with Arcangel Images

By Julia Dudnik Stern | 34 Words | Posted 2/23/2009 | Comments

Agency Closures: What Went Wrong?

By Jim Pickerell | 805 Words | Posted 2/23/2009 | Comments (1)
Recently, several stock agencies have found it necessary to discontinue operations. When that happens, photographer royalties often go unpaid. What went wrong for these firms and their photographers?

PhotoShelter Corrects Survey Statistics

By Julia Dudnik Stern | 46 Words | Posted 2/23/2009 | Comments

Two for One: Alamy, Fotolia Blunders

By Julia Dudnik Stern | 758 Words | Posted 2/23/2009 | Comments
Last week, two leading stock-image companies have made announcements that sent their contributors into apoplectic fits: Alamy released its Commercial Collection. Fotolia cut contributor royalties. Both came as a surprise to the two agencies' contributing photographers.

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.