German-Speaking Agencies Consolidate, Brace

By Julia Dudnik Stern | 375 Words | Posted 1/20/2009 | Comments
Last week's mergers among German-speaking image agencies mirror a wave of similar U.S. activity. With increased interest from leading global companies, the third-largest stock-image market may be in for a shakeout.

Year in Review: 2008 Magazine Ad Revenue, Pages Down

By Julia Dudnik Stern | 105 Words | Posted 1/19/2009 | Comments
The Publishers Information Bureau said magazine advertising generated $23.7 billion in 2008, a decline of 7.8% over the previous year. Ad pages were also down by 11.7%.

PACA Best Practices Symposium: Chicago, April

By Julia Dudnik Stern | 65 Words | Posted 1/19/2009 | Comments

Jupitermedia Schedules Stockholder Vote

By Julia Dudnik Stern | 55 Words | Posted 1/19/2009 | Comments (1)

SuperStock Sold To RGB Ventures

By Jim Pickerell | 369 Words | Posted 1/19/2009 | Comments (3)
A consortium that unites Rubberball, Glow Images, Blend Images and some of Blend's partners has become the new owner of the U.S. assets of SuperStock. RGB Ventures intends to continue to operate the company.

ImageSpan, JaincoTech Forge Service Partnership

By Julia Dudnik Stern | 89 Words | Posted 1/16/2009 | Comments
Stock-industry suppliers ImageSpan and JaincoTech announced a partnership that expands and cross-promotes the services each offers its clients.

Johnér Sponsors Ad Event

By Julia Dudnik Stern | 47 Words | Posted 1/16/2009 | Comments

Dinodia Relaunches Web Site, Seeks Distributors

By Julia Dudnik Stern | 103 Words | Posted 1/15/2009 | Comments
India-based Dinodia Photo Library has met the New Year with a new Web site and a new image collection.

Corbis, Thought Equity Motion Cross-Distribute Footage

By Julia Dudnik Stern | 520 Words | Posted 1/15/2009 | Comments (1)
Corbis and Thought Equity Motion have partnered to take advantage of each other's strengths. The two companies will cross-distribute their footage collections, increasing Corbis' content inventory and offering Thought Equity wider international exposure.

Year in Review: 2008 Stock Industry Trends

By Julia Dudnik Stern | 1393 Words | Posted 1/14/2009 | Comments (3)
Calling 2008 a challenging year would be an understatement.

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.