Digital Railroad: Photographer Royalties Received Will Not Be Paid

By Julia Dudnik Stern | 447 Words | Posted 11/6/2008 | Comments (1)
The Stock Artists Alliance, which has been endeavoring to help photographers collect commissions on sales made through the now-defunct Digital Railroad, has announced that photographers should not expect to receive their share of payments already collected by the bankrupt agency.

Shutterstock Grows to 5 Million Images

By Julia Dudnik Stern | 79 Words | Posted 11/6/2008 | Comments
New York-based subscription microstock Shutterstock links its continued growth to the economic downturn.

Industry Groups File Amicus Brief In Greenberg v. National Geographic

By Julia Dudnik Stern | 157 Words | Posted 11/5/2008 | Comments
ASMP, NANPA, SAA, NPPA, APA and PACA unite in Supreme Court brief.

BAPLA Appoints Cliffe, Releases Pricing Survey

By Julia Dudnik Stern | 487 Words | Posted 11/5/2008 | Comments
The British Association of Picture Libraries and Agencies has announced the appointment of a new executive director and the release of its 2008 pricing survey.

FootageBank HD Launches Royalty-Free Division

By Julia Dudnik Stern | 154 Words | Posted 11/4/2008 | Comments
LA motion specialist predicts growth in HD content licensed for online and mobile uses.

Medicimage Selects Photolibrary as Exclusive U.K. Rep

By Julia Dudnik Stern | 155 Words | Posted 11/4/2008 | Comments
Photolibrary will now exclusively market Medicimage content in the United Kingdom, in addition to non-exclusive representation in 11 additional countries.

Tinervin Joins picturemaxx

By Julia Dudnik Stern | 43 Words | Posted 11/3/2008 | Comments
Former Digital Rairload sales exec lands on his feet.

Employees Take Over Bilderberg

By Julia Dudnik Stern | 55 Words | Posted 11/3/2008 | Comments (1)
The German travel and reportage agency that recently declared insolvency is being rescued by four of its employees.

Newscom May Acquire Digital Railroad Assets

By Julia Dudnik Stern | 186 Words | Posted 11/3/2008 | Comments
Diablo Management has revealed there may be a buyer--whose description matches only one industry company--for Digital Railroad's assets.

Photos.com To Sell Single Images; Shutterstock Shooter Commissions Up

By Julia Dudnik Stern | 111 Words | Posted 10/31/2008 | Comments
Jupiterimages announced that Photo.com will now sell images as singles and reported an 11% increase in StockXpert contributor royalties.

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.