Corbis Cuts, Reshuffles Staff

By Jim Pickerell | 381 Words | Posted 9/12/2008 | Comments
A year after its acquisition of Veer, Corbis will reduce its workforce by about 175 employees between now and the end of the year. The company has also promoted several senior executives.

Shutterstock: 60 Million Downloads

By Julia Dudnik Stern | 418 Words | Posted 9/11/2008 | Comments
Shutterstock has announced that it passed 60 million downloads since 2005. In homage to the founding editor of Selling Stock, let's try to put these numbers in context.

Survey: Shift to Digital, Pull, Social Marketing

By Jim Pickerell | 411 Words | Posted 9/11/2008 | Comments
When marketers were asked to list the top 10 qualities they expected their advertising and marketing agencies to exhibit in the coming year, the number one request was "greater knowledge of the digital space." Even more important was knowledge of pull marketing via social networks, online communities, wikis and blogs.

Van Parys Media, Belga News Agency to Room

By Julia Dudnik Stern | 40 Words | Posted 9/10/2008 | Comments
Belgium's leading stock-image and news agencies move in together.

Jupiterimages Launches Jupiterimages Unlimited Plus

By Julia Dudnik Stern | 64 Words | Posted 9/10/2008 | Comments
Jupiterimages has launched a second subscription product that combines traditional stock with microstock.

a21 Launches Eco Art, Discontinues Talks with Applejack

By Julia Dudnik Stern | 194 Words | Posted 9/10/2008 | Comments
Jacksonville, Fla.-based a21 is promoting a new line of eco-conscious art. The company has also discontinued negotiations with Applejack, which stood to become its majority shareholder.

Shift of News Market to Affect Image Use

By Jim Pickerell | 536 Words | Posted 9/10/2008 | Comments
Changes in how news and information are delivered to the general public raise some interesting questions about the future of image use.

Idée Updates Flickr Multicolr Search

By Julia Dudnik Stern | 81 Words | Posted 9/9/2008 | Comments
The Flickr Multicolr search has been updated to work with 10 million Creative Commons-licensed images hosted by Flickr.

Getty’s Stirton Wins Visa d’Or Features Award

By Julia Dudnik Stern | 250 Words | Posted 9/9/2008 | Comments
Getty Images staff photographer Brent Stirton has won the Visa d’Or Features Award at this week’s international photojournalism festival Visa pour l’Image.

The User-Generated Future of Information

By Jim Pickerell | 738 Words | Posted 9/9/2008 | Comments
The majority of stock images licensed by traditional sources are being used in some type of printed product. If that is a focus of your business, expect continuing declines.

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.