SAA MetaSurvey: Better-Than-Expected Adoption Rates

By Julia Dudnik Stern | 732 Words | Posted 7/16/2008 | Comments
The Stock Artists Alliance has nearly completed the first major phase of its metadata project, financed by an award from the U.S. Library of Congress. SAA project leader David Riecks said he was surprised by the high rate of metadata use among stock agencies.

What Was Flickr Thinking?

By Jim Pickerell | 415 Words | Posted 7/16/2008 | Comments (1)
In examining the Getty/Flickr deal, it is hard to understand how the Flickr managers could have given so much to Getty for so little.

CEPIC Congress Materials Go Online

By Julia Dudnik Stern | 69 Words | Posted 7/15/2008 | Comments

Aurora Reps Agence VU

By Julia Dudnik Stern | 31 Words | Posted 7/15/2008 | Comments

Greenberg Ruling Sets New Precedent, Misses Mark

By Julia Dudnik Stern | 683 Words | Posted 7/15/2008 | Comments
For the second time, the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has sided with the National Geographic Society in Greenberg v. NGS, in which photographer Jerry Greenberg claimed that the publisher violated his copyright by reproducing images shot for the print magazine in a CD compilation.

Getty Q2 Revs Flat

By Jim Pickerell | 141 Words | Posted 7/15/2008 | Comments
Getty's gross revenue for Q2 2008 was $218 million with net income of $33.7 million. The $218 million is the same level of income as the same period in 2007, but down from $233.2 million in Q1 2008.

BBC Motion Reps The Princes Trust

By Julia Dudnik Stern | 48 Words | Posted 7/14/2008 | Comments

JaincoTech to Sponsor PhotoShelter's Shoot! The Day

By Julia Dudnik Stern | 39 Words | Posted 7/14/2008 | Comments

GeoNova Launches StockMaps.com

By Julia Dudnik Stern | 54 Words | Posted 7/14/2008 | Comments

Open Text Acquires Corbis' Media Management Division

By Julia Dudnik Stern | 393 Words | Posted 7/14/2008 | Comments
Three years after Corbis purchased eMotion, a provider of hosted asset-management applications, the company has sold it to Canada-based Open Text for approximately $5 million in cash and assets.

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.