Fotosearch Reaches 3 Million Images

By Julia Dudnik Stern | 60 Words | Posted 6/12/2008 | Comments

Newscom Hires for Growth in Visual-Content Space

By Julia Dudnik Stern | 386 Words | Posted 6/12/2008 | Comments
This month has seen a flurry of activity from online content superstore Newscom. The company has brought on several new brands and reorganized its sales and business development operations to "reach new markets and develop relationships with new partners," said managing director Bill Creighton.

Mary Evans Redesigns Site

By Julia Dudnik Stern | 97 Words | Posted 6/11/2008 | Comments

Getty Images Releases Market Analysis

By Julia Dudnik Stern | 271 Words | Posted 6/11/2008 | Comments
Days before the planned Getty merger with private-equity firm Hellman & Friedman, a corporate memo offers the industry leader's perspective of the current competitive landscape. Company management places total visual-content revenues at $7 billion to $8 billion per year, with original commissioned work generating 61%.

CEPIC Publishes Industry Directory

By Julia Dudnik Stern | 46 Words | Posted 6/10/2008 | Comments

Digital Railroad Enhances Marketplace, Integrates PLUS

By Julia Dudnik Stern | 398 Words | Posted 6/10/2008 | Comments
Digital Railroad has upgraded the technology of its Marketplace, a sales platform that recently became the focus of the business. Among new features is a rights-managed pricing calculator that integrates the Picture Licensing Universal System international standards.

Germany To Host CEPIC Congress 2009

By Julia Dudnik Stern | 45 Words | Posted 6/9/2008 | Comments

Words for Images Launches to Provide Keywording

By Julia Dudnik Stern | 62 Words | Posted 6/9/2008 | Comments

SnapVillage Exits Beta With Tech Upgrade, Outage

By Julia Dudnik Stern | 492 Words | Posted 6/9/2008 | Comments
SnapVillage is officially out of beta. In preparing for the full commercial launch, the Corbis-owned microstock, which now has some 300,000 images available for sale, has upgraded its image-handling and back-end technologies. The company is also running a 25% discount on its subscription service for the month of June.

Alamy Novel Use Expands Customer Reach

By Jim Pickerell | 825 Words | Posted 6/9/2008 | Comments (1)
Alamy has launched a program called Limited Use that makes it possible for those selling images as RM and traditional RF to make the same images available to some customers for nominal fees - without risking loss of revenue at the higher end of the market.

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.