Net Gets More Ad Spend Than TV

By Jim Pickerell | 108 Words | Posted 1/17/2008 | Comments
According to WPP, the world's largest media buyer, the Internet advertising spend in Sweden in 2008 will surpass spending for television advertising. The same is expected to happen in the UK and Denmark in 2009.

Photographer/Agency Sales at Alamy

By Jim Pickerell | 327 Words | Posted 1/17/2008 | Comments (1)
On Jan. 14, Alamy posted a video of an event they hosted for contributors in November. During the presentation, CEO James West provided details relative to sales of the top 100 photographers and agencies represented on the site.

maXx Relaunches Site, Exceeds 3 Million Images

By Julia Dudnik Stern | 134 Words | Posted 1/16/2008 | Comments
Vancouver-based maXx images has relaunched its Web site. The site is now fully e-commerce-enabled and offers access to over 3 million royalty-free and rights-managed images.

Blend Offers Rights-Ready Images

By Julia Dudnik Stern | 98 Words | Posted 1/16/2008 | Comments

Corbis, amanaimages Partner in Distribution Deal

By Julia Dudnik Stern | 93 Words | Posted 1/16/2008 | Comments
Corbis has entered into a new distribution agreement with Japan's amanaimages, a division of The Amana Group and the fourth-largest global player in stock licensing.

World Picture Network Ends Daily Feed

By Julia Dudnik Stern | 238 Words | Posted 1/16/2008 | Comments
Founded in London in 2001 and now headquartered in New York, the World Picture Network has announced that it will discontinue its daily news-image feed as of February. WpN CEO Brian Miller said the feed, which distributed images shot on spec to breaking news outlets, was unable to compete with larger companies in a crowded industry.

Magnum Goes Commercial With OnRequest

By Julia Dudnik Stern | 92 Words | Posted 1/15/2008 | Comments

xcavator.net Exits Beta With 6 Million Images

By Julia Dudnik Stern | 403 Words | Posted 1/15/2008 | Comments
CogniSign, a technology company that specializes in image and video search, has officially launched xcavator.net. The meta image-search engine exits beta testing with 6 million images, which represent the aggregate inventories of four microstock and two rights-managed stock agencies.

Addressing The Whole Market

By Jim Pickerell | 353 Words | Posted 1/15/2008 | Comments (1)
RM sellers have focused on the top of the market for so long they have lost sight of the whole market for stock photography. It's time for some outside-the-box thinking.

Defining Low Priced Uses

By Jim Pickerell | 791 Words | Posted 1/15/2008 | Comments
There appears to be little or no growth in the volume of uses at traditional prices. In addition, there is reason to believe volumes will decline. The dilemma for RM producers is how to expand their customer base without losing revenue from existing high-end customers.

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.