American Photo Awards 7

By Julia Dudnik Stern | 115 Words | Posted 11/29/2007 | Comments

Ohio U Sweeps College Photojournalism Competition

By Julia Dudnik Stern | 152 Words | Posted 11/29/2007 | Comments

ASMP Supports Writers Guild

By Julia Dudnik Stern | 52 Words | Posted 11/29/2007 | Comments

SnapVillage Grows to 125,000 Images

By Julia Dudnik Stern | 336 Words | Posted 11/29/2007 | Comments
SnapVillage, the microstock Web site launched by Corbis in June, has reached 125,000 images in its inventory. According to senior vice president Adam Brotman, this exceeds expectations.

Book Publishing Prices: When Will We All Wake Up?

By Jim Pickerell | 708 Words | Posted 11/29/2007 | Comments (2)
The book publishing industry has changed dramatically in the last decade or so and the stock photo industry has struggled to keep up with those changes. The biggest problem has been in establishing reasonable prices for increased circulation.

Hi-Media Completes Fotolog Acquisition

By Julia Dudnik Stern | 86 Words | Posted 11/28/2007 | Comments

Austria's Buenos Dias Joins THP Platform

By Julia Dudnik Stern | 84 Words | Posted 11/28/2007 | Comments

AlamyMeasures Launches in Beta

By Julia Dudnik Stern | 61 Words | Posted 11/28/2007 | Comments

Trojanowski to "Shoot with Ron Chapple"

By Julia Dudnik Stern | 74 Words | Posted 11/28/2007 | Comments

Getty Images Donates $500,000 to Fight AIDS

By Julia Dudnik Stern | 89 Words | Posted 11/28/2007 | Comments

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.