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Corbis 90% Discount Revisited

By Jim Pickerell | 476 Words | Posted 10/15/2007 | Comments

The Corbis incentive program announced last week offers up to 90% discounts on RF images - with a few twists. The discounts are for low-volume customers, but if you qualify, it's a great deal.

Details of Alamy's Q3 Operations

By Jim Pickerell | 186 Words | Posted 10/15/2007 | Comments

Since 2004, Alamy has been providing detailed information relative to the company's operations, though as a private company, it's not required to do so. The following 2006-2007 financial breakdown can be useful to image suppliers.

Revenue Up At Alamy

By Jim Pickerell | 481 Words | Posted 10/15/2007 | Comments

Alamy had gross sales in Q3 2007 of $7,506,000 and is on track to exceed $28 million in all of 2007, up 15.5% from its 2006 revenue of $24,237,364.

Zymmetrical Pays 70% Contributor Commission

By Julia Dudnik Stern | 56 Words | Posted 10/12/2007 | Comments

Absolute Stock Photo Combines RF and RM in New License

By Julia Dudnik Stern | 129 Words | Posted 10/12/2007 | Comments

Rex Features, Loop Images Update Web Sites

By Julia Dudnik Stern | 390 Words | Posted 10/12/2007 | Comments

Two British image companies, Rex Features and Loop Images, launched redesigned Web sites this week. London-based Rex Features made over its site completely, adding new features, while Surrey-based Loop Images streamlined its home page to make it more user-friendly.

Ron Chapple And Microstock

By Jim Pickerell | 856 Words | Posted 10/12/2007 | Comments (1)

For 25 years Ron Chapple has been one of the world's leading stock photographers, always on the cutting edge of the next trend. In the 1990s he was the top seller of RM imagery for FPG, a major stock photo agency of that period. After Getty Images purchased FPG, Ron established Thinkstock, an RF production company. In 2004 he sold Thinkstock to Jupitermedia for more than $4 million. While still producing RM and traditional RF, he recently became an aggressive producer of microstock.

age fotostock to Launch Low-Budget Brand

By Julia Dudnik Stern | 504 Words | Posted 10/11/2007 | Comments

The Barcelona-based age fotostock announced plans to launch a new brand, Web site and business model, easyFotostock. The 35-year-old agency is calling it a "low-budget, royalty-free" offering.

Federal Shield Law Passes Judiciary Committee

By Julia Dudnik Stern | 165 Words | Posted 10/10/2007 | Comments

The proposed Federal Shield Law was designed to protect journalists from being forced to reveal their sources in federal court. Such laws are already in place in 32 states and Washington, D.C.; however, there is currently no federal version of the protection.

THP Launches Storage and Fulfillment Service

By Julia Dudnik Stern | 199 Words | Posted 10/10/2007 | Comments

age footstockâ€™s Technological Hosting Platform Photo Services has launched a new service targeting stock-image distributors.

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.