Investors Oppose Getty's $49 Web Use Price

By Jim Pickerell | 444 Words | Posted 9/12/2007 | Comments (1)
Not only are photographers and agents upset about Getty Images recent move to lower the price for Web use of virtually all of its images to $49, but many in the investment community look at it as a bad idea as well.

Image Source: Open Your Eyes

By Julia Dudnik Stern | 179 Words | Posted 9/11/2007 | Comments
"Open Your Eyes" is Image Source's new global marketing campaign that unites a microsite, direct mail, advertising, sales promotion and 200 image distributors. Focusing on alternative ways of seeing Image Source's collection of lifestyle, beauty and business imagery, the campaign offers a 30% discount off the price of two or more image collections.

6 Industry Groups Ask Getty to Rethink $49 Web Fee

By Julia Dudnik Stern | 456 Words | Posted 9/11/2007 | Comments
Few corporate moves have met with as much criticism and outright opposition as Getty Images' recent announcement of price changes for online image licensing. Now, six industry groups - which represent over 12,000 professional photographers in the U.S.A. and the U.K., including many Getty Images' contributors - have written an open letter demanding change.

Card Trick: Big Stock, Low Price

By Jim Pickerell | 326 Words | Posted 9/11/2007 | Comments (3)
When photographers sell exclusive images for greeting card use, they get less and the buyer gets more.

ASMP Revives Strictly Business

By Julia Dudnik Stern | 100 Words | Posted 9/10/2007 | Comments

Corbis Continues Push for Ad Agency Business

By Julia Dudnik Stern | 408 Words | Posted 9/10/2007 | Comments
Corbis has launched Creative Boutique, a new online service for advertising, marketing and media pros. The resource will showcase new imagery and provide an assortment of free content, including search tips, wallpapers and articles.

Exclusive Use: Flawed Model

By Jim Pickerell | 791 Words | Posted 9/7/2007 | Comments (2)
The drive by photographers and distributors to license RM stock images for exclusive use could be the undoing of many photographers.

Magnum Welcomes Three New Photographers

By Julia Dudnik Stern | 75 Words | Posted 9/7/2007 | Comments

Alamy Adds Online Image Upload

By Julia Dudnik Stern | 98 Words | Posted 9/7/2007 | Comments

Jupitermedia Announces Digital Rights Conference

By Julia Dudnik Stern | 71 Words | Posted 9/7/2007 | 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.