Forbes.com Uses Images without Permission, Apologizes Later

By Julia Dudnik Stern | 139 Words | Posted 7/25/2007 | Comments

Shutterstock Footage Exceeds 30,000 Clips

By Julia Dudnik Stern | 45 Words | Posted 7/25/2007 | Comments

Corbis on the Runway

By Julia Dudnik Stern | 268 Words | Posted 7/25/2007 | Comments
Corbis and Condé Nast have reached an agreement to license fashion and celebrity imagery originally published by Women's Wear Daily. The arrangement expands Corbis's editorial offerings, while providing Condé Nast with a secondary revenue stream.

Controversial Stock Photo on Government Pub

By Julia Dudnik Stern | 74 Words | Posted 7/25/2007 | Comments

Getty Images Changes Footage Licensing Model

By Julia Dudnik Stern | 255 Words | Posted 7/25/2007 | Comments
Getty Images has launched a new footage Web site, which features improved search capabilities and instant broadcast-quality downloads. In addition, the company announced the replacement of rights-managed footage licensing with the rights-ready model.

blinkx Hits 14 Million Hours of Content

By Julia Dudnik Stern | 66 Words | Posted 7/24/2007 | Comments

PA Updates ShootLive, Signs Medical Image Deal

By Julia Dudnik Stern | 225 Words | Posted 7/24/2007 | Comments
PA Photos, the picture agency of the U.K.'s national Press Association, announced a new release of its real-time image delivery service and a new medical representation agreement.

Fotolog and Google Enter Search Agreement

By Julia Dudnik Stern | 56 Words | Posted 7/24/2007 | Comments

Non-payment of PhotoDisc Royalties

By Jim Pickerell | 700 Words | Posted 7/23/2007 | Comments
A number of PhotoDisc photographers have become increasingly upset at the non-payment of royalties for almost two years - and Getty is in a legal situation where they can't do much about it.

iStock Rewards Photogs With Punctum Day

By Julia Dudnik Stern | 768 Words | Posted 7/20/2007 | Comments (2)
Kelly Thompson, senior vice president of iStockphoto, found a novel way to thank the company's photographers. On Aug. 19, the day Louis Daguerre's discovery was released to the world in 1839, iStock will introduce the photographic community to a new holiday: Punctum Day's. The first Punctum Day will be commemorated by the launch of several "thank you" programs for iStock contributors. These will include eight contests with more than $40,000 in prizes.

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.