a21 Third Quarter Results

By Jim Pickerell | 847 Words | Posted 12/2/2005 | Comments
a21, Inc. has reported revenues for the third quarter of 2005 of $2,064,000 compared to $2,077,000 for the same period in 2004 and down from $2,327,000 in the second quarter of 2005.

Random Thoughts 113

By Jim Pickerell | 1366 Words | Posted 11/28/2005 | Comments
The stories in this article are: Getty Offers Discounts in Asia; Mauzy Joins Digital Railroad; Stock Asylum Discusses Future of Stock Industry; and Image Source Offers Mid-Sized Thumbnails.

Return Per Image

By Jim Pickerell | 1083 Words | Posted 11/28/2005 | Comments
This article encourages every photographer to begin tracking his or her average return-per-image on a semi-annual or annual basis and explains who this is a much more important indicator of market trends than gross annual revenue.

Press Releases 9

By Jim Pickerell | 2255 Words | Posted 11/16/2005 | Comments
This group of releases includes: Jupitermedia Announces Acquisition of French Image Distributor PR Direct; Tom Grill Launches RF Tetra Images; StockMotionFinder.com Launches Stock Footage Search Engine; Onstream Media Partners with Index Stock Imagery; iStockphoto Launches CopySpace to Simplify Designer Searches; and ShutterStock’s Japanese-translated Website Goes Live.

Press Releases 8

By Jim Pickerell | 988 Words | Posted 11/16/2005 | Comments
The PLUS Coalition Accomplishes the "Impossible," Creating A New Standard With International Participation and Support.

November 2005 Selling Stock

By Jim Pickerell | 176 Words | Posted 11/8/2005 | Comments
This edition includes: Trends To Watch; Corbis Reports Growth; Jupiter Acquires Banana Stock; Non-released At Getty; Getty Third Quarter 2005; a21 Second Quarter Results; a21 Acquires Ingram Publishing; Blend Seeks Photographers; Adobe Adds 4 Collections; Speight to Lead Masterfile Europe; Digital Camera Focus Problems; PLUS Creates Licensing Language and more.

Random Thoughts 112

By Jim Pickerell | 1323 Words | Posted 11/7/2005 | Comments
This edition of Random Thoughts has short items on: Return-Per-Image Going Down At Getty; Imagestate Appoints Hart COO; Alamy To Place Copies Of Site In Multiple Locations; and Correction To Jiunlimited.com.

Jupitermedia Third Quarter

By Jim Pickerell | 1233 Words | Posted 11/4/2005 | Comments
Jupitermedia has reported third quarter of 2005 revenues of $34.4 million compared to revenues of $15.8 million for the same period last year. Jupiter is estimating revenue of over $39 million for the final quarter of 2005 and revenue for the year of between $128 to $130 million.

Random Thought 111

By Jim Pickerell | 1221 Words | Posted 11/1/2005 | Comments
This issue has stories on: Street Casting; Getty Model Release; Murphy Takes Over As Director of Development of Image Partners for Getty; More Production Shoots At Jupiter; Photographers Petition Supreme Court For Review Of Claim Against National Geographic; and Solicitor Swan Sets Up New Practice In UK

From Medio To Glow

By Jim Pickerell | 439 Words | Posted 11/1/2005 | Comments
Medio Images recently sold its file of 35,000 images with a heavy concentration of Latino and travel images to Getty. Next month they will launch a new brand called Glow and expect to have over 20,000 images in their offering by early next year.

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.