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MY TURN - Wayne Eastep

By Wayne Eastep | 942 Words | Posted 10/5/2001 | Comments

With this story Selling Stock is launching a new occasional series of articles offering photographers and stock agents the opportunity to speak out on important industry issues. The aim is to provide a forum for diverse points of view. The first article is by photographer Wayne Eastep.

Getting Information From Corbis

By Jim Pickerell | 4273 Words | Posted 10/5/2001 | Comments

Corbis has been advised by counsel not to answer questions posed by Jim Pickerell, editor of Selling Stock, because Pickerell is scheduled to testify as an industry expert in a case where Michael Grecco is suing Corbis Sygma for lost transparencies. This story explains the situation and the questions Pickerell would like to see answered.

Creative Eye

By Jim Pickerell | 3378 Words | Posted 9/28/2001 | Comments

This story looks at all aspects of Creative Eye, the new version of the online site started by ASMP and known as MIRA. We are pessimistic about Creative Eye's long term chances to accomplish all their goals, and we believe they are engaged on too many fronts. But we recommend that stock photographers give it serious consideration as one of the marketing options for their work. It should NOT be the sole option.

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By Jim Pickerell | 1745 Words | Posted 9/25/2001 | Comments

This includes short items on: Industry changes for editorial and travel photograhers, Good News on Ad Revenues, Final Getty Contract Deadline, $11,000 RF Sale, Changes at Index Stock, PhotoPlus Still On, Customers Want Smaller Print Catalogs According To Corbis and NY Times Blacklist.

Grill Launches Stock Production Company

By Jim Pickerell | 552 Words | Posted 9/25/2001 | Comments

Photographer Tom Grill who co-founded Comstock in 1976 and was their chief photographer and creative director for over two decades has left Comstock and created a new production company under the name TomGrill.com.

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By Jim Pickerell | 2173 Words | Posted 9/12/2001 | Comments

This includes short items on: $135,000 Sale, Corbis Digital Stock Layoffs, $17,000 RF Sale, Getty Scanning Update, Getty's German Disaster, Buyers In The World, Online Usage In The U.S., New position for Stephen Mayes and statistics on use of Video Clips.

CCC Charged With Copyright Infringement

By Jim Pickerell | 1406 Words | Posted 9/12/2001 | Comments

On August 31st, Seth Resnick, Michael Grecco, and Paula Lerner filed a Class Action Complaint in Federal Court against the Copyright Clearance Center (CCC) for its action's, since its inception in 1978, of licensing photocopy rights to thousands of users without properly compensating the creators for these rights.

September 2001 Selling Stock

By Jim Pickerell | 6722 Words | Posted 9/10/2001 | Comments

This issue includes stories on: alamy.com, Advertising Spending Down, Getty Sales Down, Getty Closes Scanning, Creatas Buys PictureQuest, Speedpix, Argus Portal, Pictor Bankruptcy Update, Reuters and Sipa, Zefa Sales Growth, Sensitive Issues, Corbis Sales, Editorial Photographers Recession and more.

The Future Is Alamy.Com

By Jim Pickerell | 3694 Words | Posted 9/6/2001 | Comments

alamy.com is beginning to look like the leading portal option for photographers. They plan to launch a major promotional campaign this fall to image buyers and have developed systems to include agencies and provide custom edits of their site.

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By Jim Pickerell | 1416 Words | Posted 8/13/2001 | Comments

This story includes information on Corbis sales to Bill Gates, Corbis Incentive Plan, Getty Offer to Buy Reuters, Photog. Cost of Doing Business, Zefa Sales Growth, Editorial Photographer Recession, and more.

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.