There is a lot of concern among iStockphoto contributors as to whether Getty Images' new Thinkstock venture will benefit them or result in reduced revenue overall as sales on the main iStockphoto site decline. This particularly worries exclusive photographers. Calculating the potential loss is very complex, but photographers must hope that none of iStock's volume customers turn to Thinkstock and that a large percentage of Shutterstock customers will start rushing to Thinkstock. To be successful, Getty must capture more revenue from Shutterstock customers than they lose as a result of customers leaving iStockphoto and Getty Images to buy subscriptions.
Photolibrary announced the acquisition of New York-based editorial image library Peter Arnold Inc. Photolibrary Group chief executive officer Glenn Parker said the addition of the Peter Arnold Collection will enhance the company's science, medical and natural history offering.
The speculation as to the future of Hungary-born microstock StockXpert is over: it will cease to operate as of next Thursday.
The next international congress of the European umbrella body CEPIC will take place in Dublin and is now open for registration.
As struggling newspapers look for new sources of revenue, most are attempting to monetize their daily news content online. The Chicago Tribune is expanding on the same idea: the paper is digitizing its image archive and making it work-including as a stock-image asset.
Getty Images has launched Thinkstock as a royalty-free subscription product that represents content from the Getty, iStockphoto and Jupiterimages brands. In addition to monthly and annual subscriptions, the site will offer image packs based on total downloads.
This is an interview with Holger Mette, an Australian photographer who's been traveling the world for two years earning his living from a small portfolio of photos he distributes in the microstock market. We discuss travel, photography and microstock, with example photos and links to his microstock portfolios.
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Microstock Diaries - used with permission. All photos Copyright Holger Mette]
Together with the Guardian, Getty Images-owned iStockphoto is sponsoring Britain iS -- a competition that captures Britain in 2010. Photo categories range from best urban image to "good stock," as in best suited to stock imagery.
SpiderPic, a division of the Israel based company Ginipic, has launched a new service to help image buyers find the cheapest source for microstock images. This is accomplished by simultaneously searching across multiple sites for specific images.
Corbis has notified photographers with rights-managed images on Veer that the company will be moving all that imagery to the Corbis site in 2010 to more "strategically differentiate their two stock photography brands." The rights-managed imagery that has been placed on channel partner sites around the world will continue to be marketed through those sites.
Hosted by the American Society of Picture Professionals and the Picture Archive Council of America on April 15-18 in Boston, participants of the Reinvention Weekend will attend presentations and panels geared to help reinvent, reimagine and reinvigorate the photography business.
November research from Ad Age says supermoms are a dying breed. "Rise of the Real Mom," a new white paper sponsored by Meredith, profiles this key consumer demographic and offers valuable insights to those planning production.
Getty Images has announced sports and music deals that included an extension of its partnership with PGA TOUR and new agreements with Gracenote and Hello Music. Chief executive officer Jonathan Klein announced the digital music deals during a keynote speech at the MIDEM 2010 conference in Cannes, France.
How to create estimates that get the job and build your business.
Photographer, Art Director and Editor Sarah Golonka shares with us her knowledge and tips on succeeding in stock photography.
"We want to make it easy to attribute any stock image to its original author, and facilitate sales," reads the Idée announcement that urges operators of large image collections to add them to the company's image search engine TinEye.
The latest trend to come out of the Corbis creative intelligence team is "One World:" an interconnected global culture.
The New York-based photographer Web site specialist PhotoShelter has released yet another free resource: the photographer guide to social media. The 7-megabyte 55-page PDF is available upon request and delivered via email.