According to BIA/Kelsey, local advertising spend continues to shift to digital and to decline overall in gross revenue generated.
Photoshelter has released a free downloadable Google Analytics toolkit for photographers. The goal: to help photographers implement Web site traffic monitoring tools.
The SuperStock division of RGB Ventures now owns the artist distribution contracts of Art Life Images, which cover approximately 80,000 rights-managed travel images.
Selling Stock has compiled a list of the world's leading stock photo sellers.
Shutterstock, the world's largest subscription-based stock photo agency, has acquired BigStockPhoto in a move to enter the credit-based side of the microstock business.
Pearson Education is getting requests from the India office for additional textbook. Should region affect pricing?
The leading photojournalism agency in Italy has been devastated by the current economic crisis.
iStockphoto has produced an online tool to help determine which worldwide settings need a signed release.
According to an International Communications Research survey, over 40% of designers are using more stock photography in 2009 compared to last year in order to lower costs.
Copyright infringement is a serious issue, but Vivozoom's claim that it adds up to $10 billion annually may not be supported by the facts.
Vivozoom says the practice of stealing stock and microstock images totals some $10 billion annually.
Getty Images has made a "strategic investment" in aggregation technology startup Daylife. Previously disclosed in an SEC filing, Getty is putting about $4 million into the start-up.
PantherMedia has introduced new image subscription plans for Web and print usage.
Given the state of the industry and the economy, it's wasteful to spend thousands on formal education at a trade school or university to learn photography. A better strategy is to first purchase a good DSLR and _shoot, shoot, shoot_.
Getty Images has introduced four different price levels for images. In some cases, it has also removed Image Partner identification.
iStockphoto will now legally guarantee, at no cost to its customers, that all image, video and audio files in its 5 million-plus collection will not breach any trademark, copyright or other intellectual-property rights or rights of privacy.
Leading music and entertainment photographer, Frank Micelotta, has launched PictureGroup, a digital-media production company.
Some photographers want to continue to shoot and produce in the same way as they did in 2007. They have the "think positive" mindset that if they continue to produce new and better images in a higher volume than they produced in 2007, sales will go up, or at least they won't decline a whole lot.
The Picture Archive Council of America has joined CEPIC and other industry organizations in opposition to the proposed Google Settlement. U.S. industry bodies opposing the settlement include the American Society of Media Photographers, the Graphic Artists Guild and the North American Nature Photography Association.
The Coordination of European Picture Agencies has responded to the European Commission's request for stakeholder input on the controversial Google Book Settlement agreement. While CEPIC does not oppose Google pursuing agreements with libraries or universities, the organization's concern over the Google books settlement is that it does not address visual content yet stands to form a de-facto legal framework for such discussions in the future, on an international scale.
This list of the world's major stock agencies is divided into three different groups based on my estimates of the gross revenue generated by each of these companies. Group A lists companies with revenue greater than $20 million Groups B is companies with revenues between $5 and $20 million and Group C has revenues between $1 and $5 million.