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.
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.
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.
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.
The PLUS Coalition Accomplishes the "Impossible," Creating A New Standard With International Participation and Support.
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.
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 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.
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
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.
Looking ahead to 2006 there are two trends to watch. Distributors seem to moving - to acquire more imagery that they will wholly-own and to put more emphasis on working with production companies rather than individual contributors. This article explores these trends and has a number of recommendations for photographers.
Two Washington Post editorials discuss the pros and cons of the Google Digital Library initiative. Speaking for those in favor is Mary Sue Coleman, President of the University of Michigan and speaking for copyright protection is Nick Taylor, President of the Authors Guild headquartered in New York.
This group of releases includes: ASMP Foundation Welcomes Grant Applications; Digital Railroad Delivers Aggregated Photo Marketplace and Annouces their Alignment with PicScout to Add Image Rights Tracking Services; iStockphoto Surpasses Half-Million Member Milestone; Masterfile Establishes Direct Sales Operations in France; and Photographers Laforet, Frakes, and Ashburn Choose PhotoShelter as their Online Image Archive.
A21 has acquired Ingram, a UK-based provider with a file of approximately 100,000 images that are offered for licensing by subscription, as CD-ROM or as single-image RF. The vast majority of these images are not wholly owned and royalties are paid when they are downloaded.
Getty Images reported $184.5 million revenue for Q3 of 2005. Revenue grew 19.9 percent. Also information about the acquisitions of Media Images and Rubberball. And Klein outlines the company's expectations as a result of the removal of some 3rd Party suppliers.
This group of releases includes: JupiterImages Acquires BananaStock; a21 Acquires Ingram Publishing Limited; Adobe Stock Photos Adds Four New Collections; IPN Relay Announces Alliance with Adobe Stock Photos; Grazia Neri Selects Digital Railroad for Online Distribution and Archiving Services; NewsCom to Represent PictureArts Content; and Index Stock Imagery to Release New Online Stores with Partner EZ Prints.
A federal court judge in Miami has upheld a $400,000 jury award for photographer Jerry Greenberg in his copyright infringement claim against National Geographic Society for its use of his images in "The Complete NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC: 108 Years of National Geographic Magazine on CD-ROM".
This edition has short items on: Another Paradigm Shift; Non-Released At Getty; Photographer's Choice Update; Getty to Integrate Editorial With Creative; Kennelly Receives Entrepeneurship Award; What's The Difference Between RM and RP?; a21 Closes On $3.2 Million In Financing and Multiple Use of RF Images.
After closing her agency on 1 January 2005, Cathy Aron, CEO of Photo Network Stock has notified her photographers of a plan to make full and complete payment of all monies owed for royalties. A minimum of 40% of the amount owed will be paid in December and the remainder quarterly over the next 4 or 5 quarters.
This group of releases includes: Speight Joins Masterfile; Asia Images Produces India, China RF Discs; SuperStock Supplies Vintage Images Through Art.com; Workbook Releases Framed Art Catalog; Mauritius RF Distributes Veer's Fancy RF; and Getty Images Receives Award From Global Business Coalition on HIV/AIDS.
As we move further and further into the digital camera age many photographers are discovering that focus is a much more critical issue than it used to be. There are two things to understand. Why is this the case? What can photographers do to avoid or solve the problems?
A21, Inc. has reported gross revenue for the second quarter of 2005 of $2,327,000, compared to $2,527,000 for the same period in 2004, an 8% decline year over year. There was a minimal increase of $15,000 compared with the first quarter of 2005.
This group of releases includes:Asia Images Appoints Managing Director; Reuters Acquires Action Images; SuperStock And WireImage Announce Agreement; Index Stock Expands Subscription Service To 80,000 Images; P.L.U.S. Coalition Creates Universal Language For Image Licensing; JupiterResearch Forcasts $5.3 Billion Online Ad Spending In 2010; Stock Asylum Publishes Second Annual Stock Asylum 103 Of Quality Stock Distributors.
Blend is looking for a few good men and women. Blend, you will recall is a RF production company founded about a year ago by a group of 22 leading stock photographers each of whom is a partner in the company.
This edition has stories on: Corbis Reports Growth, A21 Raises $1 Million, Help Getty Find Photographers, Registering Copyright Pays Off, Christina Vaughn Interview, SutterStock Subscription Offering, OnRequest Receives $8 Million and Searching For Images On Google.