Panoramic Images has completed a year-and-a-half re-organization and signed partnership agreements with amana, Discovery, Getty Images, National Geographic and Brand X.
This issue has stories on: Veer Launches New RF Brand; Imagestate Launches New Website; Coleman Adds Discovery & Robert Harding As Content Partners; Getty Represents Universal Studios Footage; and FutureStock and Scene7.
A21, Inc. has reported gross revenue for the first quarter of 2005 of $2,312,000, up 10% from fourth quarter 2004 revenue of $2.1 million. In the first full year of owning SuperStock, a21's revenues were $9,017,292.
SuperStock, Inc., a subsidiary of a21, Inc. has unveiled the new royalty-free brand called "Purestock". Purestock is aimed at an under-serviced niche in the RF market
Getty Images, Inc. has announced that it will acquire Photonica West from the Tokyo-based Amana Group for $51 million in cash. Photonica produces and distributes two of the world's leading collections of cutting edge, high-end rights-managed imagery.
This edition has short images on: Bruce Coleman Ltd. Closed Doors, PicScout and Digimark Partner, UK Portrait Agency, Science Faction on Gettyimages.com and Getty Announces Royalty Arrangements for DV Photographers
This print edition of the newsletter contains stories on: Adobe--A New Game In Town, Getty Acquires Digital Vision (and quarterly figures), 2004 Results for A21, Workbook Stock Offers RF, Looking at Percentages, MyLoupe.com,Free Photos for Internet, Quotas At Getty, Getty's Editorial Opportunity, Estimate of Latin American Market, Alamy Doubles Size of Collection and many more short articles.
Jupitermedia has reported revenues for the first quarter of 2005 at $25.0 million compared to revenues of $14.4 million for the same period last year, an increase of 74%. Net income for the first quarter was $5.5 million, or $0.16 per diluted share, compared to net income of $1.6 million, or $0.06 per diluted share, for the same period last year.
Stock agencies are discovering that there are some very serious unanticipated consequences in having an "Image Partner" relationship with Getty Images. Learn about some of the difficulties that image partners face.
This edition has stories on Adobe To Buy Macromedia,
EMPICS To Represent AP in UK and Ireland, Speight
Resigns Corbis, WorkbookStock To Be Distributed By
Getty, StockPhotoFinder Search Engine Arrives, Ambient
Images Chooses Digital Railroad and OnRequest Sponsors
Art Directors Club Awards.
Getty Images has announced that it has acquired Digital Vision for $165 million in cash and the acquisition is expected to increase the revenue Getty Images generates from royalty-free content. They also announced revenue of $178.1 million for the first quarter of 2005.
This edition has stories on MyLoupe.com, Image 100 Launches U.S. Website, IPTC Core Schema For XMP Released, Black Star B&W Archive Goes To Ryerson University and Corbis Acquires Dead Celebrities.
A21, Inc. has reported fourth quarter 2004 revenue of $2.1 million and gross revenue of
$7.5 million for the full year of 2004. a21 acquired SuperStock in the first quarter of 2004 so the $7.5 million only represents ten months of SuperStock's 2004 revenue.
Adobe will release Creative Suite 2 in May and
it will handle photos in a new and much
different way. They are also launching Adobe
Stock Photos that will give creatives direct
access from within CS2 to RF photos from five
of the major suppliers.
This issue has stories on Adobe's New Photographer Directory that Creatives can access from inside Adobe products, Getty Sues Amana, RF Used on Time Cover, Get Rich Quick!, and Are Quality Standards Dropping At Getty?
Another competitor for OnRequest Images has hit the street - this time from Dubai - and the company called Image Buyout seems to have an early focus on the European market. Gregg Sedgwick, a British photographer and designer, founded the company.
Adobe Systems will host the Ideas Conference for creative professionals and educators working in design, advertising, publishing and professional photography at the Grand Hyatt New York on April 4. I strongly recommend that stock photographers and agents consider attending this event.
This issue has short images on Wireimagestock.com, More on Editorial Fees in Europe, Image Source Sets Up New York Office, SuperStock Expansion, Latin American Market Size, Ressmeyer Creates Science Faction, Remmerssen Retires and Workbookstock Offers RF.
Index Stock Imagery has recently started a relationship with OnRequest Images to produce Custom Stock and in this article CEO Bahar Gidwani explains how the arrangement has been set up and why it can be good for photographers.
In 2004 and in setting their goals for 2005, Getty Images has emphasized the potential for growing the Editorial side of their business. Investment analyst Christopher Rowen of SunTrust Robinson Humphrey and his team have surveyed a number of newspapers to determine their use of Getty Images photos and as a result STRH has become more cautious in its estimates for Getty's future growth.
Everyone in the stock photo industry is excited by the potential PicScout is offering in identifying unauthorized web uses but some of our customers are innocent infringers and with them there is a major dilemma.
This issue contains stories on: Getty Announces New Release Categories; Stockphotofinder Update; PicScout Finds More Unauthorized Uses; Getty's Response to PicScout and SAA; Alamy Collection Doubles In Size; Lynn Martin Joins PictureArts; Corbis Trims Zefa Workforce; Getty Announces Winners of Editorial Grants; Ad Agency Market In U.S. and PACA Annual Meeting Announced
This issue includes stories on: Jupitermedia To Acquire Creatas, Trends Toward Production Companies, Corbis Completes Zefa Acquisition, Corbis 2004 Revenue Is $170.4 Million, Getty 2004 Results, ImageState 2004 Results, Digital Vision Production For 2005, On-Request Expands Marketing, Jupiter Launches RM Service, Editorial Prices At Getty and more.
Jupitermedia has announced that it will acquire Creatas, the parent company of Dynamic Graphics, and PictureQuest for $38,175,000 in cash and 1,483,073 restricted shares. It also announced
2004 revenue of $71.9 million and it expects 2005 revenue to be between $108 and $111 million.
Each Gettyimages.com Partner agency has an allowance of images that it can post in 2005. Here's how the system works and some of the implications for photographers.