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Photocase.com Upgrades Search

By Julia Dudnik Stern  Wednesday March 3, 2010

Berlin-based Photocase.com announced an upgrade of its search efficiency and relevancy. New features include similar images and a new search algorithm that takes into consideration the performance—a combination of views, clicks, faves, comments and downloads—of each image. Customers can now sort reasults by relevance, date and “interestingness.” Founded in 2001, Photocase.com says it is among the most popular stock Web …


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Ingram Releases New Fonts

By Julia Dudnik Stern  Tuesday March 2, 2010

London-based Ingram Publishing has announced the release of a collection of over 820 new designer fonts. All created after 2004, the fonts are offered as OpenType and TrueType. The collection is both Macintosh and PC-compatible. Ingram, which specializes in European-focused imagery, says there is continued demand for professional typography software alongside photo offerings.


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U.K. Publisher Seeks 'In Perpetuity' Rights

By Julia Dudnik Stern  Friday February 26, 2010

Continuing a global trend to bundle digital and print, current and future rights, leading U.K. publishing company Bauer Media is rolling out new photographer contracts that seek “in perpetuity” copyright and moral rights transfers, reports BJP. Bauer Media will phase in these changes across all of its magazine titles. Company spokesperson told BJP that there has been a fundamental change …


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Harding Reports 20% Traffic Rise

By Julia Dudnik Stern  Thursday February 25, 2010

U.K. travel, tourism and cultural specialist Robert Harding World Imagery says its Web site traffic has experienced a 20% increase in the past six months as a consequence of technical and content updates. Buyers are also spending more time online. Harding, who founded the agency in 1972, said it has added over 250,000 new images and relaunched the site with …


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Footage.net Distributes Getty Images' Motion Content

By Julia Dudnik Stern  Tuesday February 23, 2010

Getty Images has added its entire footage database of more than 500,000 clips to the Footage.net search platform. Other brands available through Footage.net include Universal Studios, Discovery FootageSource, AP Archive, Dick Clark Productions and Warner Bros. Getty said the partnership improves the ease with which customers can search for stock footage.


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