Getty’s Lean In Collection Now Available On iStock

By Jim Pickerell | 215 Words | Posted 10/22/2015 | Comments
Getty Images has announced the expansion of its Lean In Collection to incorporate positive gender images in an effort to disassociate itself from stereotypical stock photography. The 1191 images are available at "Signature Collection" prices of three credits.

Why Does Information Have To Be Free?

By Jim Pickerell | 1305 Words | Posted 10/21/2015 | Comments
What amazes me is why all the smart people in the publishing world think they have to give away all their information when they put it on the Internet. In theory if you get enough “eyeballs” then you can sell more ads and the revenue from the ads will cover your costs and generate a profit. But, that theory is not working.

Global Ad Spend Trends

By Jim Pickerell | 663 Words | Posted 10/20/2015 | Comments
eMarketer forecasts that the total worldwide ad spend in 2015 will be $569.65 billion. Global digital ad spend will jump 18% compared with 2014 and reach $170.17 billion, or 29.9% of the total advertising market.

Newzulu Focuses On Video

By Jim Pickerell | 250 Words | Posted 10/15/2015 | Comments
Newzulu has decided to focus its news collecting operation on video. They will continue to accept still images, but will limit the number of photos to 20 shots per submission.

Mobile Creation’s Impact On Stock Photography

By Jim Pickerell | 669 Words | Posted 10/14/2015 | Comments
A discussion of how image creation with mobile devices is changing stock photography and the photography business will be feature of the Digital Media Licensing Association (DMLA) conference in New York on October 27th.

Masterfile Offers Inexpensive Subscriptions

By Jim Pickerell | 212 Words | Posted 10/14/2015 | Comments (1)
Masterfile is offering its customer a unique subscription plan to Crestock’s entire collection of 2.3 million photos, illustrations and vectors. Prices start at $50 a month to download 50 image with no daily download limits. For a one-year subscription commitment prices drop to as low as $37.42 a month to download up to 50 images per month.

Minden Pictures Wins Right To Sue John Wiley & Sons

By Jim Pickerell | 123 Words | Posted 10/14/2015 | Comments
Jacqueline Mahoney, an Associate with the McDermott Will & Emery law firm has reported that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has reversed a district court decision and found that Minden Pictures, Inc. has the right to sue John Wiley & Sons, Inc. for the unauthorized use of stock images belonging to the photographers the agency represents.

Yuri Provides An Adobe Stock Analysis

By Jim Pickerell | 883 Words | Posted 10/13/2015 | Comments
After a long quiet period as a blogger, Yuri Arcurs has decided that it is time to comment on Adobe Stock. Yuri is generally considered the most successful microstock photographer. For many years he was a strong advocate of non-exclusive representation, and placed his images with virtually every microstock distributor.

25 Most Photographed Cities

By Jim Pickerell | 1063 Words | Posted 10/9/2015 | Comments
Using GPS data – both manually and automatically entered -- 500px has put together a selection of beautiful images from the 25 most photographed cities of the world. These images are worth enjoying.

How Publications Could Grow Revenue (And Have More To Pay For Photos)

By Jim Pickerell | 862 Words | Posted 10/7/2015 | Comments (1)
As more and more information consumers all over the world turn to the Internet for Information print publications are losing money. They can’t earn enough from Internet advertising to cover their costs. Traditionally, revenue from advertising has covered 50% or more of the total costs of operating a publication.

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