http://www.stockasylum.com The Stock Asylum provides in-depth news and analysis about the stock photography industry for designers, advertisers, stock agencies and photographers. en 2006 Stock Asylum Sun, 22 Jan 2006 08:01:31 -0600 Thu, 27 Mar 2008 01:01:00 -0600 ron@stockasylum.com (Ron Rovtar) info@stockasylum.com (Ron Rovtar) http://www.stockasylum.com/subscription/subscription_article.php?name=840308-look LOOK, a source of home and architectural stock photography, has launched a new website and announced the addition of three new image collections. http://www.stockasylum.com/subscription/subscription_article.php?name=840308-alxn You'll have to forgive James Alexander if he is a little vague about where he will eventually take Jupiterimages. He has been in charge of the third largest stock photography distributor for just three days. http://www.stockasylum.com/subscription/subscription_article.php?name=840308-mood We're not imitating anybody, asserts moodboard chief executive Mike Watson. We're innovating. Some things will work and some things will not. http://www.stockasylum.com/subscription/subscription_article.php?name=840308-gtdel The Federal Trade Commission has given its nod to the proposed acquisition of Getty Images by affiliates of Hellman and Friedman, LLC. http://www.stockasylum.com/subscription/subscription_article.php?name=840308-pl A stock photography brand that has been a fixture in the U.S. marketplace since the early 1990s quietly disappeared early last week after its new owners decided their own brand offered more potential in North America. http://www.stockasylum.com/subscription/subscription_article.php?name=840308-jupq4 Jupitermedia reported record revenues for the final quarter of 2007, but the company also reported a massive write-down that resulted in an accounting loss of $77.3 million for the year and $76.7 million for the quarter that ended Dec. 31. http://www.stockasylum.com/subscription/subscription_article.php?name=840308-istk IStockphoto announced on this date that it is extending and improving a program through which users of the popular Microsoft Office software are able to use selected images from the iStock library free of charge. http://www.stockasylum.com/subscription/subscription_article.php?name=840308-pres As one might expect, the newly-elected presidents of the two major U.S. stock photography organizations have different agendas for their terms in office. http://www.stockasylum.com/subscription/subscription_article.php?name=840308-wolff A copyright infringement case was dismissed because the infringing client had never affirmatively granted him permission to copyright the photographs. If you are scratching your head and wondering what went wrong, you are not alone. http://www.stockasylum.com/subscription/subscription_article.php?name=840308-jpmsc Jupitermedia will license micropayment music through a newly-acquired company. http://www.stockasylum.com/subscription/subscription_article.php?name=840308-kinne The Picture Archive Council of America will name its copyright education program in memory of Jane Kinne, a widely respected stock photography industry veteran who died of complications from heart surgery Nov. 3. http://www.stockasylum.com/subscription/subscription_article.php?name=840308-rfow Every day many of us throw away copyright protections of vast numbers of stock images, sometimes without so much as a second thought. We call these virtual orphans royalty-free images. http://www.stockasylum.com/subscription/subscription_article.php?name=840308-ow Federal Orphan Works legislation is again sneaking up on copyright owners, but it is possible the latest version will be less dangerous than a bill that died in a House of Representatives committee in 2006. http://www.stockasylum.com/subscription/subscription_article.php?name=840308-gum A Santa Monica start-up may have an answer that many stock photographers and distributors are looking for, a usage-based image licensing model for the internet. http://www.stockasylum.com/subscription/subscription_article.php?name=840208-webad The Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) estimates that sales of internet advertising was worth a record $21.1 billion in 2007, an increase of 25 percent over the previous year when $16.9 billion was spent on web ads. http://www.stockasylum.com/subscription/subscription_article.php?name=840208-getan In announcing this week that it will be acquired by a private equity firm, Getty Images essentially confirmed what everyone in stock photography knew: the world's largest image distributor needs a fresh start. Here is some unsolicited advice. http://www.stockasylum.com/subscription/subscription_article.php?name=840208-getbt The world's largest stock photography distributor announced this morning that it has agreed to be acquired by affiliates of the private equity firm Hellman and Friedman LLC. http://www.stockasylum.com/subscription/subscription_article.php?name=840208-mstfl Toronto-based Masterfile has furloughed nearly 20 percent of its staff. However, the stock photography company's chief executive says the move is defensive and not an indication of significant financial troubles. http://www.stockasylum.com/subscription/subscription_article.php?name=840208-moodb Just when you thought you had seen every possible new pricing model, along comes yet another idea. Moodboard, a year-old stock photography distributor with a London address, has launched a collection of images with no firm price tags. http://www.stockasylum.com/subscription/subscription_article.php?name=zonbiz The ASMP Strictly Business seminars will teach you a lot about business. Now that you have the basics, standardize everything so you can spend your time on photography. http://www.stockasylum.com/subscription/subscription_article.php?name=840208-danta The Danita Delimont Stock Agency has become the second supplier of rights-managed imagery to join xcavator.net, a portal that helps image buyers find images using visual as well as verbal search factors. http://www.stockasylum.com/subscription/subscription_article.php?name=840208-a21 Uh-oh! That vague term "strategic alternatives" has reared its euphemistic head again. This time, the phrase appeared at the bottom of a press release issued by a21. http://www.stockasylum.com/subscription/subscription_article.php?name=zonbiz Who are you? Not as a human being, but as a photographer, designer, or image distributor. http://www.stockasylum.com/subscription/subscription_article.php?name=840208-aptur Apple Computer has released the first major update of its respected image management and editing software. The company claims the new version includes more than 100 new features. http://www.stockasylum.com/subscription/subscription_article.php?name=840208-pat A letter in Paul Morris' daily mail was not the kind of missive any small business person looks forward to. A law firm was informing him that he is using a patented procedure and asked for payment. http://www.stockasylum.com/subscription/subscription_article.php?name=840208-get2 The New York Times reported on this date that Getty Images has received no offers above the company's current market value of $1.6 billion. http://www.stockasylum.com/text-pages/column/jtt20-022008-location.htm There is no commandment that says a location is good for only one shoot. And there are good reasons to milk a rare location for everything it is worth. http://www.stockasylum.com/subscription/subscription_article.php?name=840208-getsl Reuters reported early this morning that Getty Images received at least one takeover bid by last Monday, which was when offers to acquire the company were due. http://www.stockasylum.com/subscription/subscription_article.php?name=840208-indx Everyone has heard Marshall Field's famous admonition: Give the lady what she wants. Making sure your customers get what they want is, of course, a respected practice. But another Chicagoan had even better advice. http://www.stockasylum.com/subscription/subscription_article.php?name=840208-indx Which British website lets you search a database of more than two million professional quality stock photos, but never executes the sale of a single image? http://www.stockasylum.com/subscription/subscription_article.php?name=840208-asp It seemed like a slam dunk of a business plan when it was announced in the spring of 2005. But a service that delivered digital stock photographs directly to computer graphics applications apparently did not live up to its potential and will be phased out over the next two months. http://www.stockasylum.com/subscription/subscription_article.php?name=840108-getq4 Stock Artists Alliance (SAA) reported late last night that Photolibrary is apparently paying much or all of the $2.2 million it owes hundreds of photographers as a result of the acquisition of Index Stock Imagery 15 months ago. http://www.stockasylum.com/subscription/subscription_article.php?name=840108-getq4 Getty Images fourth quarter was the strongest quarter of the year in terms of actual revenue, according to figures released after the stock market closed on this date. http://www.stockasylum.com/subscription/subscription_article.php?name=840108-evnt A full slate of educational events and workshops for photographers, designers and other creative pros will be available during a period that starts in late winter and runs through late spring. http://www.stockasylum.com/subscription/subscription_article.php?name=840108-gets4 Let's make something absolutely clear. The sale of Getty Images, should it occur, changes everything. http://www.stockasylum.com/subscription/subscription_article.php?name=840108-almfg If Alamy were a publicly traded company, its share price would probably be up today. That's usually what happens when a public firm beats its revenue estimates. http://www.stockasylum.com/subscription/subscription_article.php?name=840108-gets3 The Stock Asylum has comments about the possilbe sale of Getty Images from Photoshelter CEO Allen Murabayashi, Jupitermedia CEO Alan Meckler, consultant Joe LaCugna, photographer Zave Smith, Masterfile CEO Steve Pigeon, and a photographer who asked we not use his name. http://www.stockasylum.com/subscription/subscription_article.php?name=840108-zonbiz When you as a photographer find that reaching the decision-maker is impossible you must look for ways to help the gatekeeper go to bat for you. http://www.stockasylum.com/subscription/subscription_article.php?name=840108-gets2 Getty images this morning confirmed that something is going on behind the scenes, but stopped barely short of actually saying the company is on the auction block. http://www.stockasylum.com/subscription/subscription_article.php?name=840108-getsl When the going gets tough, the folks at Getty Images get going, apparently in the opposite direction. http://www.stockasylum.com/subscription/subscription_article.php?name=zonbiz Get to the decision-maker. This is basic advice frequently heard from expert sales people. And good advice it is. http://www.stockasylum.com/subscription/subscription_article.php?name=840108-crbam Corbis announced on this date that it will end direct licensing of stock photography in Japan. At the same time, the Seattle-based distributor said it has signed an agreement with amanaimages. http://www.stockasylum.com/subscription/subscription_article.php?name=840108-almy It's official. It now is clearly possible for an individual photographer to make a living from images placed on the Alamy website. And it can be a darned good living, too. http://www.stockasylum.com/subscription/subscription_article.php?name=840108-wareh Another company will try to break into the market for professionally produced stock photography by offering contributors a high percentage of sales revenues. http://www.stockasylum.com/subscription/subscription_article.php?name=840108-drcut In a surprise announcement, Digital Railroad disclosed on this date that it has furloughed about half of its staff and is restructuring its business to focus on the company's new stock photography division called Marketplace. http://www.stockasylum.com/subscription/subscription_article.php?name=840108-beate Beate Chelette will relax and spend some quality time with her "intelligent, beautiful, opinionated" 15-year-old daughter Gina now that she has the opportunity to relax a bit. http://www.stockasylum.com/subscription/subscription_article.php?name=840108-getp The world's largest stock photography distributor announced this week that it has launched a new website entitled "Campaign Headquarters." The site is focused on the 2008 presidential year elections and includes links to various products offered by the company. http://www.stockasylum.com/text-pages/column/jtt20-012008-powder.htm The powder experience is one of the great joys of skiing. It can also be a rare one, depending on where you live. http://www.stockasylum.com/subscription/subscription_article.php?name=840108-corb Corbis could answer Getty Images' rights-ready pricing model with a beefed-up royalty-free offer that came to light with the recent publication of a 2006 patent application. http://www.stockasylum.com/subscription/subscription_article.php?name=911207-best When we looked back at the highlights of 2007, we found a couple surprises. For one thing, we were not able to award the honor of "best image collection" to a single distributor. We had to split the category between Getty and Corbis. Yes, Corbis is catching up. http://www.stockasylum.com/subscription/subscription_article.php?name=911207-isfot While a micropayment stock photography distributor tries to move upmarket, a prominent traditional royalty-free image distributor appears to be experimenting with things down market. http://www.stockasylum.com/subscription/subscription_article.php?name=911207-plan In a bizarre turn of events, two websites that usually cover the stock photography industry with a degree of journalistic detachment have picked sides in an argument that has been raging over past due commissions owed to photographers. http://www.stockasylum.com/subscription/subscription_article.php?name=911207-cuts In moves probably motivated by increasing availability of cheap and free imagery, the two largest stock photography distributors are polishing up their higher-priced image collections by getting rid of photos that are not selling. http://www.stockasylum.com/subscription/subscription_article.php?name=911207-saapl Rather than assuage concerns about past-due photographer commissions, a detailed press release circulated by Photolibrary this week has raised additional issues for a trade organization that represents stock photographers. http://www.stockasylum.com/subscription/subscription_article.php?name=911207-pldtl Faced with continuing pressure to make sure all Index Stock contributors are paid past-due royalties, Photolibrary has issued a detailed statement reiterating the company's position that it is diligently working its way through an accounting mess left over from the division's previous owners. http://www.stockasylum.com/subscription/subscription_article.php?name=911207-plsaa Four North American photographers' organizations have joined Stock Artists Alliance (SAA) in trying to pressure Photolibrary into answering concerns about $2.2 million in royalties that may be owed Index Stock contributors. http://www.stockasylum.com/subscription/subscription_article.php?name=911207-plsit Photolibrary, a growing stock photography distributor based in Australia, has officially launched a new web site that offers a number of new feature. http://www.stockasylum.com/subscription/subscription_article.php?name=911207-3qads Measured ad spending in the United States finally broke into positive territory when compared to 2006, according to third quarter figures reported by TNS Media Intelligence on this date. http://www.stockasylum.com/subscription/subscription_article.php?name=911207-geto For Getty Images, on-location preparations for the upcoming Beijing Summer Games began more than two years ago and will continue until the opening ceremonies in August. http://www.stockasylum.com/subscription/subscription_article.php?name=911207-saa An organization of stock photographers has issued a statement saying it has reviewed allegations that the Index Stock division of Photolibrary owes photographers as much as $2.2 million and has concluded that a problem does exist. http://www.stockasylum.com/subscription/subscription_article.php?name=911207-plib Photolibrary Chairman Tim Moore responds to allegations from a former employee who said company's Index Stock division owes 1,500 photographers a total of $2.2 million in unpaid royalties from before November of last year. http://www.stockasylum.com/subscription/subscription_article.php?name=911207-getgn Getty Images has been pruning its collection of distribution partners around the world to eliminate a considerable amount of overlap and duplication, according an executive who is responsible for the company's strategy in this area. http://www.stockasylum.com/subscription/subscription_article.php?name=911207-nov Along with its typical chill weather, November provided a clear message, it now is time stop playing around with trendy new ideas about long tails, crowdsourcing and user generated content. http://www.stockasylum.com/text-pages/column/jtt21-122007-peace.htm Some things in life start without a plan. Circumstances converge, time is available and the first thing you know, a career is begun. http://www.stockasylum.com/subscription/subscription_article.php?name=911107-shenk After less five months at the helm of Corbis, Gary Shenk claims he already foresees a day in the near future when the world's second largest stock photography distributor will show a profit. http://www.stockasylum.com/subscription/subscription_article.php?name=911107-almsr The launch this week of a test version of Alamy's new keyword measuring tool could represent a significant improvement for photographers who are serious about licensing their images. http://www.stockasylum.com/subscription/subscription_article.php?name=911107-mauz It's a job, and probably a pretty good one at that. But, Charles Mauzy says running the day-to-day operations of Digital Railroad is something more than a solid paycheck. http://www.stockasylum.com/subscription/subscription_article.php?name=911107-iab At a time when traditional brick and mortar companies are starting to make significant use of internet advertising, the Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) has predicted that web advertising could exceed $20 billion this year. http://www.stockasylum.com/subscription/subscription_article.php?name=911107-get49 Getty Images has responded to concerns about its new $49 per image web resolution pricing scheme with a set of restrictions that is more palatable to organizations representing image creators. http://www.stockasylum.com/subscription/subscription_article.php?name=911107-plib The "beta" version of Photolibrary's new web site, with pop-up mid-sized previews, an easy-to-access advanced search panel, and a streamlined search refinement tool, is now available for a test drive through a link on the company's current site. http://www.stockasylum.com/subscription/subscription_article.php?name=911107-crbre If anyone thinks Corbis is less than serious about turning a profit soon, they might want to look more closely at the company which is now being run by Chief Executive Gary Shenk. http://www.stockasylum.com/subscription/subscription_article.php?name=911107-algrn The so-called "green movement" has suddenly become the hottest topic in stock photography. But one stock distributor is taking the movement seriously and making some changes. http://www.stockasylum.com/subscription/subscription_article.php?name=911107-a21q3 SuperStock's parent company says it collected $5.387 million in revenue for the third quarter of this year, a decline of $517,000 from the same period a year ago when revenues totaled $5.904 million. http://www.stockasylum.com/subscription/subscription_article.php?name=911107-jupq3 Jupitermedia, the parent company of stock photography brand Jupiterimages, has reported a net third quarter loss of $535,000 on revenue of $34.8 million. http://www.stockasylum.com/subscription/subscription_article.php?name=911107-veer In a surprise move that could significantly improve its market position, Corbis, the second largest distributor of stock photography, has acquired Veer, a company that provides visual elements including stock photography, illustration, footage and fonts. http://www.stockasylum.com/subscription/subscription_article.php?name=911107-kinne The Picture Archive Council of America (PACA) Executive Board will meet to discuss the possibility of creating a program to honor Jane Kinne, an early leader of the organization who died over the weekend of complications from heart surgery. She was 82. http://www.stockasylum.com/text-pages/column/jtt21-112007-poster.htm I got into ballet photography circuitously. I had never photographed dance and rarely attended ballet performances. http://www.stockasylum.com/subscription/subscription_article.php?name=911107-pshlt The PhotoShelter Collection, a new library of stock imagery, has informed its photographers that it will go live Nov. 12 following a buyer-only kick-off event in New York City. http://www.stockasylum.com/subscription/subscription_article.php?name=911107-getq3 Getty Images has reported third quarter 2007 revenue of less than $209 million, an increase of 5.5 percent over the previous year. Net income for the third quarter of this year was $25.7 million or $0.43 per share, the company said. http://www.stockasylum.com/subscription/subscription_article.php?name=911007-paca Selling advertising, music, videos and other digital materials on or over the internet is becoming increasingly common as the web develops. But, these products and services do not produce the kind of revenues they generate from older forms of communications, according to futurist Michael Rogers, who served as keynote speaker at this year's Picture Archive Council of America (PACA) International Conference held here this week for stock photography distributors. http://www.stockasylum.com/subscription/subscription_article.php?name=911007-saa An organization that represents professional stock photographers is appealing for information about a British stock photography distributor that will be dissolved on Jan. 12, probably without paying its photographers and, perhaps, without returning their images. http://www.stockasylum.com/subscription/subscription_article.php?name=911007-getrl Getty Images has acquired a major collection of British royalty images spanning the last 30 years. http://www.stockasylum.com/subscription/subscription_article.php?name=911007-pipj2 While distributors battle it out on price, image buyers seem to be looking for other important factors, according to a recent survey. http://www.stockasylum.com/subscription/subscription_article.php?name=911007-spffy If web sites with millions of images are not comprehensive enough, you might want to check out one that gathers together one billion pieces of visual materials. http://www.stockasylum.com/subscription/subscription_article.php?name=911007-pipj Stock photography buyers, including many from advertising agencies, are becoming increasingly comfortable with licensing micropayment stock, according to a report released last week by Piper Jaffray. http://www.stockasylum.com/subscription/subscription_article.php?name=911007-getad Getty Images announced on this date that it has forged a preferred vendor agreement with the world's third largest ad agency holding company. http://www.stockasylum.com/subscription/subscription_article.php?name=911007-plus The PLUS Coalition, an organization that is trying to standardize and simplify the image licensing process, has announced the release of important software tools that should make adopting the system easier for photographers, illustrators and stock photography distributors. http://www.stockasylum.com/subscription/subscription_article.php?name=911007-pplus So you want to be a professional stock photographer. Two seminars at PhotoPlus would have been a good place to start. Unfortunately few new stock shooters chose to attend. http://www.stockasylum.com/subscription/subscription_article.php?name=911007-equ As Kevin Schaff sits behind his desk in Denver's fashionable LoDo district, he exudes a quite confidence that would seem considerably out of place in the battered arena of traditional stock photography. http://www.stockasylum.com/subscription/subscription_article.php?name=911007-asp It may be hard to predict exactly what Adobe Stock Photos will look like after the service undergoes its annual review this year. But, according to the executive who has nurtured the division through it first two-and-a-half years, one thing seems certain, there will be some significant changes. http://www.stockasylum.com/subscription/subscription_article.php?name=911007-licst A flexible new system created by a Sausalito, CA, software company could make managing photographs and other digital materials considerably easier for photographers, illustrators, distributors and others. http://www.stockasylum.com/subscription/subscription_article.php?name=911007-calaw California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has signed into law legislation that would protect publicity rights of dead California celebrities. http://www.stockasylum.com/subscription/subscription_article.php?name=911007-alfig Alamy, which recently reported that it expects to license $28 million in stock photography this year, has released additional revenue figures showing how rapidly the privately held company has grown since 2001. http://www.stockasylum.com/subscription/subscription_article.php?name=911007-ageb Barcelona-based age fotostock has decided to throw its hat into the low-priced stock photography ring with a new budget-priced royalty-free product. http://www.stockasylum.com/subscription/subscription_article.php?name=911007-age THP Photo Services, a division of age fotostock, has announced a new image service that could make life considerably easier for some stock photography distributors. http://www.stockasylum.com/subscription/subscription_article.php?name=911007-alsls An interesting piece of the stock photography industry's financial puzzle was released early this week when Alamy noted almost in passing that it expects its 2007 revenues to reach more than $28 million, an increase of at least $4 million over the previous year. http://www.stockasylum.com/subscription/subscription_article.php?name=911007-porn Somehow, it seems odd that the pornography industry has escaped the exploration of serious photography for so long. "There is a little aspect of freakishness about it," notes Michael Grecco, whose new book, Naked Ambition: an R rated look at the X rated industry, is one of the first to take a close look at this wickedly naughty little corner of American life. http://www.stockasylum.com/subscription/subscription_article.php?name=911007-suit A large copyright infringement judgment returned last week against a supplier of walking shoes may be just the beginning of expensive legal troubles for the Washington state company, according to the photographer who won the lawsuit in federal court. http://www.stockasylum.com/subscription/subscription_article.php?name=911007-retna As competition in the market for celebrity imagery seems to be heating up again, Retna, an independent image distributor, has landed a major supplier of entertainment photography. http://www.stockasylum.com/subscription/subscription_article.php?name=911007-almy A British stock photography distributor stands on the brink of a significant milestone. And, though there may not be any fireworks when the Alamy web site uploads its ten-millionth image, one could expect the folks in Abingdon, England, to stop work for a moment, high-five each other and, perhaps, send out a press release. http://www.stockasylum.com/subscription/subscription_article.php?name=911007-getmu Getty Images announced on this date that its main web site at gettyimages.com now includes music from Pump Audio, a stock music company Getty bought in June for $42 million. The company also moved forward with $49 web pricing. http://www.stockasylum.com/subscription/subscription_article.php?name=911007-bbc BBC Worldwide said on this date that it has acquired controlling interest in Lonely Planet. The company is known in the stock photography industry for its Lonely Planet Images brand. http://www.stockasylum.com/text-pages/column/jtt21-102007-mc.htm When columnist John Terence Turner told a model he wanted to shoot motorcycles, he was not thinking of the "Iron Lords," but the shoot worked out anyway, at leat until he photographed two bikers from another club. http://www.stockasylum.com/subscription/subscription_article.php?name=910907-mast Masterfile may not assign photographers to every international fashion show like some image distributors. But that won't stop the company from sharing some of the revenue generated by high fashion photography. http://www.stockasylum.com/subscription/subscription_article.php?name=910907-jupx Established members of the Stockxpert micropayment web site can now submit exclusive images to the Dynamic Graphics royalty-free collection, according to an announcement from Jupiterimages, which owns both brands. http://www.stockasylum.com/subscription/subscription_article.php?name=910907-virgn The first of what could eventually become several lawsuits over an Australian advertising campaign that portrayed unreleased models in an unflattering light has been filed in Texas. http://www.stockasylum.com/subscription/subscription_article.php?name=910907-saa2 A coalition of professional organization lead by Stock Artists Alliance has reported that Getty Images may again revise the terms of its $49 web use deal for rights-managed and rights-ready stock photography. http://www.stockasylum.com/subscription/subscription_article.php?name=910907-saa2 A coalition of professional organization lead by Stock Artists Alliance has reported that Getty Images may again revise the terms of its $49 web use deal for rights-managed and rights-ready stock photography. http://www.stockasylum.com/subscription/subscription_article.php?name=910907-aop The Association of Photographers, an international group based in London, has joined a coalition of professional organizations that are opposing Getty Images' $49 web-resolution pricing scheme. http://www.stockasylum.com/subscription/subscription_article.php?name=910907-jup Jupitermedia Chief Executive Alan Meckler has confirmed rumors that his company might start licensing celebrity imagery, a move that could undermine a division of Getty Images that has performed strongly during recent quarters. http://www.stockasylum.com/subscription/subscription_article.php?name=910907-goose Andrew E. Marsinko's $7.5 million lawsuit concerning the supposedly funny birthday card he is pictured on may turn out to be less of a laughing matter than some people now think. http://www.stockasylum.com/subscription/subscription_article.php?name=910907-wolff In July, the District Court of New York ruled in favor of Masterfile in its suit against J.V. Trading, a dealer in Asian food products whose promotional web site displayed eight of Masterfiles copyrighted photographs from 2002 to 2005, all without license. http://www.stockasylum.com/subscription/subscription_article.php?name=910907-corb Citing research indicting that candidates and others will spend more than $3 billion on political ads during the 2008 presidential campaign season, Corbis has established an election web page that should attract some of that money. http://www.stockasylum.com/subscription/subscription_article.php?name=910907-alamy Alamy Chief Executive James West has informed photographers that the company will soon release a number of new products and, for the first time, provide comprehensive sales figures that will suggest continued growth. http://www.stockasylum.com/subscription/subscription_article.php?name=910907-pshltr A company known for archiving images for photographers will be jumping into stock photography in a big way during the next few months. http://www.stockasylum.com/subscription/subscription_article.php?name=910907-get49 After meeting with representatives of Stock Artists Alliance (SAA) on this date, Getty Images has responded to concerns of photographers by significantly tightening the terms of its new $49 web resolution licensing packages for some images. http://www.stockasylum.com/subscription/subscription_article.php?name=910907-subsc The newsletter portion of The Stock Asylum web site will be available by paid subscription only after Sept. 30, it was announced on this date. http://www.stockasylum.com/text-pages/articles/a5fa092007-ca-bil.htm Noting that the California Senate is in the process of passing a draconian right-of-publicity law that could cause serious problems for photographers, the American Society of Media Photographers (ASMP) is requesting an immediate e-mail response from shooters. http://www.stockasylum.com/text-pages/articles/a5fa092007-a21.htm Trying to move closer to profitability, A21 announced on this date that it is consolidating some operations and reorganizing others. At the same time, the company promised "exciting new growth initiatives" and new products. http://www.stockasylum.com/text-pages/articles/a5fa092007-tns.htm A company that provides research and analysis of the advertising industry reported on this date that U.S. advertising expenditures for the first half of 2007 dropped 0.3 percent from the same period last year. http://www.stockasylum.com/text-pages/articles/a5fa092007-saa.htm A group of six trade organizations that collectively represent 12,000 photographers has asked Getty Images to scrap a severe price cut for web resolution rights-managed and rights-ready imagery. http://www.stockasylum.com/text-pages/articles/a5fa092007-response.htm The Stock Asylum contacted a number of stock photography industry professionals to learn their reactions to Getty Images' decision to significantly lower prices for web resolution imagery. http://www.stockasylum.com/text-pages/articles/a5fa092007-infringe.htm The connection between ones health and copyright infringement may seem a bit tenuous to professional photography people. But, some infringers seem to think health woes are valid excuses for image theft. http://www.stockasylum.com/text-pages/articles/a5fa092007-get-cheap.htm Getty Images has formally announced a new economy pricing program that everyone has been talking about since last week. http://www.stockasylum.com/text-pages/articles/a5fa092007-digital-rr.htm The landscape between stock photographers and image buyers has always been difficult terrain to cross. But, the web is slowly changing this. And companies like Digital Railroad are starting to take advantage of the new possibilities in ways that could benefit buyers and image creators. http://www.stockasylum.com/text-pages/articles/a5fa092007-fotolia-mny.htm The contrast between the two market segments is stark. While micropayment companies value and encourage their suppliers, some traditional distributors have forgotten that their businesses really have two distinct products. http://www.stockasylum.com/text-pages/column/jtt21-092007-first.htm Photographers acquire clients in an infinite variety of ways. The clients themselves are equally varied. Here is one that was different beyond expectation. http://www.stockasylum.com/text-pages/articles/a5sm082007-external.htm In stock photography, production costs are often considered unimportant to the pricing of an image. The practice is seriously damaging the industry. http://www.stockasylum.com/text-pages/articles/a5sm082007-get-site.htm Getty Images has launched a new, much anticipated web site for creative still imagery. The company clearly hopes the new site will help revitalize sales from its core stock photography collection, which produces 75 percent of all Getty Images revenue. http://www.stockasylum.com/text-pages/articles/a5sm082007-get-mms.htm Asset management service is a bright spot at Getty Images, posting considerable annual growth. http://www.stockasylum.com/text-pages/articles/a5sm082007-corb-rights.htm Even as stock photography distributors like Corbis and Getty Images are doing everything they can to cash in on the the public's growing thirst for news and pictures of the rich and famous, legal clashes between copyrights, the U.S. Constitution's First Amendment and rights of publicity are heating up. http://www.stockasylum.com/text-pages/articles/a5sm082007-milim.htm Millennium Images will now let its customers communicate their immediate image needs directly to photographers. http://www.stockasylum.com/text-pages/articles/a5sm082007-photo-2.htm PhotoShelter announced on this date that it will host a series of six town meetings designed to bring together photographers and image buyers to discuss the internet's impact on creative industries. http://www.stockasylum.com/text-pages/articles/a5sm082007-photoplus.htm The largest photography exposition in North America has announced a full slate of seminars, including a robust track of nine sessions for stock photography professionals. All of the stock photo sessions are billed as "new" this year. http://www.stockasylum.com/text-pages/articles/a5sm082007-corb-q2.htm The worlds second largest distributor of stock photography has decided it will no longer provide regular financial information concerning the company's performance. http://www.stockasylum.com/text-pages/articles/a5sm082007-a21q2.htm SuperStock's parent company has again reported significant year-over-year bottom-line improvement. But a close look at the company's most recent financial statement shows that the Jacksonville, FL, firm faced the some of the same second quarter market softness reported by bigger stock photography distributors. http://www.stockasylum.com/text-pages/articles/a5sm082007-jup-q2.htm Jupitermedia reported second quarter 2007 revenue of $34.7 million, a drop of about $300,000 from the $35 million reported for the same period a year ago and a small decline from the first quarter of this year when revenues were $34.8 million. http://www.stockasylum.com/text-pages/articles/a5sm082007-congress.htm Eight private sector groups, including two respected photography organizations, will share $2.15 million in government awards designed to preserve digitized creative content of various varieties. http://www.stockasylum.com/text-pages/column/jtt21-082007-couple.htm Couples are the foundation of human society. Frequently they evolve into families. Many ads and articles require photographs of couples to sell products or to illustrate ideas. As a result, there is a big demand for photographs of couples. http://www.stockasylum.com/text-pages/articles/a5sm082007-getq2.htm Getty Images has reported record revenues of $218 million during the second quarter of this year. But, the world's largest distributor of visual materials tempered optimism about the company's future, predicting revenues of just $210 million for the third quarter. http://www.stockasylum.com/text-pages/articles/a5sm072007-zaves.htm Most of my work is in advertising with a few feature editorial projects mixed in. Most of the time, I am working with models and a crew. Most of the time, I am working from a layout and a script. This particular Sunday it was my camera, a couple of lenses and a desire to capture the essence of an unfamiliar service without getting in the way. http://www.stockasylum.com/text-pages/articles/a5sm072007-rights-ready.htm Getty Images recent decision to abandon traditional rights-managed licensing for all stock footage raises serious questions about the company's judgement as it struggles to rekindle growth levels of the firm's recent glory days. http://www.stockasylum.com/text-pages/articles/a5sm072007-virgin.htm The internet has gone positively atwitter in recent days over the news that a major company, Virgin Mobile in Australia, has done the unthinkable in an ad campaign entitled "Are you with us or what?" http://www.stockasylum.com/text-pages/articles/a5sm072007-istock.htm IStockphoto, Getty Images' micropayment stock photography division, has announced it will increase prices for still and motion imagery starting Aug. 19. http://www.stockasylum.com/text-pages/articles/a5sm072007-hardwork.htm Alamy, a British stock photography distributor which has forged a unique place in the industry's marketplace is reaching its second phase of growth. And the company's believes its response is a robust one with a number of valuable new web site features for both contributors and image buyers. http://www.stockasylum.com/text-pages/articles/a5sm072007-hardwork.htm Some of the biggest stock industry players now realize they must must re-engage with image buyers to maintain or build market share. http://www.stockasylum.com/text-pages/articles/a5sm072007-ca-law.htm Just when photographers were breathing a sigh of relief over the death of a proposed New York State right-to-publicity law, legislators in California have decided to give the shooters more indigestion over the same issue, according the American Society of Media Photographers. http://www.stockasylum.com/text-pages/articles/a5sm072007-alamyq2.htm New quarterly figures release by Alamy on this date appear to show a continuation of three recent trends at the British stock photography distributor. http://www.stockasylum.com/text-pages/articles/a5sm072007-get-hult.htm With little fanfare, Getty Images has uploaded to the iStockphoto micropayment web site a small group of images from the Hulton Archive, an important collection of historic material. http://www.stockasylum.com/text-pages/articles/a5sm072007-nbcnews.htm Thought Equity Motion has announced it will digitize and distribute a selection of video images from the archives of NBC News. http://www.stockasylum.com/text-pages/articles/a5sm072007-photosynth.htm Imagine hundreds of still images of the same subject stitched together so that viewers can interactively zoom in and out or pan across a scene, almost as if they were there. http://www.stockasylum.com/text-pages/articles/a5sm072007-alamyupload.htm British stock photography distributor Alamy is rolling out a new system that will let photographers submit imagery over the internet for the first time. http://www.stockasylum.com/text-pages/column/jtt21-062007-exploit.htm I did not think there was much chance of my son becoming either a little robber or vagabond, but I did think it might be a good idea to put Michael to work for me under conditions far more gentle than those experienced by David Copperfield. Michael is, if I might say so, a good looking lad, thanks to his mother's genes. http://www.stockasylum.com/text-pages/articles/a5sm062007-corbis-chng.htm Gary Shenk may not be Corbis' CEO yet, but the executive who has moved rapidly up the ladder at the world's second largest stock photography distributor is already making his presence felt in a big way. http://www.stockasylum.com/text-pages/articles/a5sm062007-nybill2.htm Opposition from ASMP membership, the New York State Bar Association and several licensing agencies has apparently scuttled a New York State bill that might have created a nightmare for many photographers and image distributors. http://www.stockasylum.com/text-pages/articles/a5sm062007-corb-micro.htm SnapVillage, Corbis' new micropayment stock photography brand launched last night, may be a little late to the party, but it brings some badly needed innovation to a market segment that until now has operated mostly for the benefit of distributors, leaving the vast majority of participating photographers little more than financial crumbs. http://www.stockasylum.com/text-pages/articles/a5sm062007-corb-sub.htm Seattle stock photography distributor Corbis has announced it will subdistribute more than 20,000 rights-managed and royalty-free images from 11 new suppliers. http://www.stockasylum.com/text-pages/articles/a5sm062007-sumread.htm The Stock Asylum's summer reading list just might help you jump-start your creative business. http://www.stockasylum.com/text-pages/articles/a5sm062007-get-music.htm Getty Images announced on this date that it has acquired Pump Audio for $42 million. The purchase marks the company's first significant foray into the stock music marketplace. In another matter, the stock photography distributor has started marketing a new rights-ready footage product. http://www.stockasylum.com/text-pages/articles/a5sm062007-alamy-srch.htm New technology to be rolled out by Alamy during the third quarter of this year could improve the quality of search results for image buyers. But, the new scheme could also mean more work for Alamy contributors, especially those who want to make sure that their images appear high in search results, where they are more likely to be seen and licensed. http://www.stockasylum.com/text-pages/articles/a5sm062007-nybill.htm Eugene Mopsik, executive director of The American Society of Media Photographers (ASMP) issued an alert on this date asking that photographers contact New York State legislators about a bill that would make it more difficult to use images of deceased people for advertising and trade. http://www.stockasylum.com/text-pages/articles/a5sm062007-tvs.htm Can an older image be updated to meet the needs of today's market? The answer certainly depends on the image. But an illustration created in 1995 for National Geographic by Louie Psihoyos shows the potential some older work still has in the marketplace. http://www.stockasylum.com/text-pages/articles/a5sm062007-tvs.htm In a move that apparently rectifies years of inaccurate income reporting stemming from the misdating of stock options, Getty Images has restated earning dating back to 1998. http://www.stockasylum.com/text-pages/articles/a5sm062007-adtns.htm Fresh on the heels of a first quarter report indicating a slow start for ad spending this year, TNS Media Intelligence has sharply reduced its prediction for total 2007 ad expenditures in the United States. http://www.stockasylum.com/text-pages/articles/a5sm062007-webwatch.htm The Stock Asylum starts a new regular feature, brining together some of the most interesting information about stock photography and related creative fields. http://www.stockasylum.com/text-pages/articles/a5sm062007-adspend.htm Spending on advertising in the United States fell by 0.3 percent during the first quarter of this year when compared to the same period in 2006, TNS Media Intelligence reported on this date. http://www.stockasylum.com/text-pages/column/jtt21-062007-box.htm John Terence Turner found an old-style gym and a professional woman boxer for an unusual stock photography shoot. http://www.stockasylum.com/text-pages/articles/a5sp052007-saa-calc.htm Stock Artists Alliance (SAA), an organization representing professional stock photographers, has released a new price calculator for rights-managed stock photography in hopes of breathing new life into the traditional licensing model. http://www.stockasylum.com/text-pages/articles/a5sp052007-up.htm Aurora Photos recently announced it would open a new photographer representation business in New York City, joining a number of other companies that are starting to look for upmarket opportunities. http://www.stockasylum.com/text-pages/articles/a5sp052007-car.htm A new collection of professionally photographed late-model automobiles is available to stock photography buyers for the first time. http://www.stockasylum.com/text-pages/articles/a5sp052007-compass.htm Getty Images CEO Jonathan Klein might beg to differ, but the new CEO of CompassMedia thinks the world's largest distributor is, well, a little bit old hat. http://www.stockasylum.com/text-pages/articles/a5sp052007-age-thp.htm THP Photo Services is hosting its first meeting for member stock distributors and image suppliers. The meeting will take place June 7 during the CEPIC Conference in Florence Italy, organizers said. http://www.stockasylum.com/text-pages/articles/a5sp052007-get-lawyer.htm John McKay, the former U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Washington State who was among eight U.S. attorneys recently fired by the Bush Administration, has landed a high-level job at Getty Images despite recent rumors that he may seek statewide political office. http://www.stockasylum.com/text-pages/articles/a5sp052007-get-legal.htm A pair of shareholder lawsuits filed against current and former officers and board members of Getty Images could end up costing the defendants a lot of money, perhaps millions of dollars. http://www.stockasylum.com/text-pages/articles/a5sp052007-a21-q1.htm A21 reported a significantly improved bottom line on this date with net losses for the first quarter of this year dropping below $1 million on revenue of $6.1 million. http://www.stockasylum.com/text-pages/articles/a5sp052007-sup-pix.htm Free high-quality photos for minor uses? Well, not yet. But this is one possible result of an experiment SuperStock will launch with Pixsy, a web-based search engine that aggregates images from a number of sources. http://www.stockasylum.com/text-pages/articles/a5sp052007-jup-loss.htm Jupitermedia reported on this date that it sustained a first quarter 2007 loss of $1.04 million in net income due partly to legal fees and other costs associated with recently aborted merger talks with Getty Images. http://www.stockasylum.com/text-pages/articles/a5sp052007-change.htm If there was a central theme to last weekend's Picture Archive Council of America (PACA) annual meeting in Washington DC, it had to be the ever-increasing role that change now plays in the stock photography industry. http://www.stockasylum.com/text-pages/articles/a5sp052007-corb-outlne.htm Corbis said on this date that it will launch a new collection of 35,000 celebrity images that should make licensing photos of the rich and famous much easier. http://www.stockasylum.com/text-pages/articles/a5sp052007-copyrights.htm Intellectual property attorney Nancy Wolff has released a new book for professional photographers, a group that increasingly must keep abreast of legal considerations that affect the creation and use of their images. http://www.stockasylum.com/text-pages/articles/a5sp052007-buyers.htm Larger thumbnails and previews, more sensible pricing, better use of metadata, consistent use of terminology and improved keywording were some of the suggestions offered by a panel of image buyers that kicked off this year's Picture Archive Council of America (PACA) annual meeting here. http://www.stockasylum.com/text-pages/articles/a5sp052007-davis.htm When Steve Davis steps down from his position as chief executive officer of Corbis on July 1, it clearly will be the end of an era for the world's second largest stock photography distributor. http://www.stockasylum.com/text-pages/articles/a5sp052007-get-q1.htm Getty Images announced on this date that its operations produced record quarterly revenue of $212.7 million during the first three months of this year, an increase of six percent over the same period last year when the company reported $200.9 million in revenue. http://www.stockasylum.com/text-pages/articles/a5sp042007-get-footage.htm Getty Images announced on this date that it has created a new footage and multimedia division, increasing its commitment to a segment of the stock photography market that is expected to grow significantly in coming years. http://www.stockasylum.com/text-pages/articles/a5sp042007-idee.htm Suppose you lived in a world where image-users simply grabbed and published your proprietary, non-subscription photographs whenever they wanted to. Suppose the users didn't even bother to tell you when snatched one of your pictures. http://www.stockasylum.com/text-pages/articles/a5sp042007-get-creat.htm Getty Images is providing a sneak preview of its new creative stock photography web site that will be launched later this year. http://www.stockasylum.com/text-pages/articles/a5sp042007-get-close.htm Getty Images announced on this date that it has finalized its acquisition of MediaVast, Inc., which owns WireImage. The deal also includes two smaller brands, FilmMagic and Contour Photos. http://www.stockasylum.com/text-pages/articles/a5sp042007-get-change.htm Saying it is shortening the timeline for uploading imagery and giving photographers more control over their creative vision, Getty Images announced on this date that it will roll out new, streamlined submission requirements for independent photographers. http://www.stockasylum.com/text-pages/articles/a5sp042007-alamy-forum.htm British stock photography distributor Alamy has launched a new internet-based forum for contributors, potential contributors and seasoned pros. http://www.stockasylum.com/text-pages/articles/a5sp042007-get-wire.htm Though its acquisition of MediaVast has yet to close, Getty Images is already talking to WireImage employees about their futures with the combined operation. And it clearly won't be good news for some of the workers. http://www.stockasylum.com/text-pages/articles/a5sp042007-corbis-brdcst.htm Corbis said on this date that it is re-packaging several existing services to better serve the needs of broadcast customers who often face the difficult tasks of locating a range of creative materials and acquiring all the necessary rights and clearances. http://www.stockasylum.com/text-pages/articles/a5sp042007-saa.htm Getty Images' decision to move the Image Bank rights-managed photography collection into the company's new rights-ready library has at least one photographers' organization scrambling to figure out exactly what the change will mean. http://www.stockasylum.com/text-pages/articles/a5sp042007-alamy-figs.htm For the first time since Alamy started reporting rudimentary sales figures, individual photographers have surpassed stock distributors as the source of the most sales revenue. http://www.stockasylum.com/text-pages/articles/a5sp042007-nielsen.htm A publishing company with close ties to the photography community and two prominent photographers' organizations have announced a new license agreement for visual artists. http://www.stockasylum.com/text-pages/articles/a5sp042007-get-probe.htm Getty Images said on this date that it will restate some earnings as a result of an internal investigation into stock options practices. http://www.stockasylum.com/text-pages/articles/a5sp042007-corb-pack.htm Corbis announced on this date that it has created new flexible image usage packages, tackling one of stock photography's stickiest problems in this still relatively new digital age. http://www.stockasylum.com/text-pages/articles/a5sp042007-dr.htm A beta version of Digital Railroad's consolidated web site launched early on this date, offering stock photography buyers easier access to more than one million images, and creating a new sales option for photographers and small image distributors. http://www.stockasylum.com/text-pages/articles/a5sp042007-shenk.htm A little more than four months after he was named president of Corbis, it was announced that Gary Shenk will be promoted CEO of the Seattle stock photography distributor, replacing long-time chief executive Steve Davis. http://www.stockasylum.com/text-pages/articles/a5sp042007-meckler.htm Nearly a month after merger talks between Getty Images and Jupitermedia collapsed, things at the world's third-largest distributor of stock imagery are pretty much back to normal, according to Alan Meckler. http://www.stockasylum.com/text-pages/articles/a5sp042007-pick.htm At a time when distributors of traditional stock photography seem distracted by the growth of low-end web sites that sell images for as little as a dollar, a problem of far greater magnitude may quietly be sneaking up on their businesses. http://www.stockasylum.com/text-pages/articles/a5sp042007-a21.htm SuperStock's parent company a21 has reported $19.6 million in total revenue for 2006, more than doubling its previous year's total, largely on the strength of acquisitions. http://www.stockasylum.com/text-pages/column/jtt21-042007-idea.htm Most good stock pictures require much planning and execution. But, even before planning and execution there must be an idea. You, the photographer, must actually think of something that will make a good, saleable image. http://www.stockasylum.com/text-pages/articles/a5sp032007-corb-aussie.htm Corbis, which entered the Australian stock photography market with the October purchase of Australian Picture Library (APL), officially launched its new operations "down under" with a celebration at Sydney's Cruise Bar. http://www.stockasylum.com/text-pages/articles/a5sp032007-cs3.htm Adobe Systems on this date officially announced the release of its Creative Suite 3 (CS3) collection of design, web site development and image-editing software. The announcement includes two new versions of Photoshop that have been anything but secret during recent weeks. http://www.stockasylum.com/text-pages/articles/a5sp032007-get-funds.htm Getty Images has secured a $200 million revolving credit facility that can be used to finance the planned purchase of WireImage or for other purposes, according to a Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) last week. http://www.stockasylum.com/text-pages/articles/a5sp032007-survey.htm Two studies, one in progress and one completed, could shed some light on what is really going on in the stock photography industry. http://www.stockasylum.com/text-pages/articles/a5sp032007-vpd.htm With 20 clients providing imagery to some 120 stock photography distributors, the folks at The Virtual Picture Desk (VPD) have their work cut out for them. http://www.stockasylum.com/text-pages/articles/a5sp032007-get-justice.htm Noting it is not unusual for the government to look closely at large mergers, Getty Images spokesperson Deb Trevino said the Seattle company is not surprised that the U.S. Department of Justice is looking into its planned acquisition of MediaVast, which is a major competitor in the market for celebrity images. http://www.stockasylum.com/text-pages/articles/a5sp032007-jup-q4.htm Jupitermedia's revenue picture improved modestly during the fourth quarter of 2006, but the Darien CT, stock photography and online media company saw its income deteriorate to a little more than a half million dollars. http://www.stockasylum.com/text-pages/articles/a5sp032007-tns.htm TNS Media Intelligence has reported better-than-expected ad spending for 2006. http://www.stockasylum.com/text-pages/articles/a5sp032007-age.htm Age fotostock has launched a new web site with a cleaner interface that could make finding the right images easier for image buyers. http://www.stockasylum.com/text-pages/articles/a5sp032007-get-warnr.htm Getty Images announced on this date that it has inked a deal with Warner Bros. Entertainment underwhich Warner sill images and footage will be available for licensing from the Getty web site. http://www.stockasylum.com/text-pages/articles/a5sp032007-scoopt.htm For the third time in less than a month, Getty Images has acquired a company that could strengthen its overall editorial image collection. http://www.stockasylum.com/text-pages/articles/a5sp032007-pshop.htm When Adobe makes its official announcement about Photoshop CS3 on March 27, users of the industry-standard image editing software will be seeing double. http://www.stockasylum.com/text-pages/articles/a5sp032007-get-jup.htm In a terse statement issued on this date, it was announced that merger talks between Getty Images and Jupitermedia have ended, apparently without an agreement. http://www.stockasylum.com/text-pages/articles/a5sp032007-ressmeyer.htm Citing personal and professional reasons, Picture Archive Council of America President Roger Ressmeyer has resigned his leadership role, leaving the organization in the hands of former PACA Vice President Patrick Donehue, who was officially named president a week ago. http://www.stockasylum.com/text-pages/articles/a5sp032007-pshelter.htm Photographers can now purchase a terabyte (TB) of redundant digital data storage from PhotoShelter for $1,000 a year, the image archiving service's parent company announced on this date. http://www.stockasylum.com/text-pages/column/jtt21-052006-riddle.htm Why do some stock photographs earn a lot of money while others (presumably just as good) earn far less? http://www.stockasylum.com/text-pages/articles/a5sp032007-get-debt.htm Getty Images has notified the U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) that it will file its 2006 annual report late because of an investigation into the Seattle company's stock options practices. http://www.stockasylum.com/text-pages/articles/a5sp032007-equity.htm Sometimes smart business people zig when the majority of their peers are zagging. So, it might not be too surprising to learn that, in an industry lately preoccupied with low-priced image products, Leslie Hughes has decided to concentrate on an upscale photographic service. http://www.stockasylum.com/text-pages/articles/a5wn022007-dr-upi.htm United Press International (UPI) will use Digital Railroad's technology to distribute its Newspictures image collection, it was announced on this date. http://www.stockasylum.com/text-pages/articles/a5wn022007-get-ochs.htm What started out last week as an unconfirmed report about a major stock industry acquisition has snowballed into a bona fide buying spree by the world's largest stock photography distributor. http://www.stockasylum.com/text-pages/articles/a5wn022007-subdis.htm Tis apparently the season for subdistribution agreements. http://www.stockasylum.com/text-pages/articles/a5wn022007-get-wire.htm On a day when everyone was talking about the possible merger of Getty Images and Jupitermedia, Getty officials were apparently busily putting the final touches on another major agreement that will significantly bolster the company's presence in the editorial image market segment. http://www.stockasylum.com/text-pages/articles/a5wn022007-get-jup.htm Jupitermedia has confirmed it is in talks with Getty Images that could lead to the acquisition of Jupitermedia by its larger competitor. http://www.stockasylum.com/text-pages/articles/a5wn022007-sygma.htm Corbis announced on this date that it soon will transfer the entire Sygma photography collection to a new preservation facility at Garnay, France, near Paris. http://www.stockasylum.com/text-pages/articles/a5wn022007-get-rf.htm Getty Images has announced it will consolidate many of its royalty-free collection in the coming months. http://www.stockasylum.com/text-pages/articles/a5wn022007-getdebt.htm The ball is apparently back in the court of Getty Images' debt holders now that an offer from the company has failed to gain consent from holders of at least 50 percent of $265 million in debentures due in 2023. http://www.stockasylum.com/text-pages/articles/a5wn022007-corbisfigs.htm Corbis, the world's second largest stock photography distributor, has reported annual revenue of $251 million for 2006, an increase of $23 million over the $228 million reported by the company in 2005. http://www.stockasylum.com/text-pages/articles/a5wn022007-pacafigs.htm A survey taken after the second quarter of last year indicates that many small and mid-sized U.S. stock photography distributors recorded rising levels of income during the first half of 2006. http://www.stockasylum.com/text-pages/column/jtt21-022007-plane.htm Getty Images' new editorial web site is official, sort of. Though it still carries a notice defining it as a beta version, the new site has replaced the old one as the top editorial choice on the company's home page. http://www.stockasylum.com/text-pages/column/jtt21-022007-plane.htm Sometimes we all get a little lazy. Looming deadlines, client pressure, overbooked schedules and other factors put us off our games. It occasionally happens here at The Stock Asylum, though we hate to admit it, and it happens at the great metropolitan newspapers of the world. http://www.stockasylum.com/text-pages/articles/a5wn022007-dr-funds.htm Evan Nisselson knows that Digital Railroad will need to compete with increasing numbers of image providers as the internet continues expanding during the next few years. http://www.stockasylum.com/text-pages/column/jtt21-022007-plane.htm Sometimes, during a shoot something happens that yanks it from the routine and predictable into the remarkable and pleasing. Some magic occurs that makes everyone smile when they see the results. http://www.stockasylum.com/text-pages/articles/a5wn012007-getty-q4.htm Getty Images has ended an otherwise disappointing year on a high note, reporting $203.5 million in revenue for the fourth quarter of 2006. The figure raises Getty's total 2006 revenue to $807.3 million, an increase of $63.6 million over 2005 revenue. http://www.stockasylum.com/text-pages/articles/a5wn012007-lightrm.htm Photoshop Lightroom, Adobe Systems answer to Apple's Aperture image workflow program, will officially ship in mid-February after 12 months of public beta testing. http://www.stockasylum.com/text-pages/articles/a5wn012007-smithson.htm Corbis announced on this date that it will represent hundreds of images from the vast Smithsonian Institution collection, marking the national institute's first serious foray into the world of stock photography. http://www.stockasylum.com/text-pages/articles/a5fa012007-alamyfigs.htm Figures released by Alamy early this date show what most stock photography industry observers already know, this British collection is growing at a phenomenal rate. And, with 7.6 million images now offered, Alamy is almost certainly the largest stock collection on the globe. http://www.stockasylum.com/text-pages/articles/a5wn012007-iconica.htm In an apparent attempt at bolstering the quality and depth of its rights-ready stock photography collection, Getty Images has transferred some 40,000 Iconica images into the new library that grants broad usage rights to image buyers. http://www.stockasylum.com/text-pages/articles/a5wn012007-zave.htm Families fighting for their kids' lives have little energy to drag cameras to hospitals and record Sara lying in bed. Flashes of Hope is a new organization based in Canton, Ohio, whose mission is to go into the cancer wards of childrens hospitals and create photographs of these young patients. http://www.stockasylum.com/text-pages/articles/a5wn012007-tns.htm TNS Media Intelligence is forecasting an increase of just 2.6 percent in United States advertising spending during 2007, which would be the slowest growth rate since the sector emerged from its 2001 recession. http://www.stockasylum.com/text-pages/articles/a5wn012007-plus.htm With the original goals of the PLUS Coalition accomplished, one might expect Jeff Sedlik to take a long relaxing vacation, work on his tan, take a cruise, sleep in until noon for weeks on end. Unfortunately, the PLUS CEO still has a lot of work ahead of him. http://www.stockasylum.com/text-pages/articles/a5wn012007-dr.htm Digital Railroad moved a step closer to offering an "aggregated photo marketplace" this week with the hiring of Mark Ippolito, a stock photography industry veteran with much experience selling images worldwide. http://www.stockasylum.com/text-pages/articles/a5wn012007-getlive.htm Getty Images is making its editorial photography more easily available through two new web-based initiatives. http://www.stockasylum.com/text-pages/articles/a5wn012007-getconsents.htm Without admitting that it has failed to perform any legal obligations, Getty Images announced on this date that it is soliciting waivers "of an alleged or existing default" from the holders of $265 million in debentures due in 2023. http://www.stockasylum.com/text-pages/articles/a5wn012007-saa.htm Frustrations with developments in the stock photography industry have at least momentarily boiled over because of an end-of-the-year tongue-in-cheek article on the web site of an editorial photographers' newsgroup. The piece has resulted in a testy exchange published in the comments section of the StockPhotoTalk blog. http://www.stockasylum.com/text-pages/column/jtt21-012007-burns.htm This picture started with an individual, whose unique and daring style of skiing inspired a movie and helped initiate the sport of freestyle mogul skiing. http://www.stockasylum.com/text-pages/articles/a5wn122006-review-06.htm The biggest stock photography story of 2006 was not a single story at all. It was a collection of stories that, taken together, paint the picture of an industry leader teetering dangerously on the edge of its pedestal. http://www.stockasylum.com/text-pages/articles/a5wn122006-saa.htm Stock Artists Alliance (SAA), which until now has exclusively represented rights-managed stock photographers, is relaxing membership requirements to include any independent professional photographer involved in or interested in stock photography. http://www.stockasylum.com/text-pages/articles/a5wn122006-produc.htm Listen to Steve Pigeon talk about Masterfile's image production program and it soon becomes clear you are hearing a man torn between the demands of his stock photography business and the needs of its independent photographers. http://www.stockasylum.com/text-pages/articles/a5wn122006-t-dog.htm A group of art world outsiders and innovators now has the opportunity to show new work to the professional creative community through an arrangement with Corbis. http://www.stockasylum.com/text-pages/articles/a5wn122006-ow-break.htm In an unprecedented move, Adobe Systems has introduced a public beta version of its newest Photoshop program to help customers transition to new hardware platforms, especially Apple's new Intel-based computers. http://www.stockasylum.com/text-pages/articles/a5wn122006-ow-break.htm Many image creators breathed a sigh of relief last Saturday when the 109th U.S. Congress adjourned without passing proposed orphan works legislation. http://www.stockasylum.com/text-pages/articles/a5wn122006-boughn.htm Saying she will return to consulting with photographers and small image distributors, stock industry veteran Ellen Boughn has announced she is leaving her dual positions as vice president of content strategy at a21 and manager of SuperStock's rights-managed stock photography collection. http://www.stockasylum.com/text-pages/articles/a5wn122006-wta.htm Action Images has inked a deal with the major professional women's tennis association, making the wholly-owned subsidiary of Reuters the primary image provider for the sports organization. http://www.stockasylum.com/text-pages/articles/a5wn092006-newsite.htm Many of the best stock photographs come into existence through careful pre-visualization and meticulous planning, sometimes over an extended period of time. These pictures started in my mind one winter. The idea led to much planning before I executed it, a year later. http://www.stockasylum.com/text-pages/articles/a5wn092006-newsite.htm The company that publishes StockPhotographer.info has announced a new web site for photographers who license rights-managed and rights-protected imagery. http://www.stockasylum.com/text-pages/articles/a5wn122006-picade.htm A new photographer-owned stock agency that wants to help re-establish professional image producers as a force in the stock photography marketplace is recruiting new image creators and will "soft-launch" a new web site in early 2007. http://www.stockasylum.com/text-pages/articles/a5wn122006-i-getty.htm When CEO Jonathan Klein said recently that his company would open the tap and let more photographers submit imagery to the Getty Images web site, he apparently really meant exactly that. IStockphoto, a micropayment stock photography division of Getty Images, told its image suppliers on this date that those who reach the highest "Exclusive Diamond" sales level will automatically be offered supplier contracts with the larger Getty Images brand under a new pilot program starting in January. http://www.stockasylum.com/text-pages/articles/a5wn122006-pro-am.htm Some fifteen years ago after a preview of a large photography exhibit at the Columbus (Ohio) Museum of Art, an elderly woman who clearly considered herself an authority declared that the images were all very nice but that no thinking person could ever consider photography an "art." http://www.stockasylum.com/text-pages/articles/a6fa112006-getty8k.htm Getty Images has filed a Form 8-K with the U.S. Securities and Exchange (SEC) reporting that it has received two "notices of purported default from certain holders of the Company's $265 million aggregate amount of 0.50 percent Convertible Subordinated Debentures . . . ." http://www.stockasylum.com/text-pages/articles/a6fa112006-corb-shenk.htm Asserting that "The opportunity right now for Corbis is greater than ever," Gary Shenk took over the reins of the Seattle stock photography company's daily operations after being named president early on this date. Shenk's promotion makes him the heir-apparent to the top Corbis job, now held by Chief Executive Officer Steve Davis, who, at 49, is about ten years Shenk's senior. http://www.stockasylum.com/text-pages/articles/a6fa112006-gettysite.htm Getty Images has launched the first version of a new editorial web site that includes a number of useful filters to speed up searches and promises faster access to the latest news, sports and entertainment images from around the world. http://www.stockasylum.com/text-pages/articles/a6fa112006-a21q3.htm A21, which owns SuperStock and other stock photography brands, reported this date a $1.4 million third quarter loss on revenue of $5.9 million. http://www.stockasylum.com/text-pages/articles/a6fa112006-mira.htm Mira, which represents some 40,000 images from 200 stock photographers, announced on this date that it has chosen Digital Railroad to host its new web site. http://www.stockasylum.com/text-pages/articles/a6fa112006-get-life.htm Getty Images has announced it is now accepting photography under a new program that should open the Getty Images marketing machine to many new professional and amateur photographers. http://www.stockasylum.com/text-pages/column/jtt22-112006-climb.htm Let us compare expedition climbing and rock climbing from the perspective of a photographer who shoots commercial stock. http://www.stockasylum.com/text-pages/articles/a6fa112006-gettyprobs.htm As if Getty Images didn't have enough problems with its stock price falling, its revenue plateauing and regulators investigating its stock options practices, the Seattle company could soon face legal action in the form of a stockholder's action. http://www.stockasylum.com/text-pages/articles/a6fa112006-corbissuit.htm Even if Corbis collects little or no money from a $20 million copyright infringement judgment, the photographic community ought to be very pleased with the result, said an attorney for the stock photography distributor. http://www.stockasylum.com/text-pages/articles/a6fa112006-getty-sec.htm Getty Images says it will be late filing its quarterly report with the Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) because of probes into its practices involving stock options. In a short press release on this afternoon, Getty revealed that the SEC has notified the company of an "informal investigation" into the practices at Getty. http://www.stockasylum.com/text-pages/articles/a6fa112006-jupq3.htm In what is becoming a common story for large stock photography distributors, Jupitermedia took a financial hit during the third quarter of this year, reporting profits of just $1 million or three cents per share on total revenue was $33.8 million. http://www.stockasylum.com/text-pages/articles/a6fa112006-election.htm What do elections have to do with creativity? Usually not much. But yesterday's mid-term voting may prove a significant exception to this rule. http://www.stockasylum.com/text-pages/articles/a6fa112006-credit.htm The British Association of Picture Libraries and Agencies (BAPLA) has released the first edition of a new quarterly e-zine entitled Credit. http://www.stockasylum.com/text-pages/articles/a6fa112006-plusbriefs.htm The Stock Asylum concludes its coverage of PhotoPlus Expo with this wrap-up and slide show. http://www.stockasylum.com/text-pages/articles/a6fa112006-plus-alamy.htm Alamy, which offers a huge online stock photography collection that attracts primarily editorial buyers, has started laying the groundwork for an assault on the commercial side of the business. http://www.stockasylum.com/text-pages/articles/a6fa112006-plus.htm The licensing of imagery officially became significantly easier on this afternoon with the launch of powerful new industry-wide standards that should clear up much of the confusion surrounding the process. http://www.stockasylum.com/text-pages/articles/a6fa112006-photopl.htm So you want to be a successful professional stock photographer? Then you just might want to consider some of the advice offered by Patrick Donehue during a two-hour presentation at the PhotoPlus Expo in the Jacob Javits Convention Center here on this date. http://www.stockasylum.com/text-pages/articles/a6fa102006-index.htm International stock photography distributor Photolibrary is expanding its presence in the United States with the signing of an agreement to purchase Index Stock, which is based in New York City. http://www.stockasylum.com/text-pages/articles/a6fa102006-jpl.htm NewsCom is adding two celebrity image collections from John Paschal International to its growing library of photography for use by editorial outlets. http://www.stockasylum.com/text-pages/articles/a6fa102006-ipn.htm IPNStock, a sister company of Photo District News, has launched a new, faster stock photography web site with more features, larger previews and more than 100,000 royalty-free images. http://www.stockasylum.com/text-pages/articles/a6fa102006-gettyq3.htm Getty Images on this date reported third quarter 2006 revenue of $198.1 million, an increase of $13.6 million over the same period last year, but a decline of $6.7 million from the second quarter of this year. The figure also was $6.9 million below the low end of company's most recent projection of $205 to $210 million for the period. http://www.stockasylum.com/text-pages/articles/a6fa102006-alamyfigs.htm For the first time this year, British stock photography distributor Alamy has reported an increase in the average price it charged for a rights-managed image. http://www.stockasylum.com/text-pages/articles/a6fa102006-jup-cfo.htm Jupitermedia announced this date that Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Chris Baudouin will leave the company at the end of December to go into the financial planning business with a colleague. http://www.stockasylum.com/text-pages/articles/a6fa102006-ressmeyer.htm Roger Ressmeyer, president of the Picture Archive Council of America (PACA) gave this speech, entitled The Storm Before the Calm, at the organizations international conference, which started on this date in Key West, FL. The organization represents distributors of stock photography and other imagery. http://www.stockasylum.com/text-pages/articles/a6fa102006-gettycuts.htm In a public statement that underlines the new, highly competitive landscape at the top of the stock photography industry, Jupitermedia CEO Alan Meckler has opened his arms to Getty Images employees who are being terminated by their current employer. http://www.stockasylum.com/text-pages/articles/a6fa102006-dr.htm Digital Railroad announced this date that it has added a new e-commerce feature that lets image buyers use credit cards to licence rights-managed and royalty-free imagery from any of more than 800 collections. http://www.stockasylum.com/text-pages/articles/a6fa102006-new.htm Corbis and Retna each announced on this date that they have added a new collection of images. Corbis has uploaded 69 illustrations by Tristan Eaton while Retna says it will now represent merchandising and editorial rights of Picture Perfect Pets. http://www.stockasylum.com/text-pages/articles/a6fa102006-beate.htm Beate Chelette, who created an industry-leading collection of architectural photography and sold it to Corbis, has now been named the senior director of photography for entertainment at Corbis. http://www.stockasylum.com/text-pages/articles/a6fa102006-spark.htm If your compelled to understand exactly what motivates women shoppers. If you absolutely must know how the latest technology affects the family. If you have a burning desire to figure out where the 55 and over crowd is vacationing this winter and why they are going there. Then you might want to subscribe to a newsletter being authored by two former Photonica creative department employees. http://www.stockasylum.com/text-pages/column/jtt22-102006-redsail.htm Unexpected juxtaposition provides this picture s visual impact. Most sailing images have similar or uninteresting backgrounds like oceans, distant shores, other sailboats; we have seen them all. The idea here was to do a sailing shot in an urban setting. The sailing had to be good, but having a city close in the background would be the surprise. http://www.stockasylum.com/text-pages/articles/a6fa102006-imagesource.htm Image Source, a London supplier of commercial royalty-free stock photography, will open an office in Los Angeles in an effort to strengthen its presence on the American continents. http://www.stockasylum.com/text-pages/articles/a6fa102006-plusexpo.htm A number of organizations and companies related to the stock photography industry have firmed up plans for events scheduled at or around the largest photography show in North America this year. http://www.stockasylum.com/text-pages/articles/a6fa102006-sa103.htm If anything became clear as we sifted through the myriad of stock photography web sites in search of this years Stock Asylum 103, it was that competition in this industry is becoming increasingly vigorous at the upper end of the market. http://www.stockasylum.com/text-pages/articles/a6fa102006-punchstock.htm A successful aggregator of royalty-free stock photography has announced it is entering the rights-managed marketplace with images from 25 brands. http://www.stockasylum.com/text-pages/articles/a6fa102006-a21manage.htm A shake-up of A21's upper management appears over with the appointment of former Getty Images executive John Z. Ferguson as chief executive officer and the elevation of Philip N. Garfinkle to executive chairman. http://www.stockasylum.com/text-pages/articles/a6fa102006-photolib.htm Photolibrary, an international stock photography distributor with offices in 10 countries, has acquired the Dubai-based CDI The Image Library, giving Photolibrary a strong presence in the Middle East for the first time. http://www.stockasylum.com/text-pages/articles/a6fa102006-summit.htm The leadership of 18 organizations in the photography, graphic design and illustration industries will meet Oct. 31 in New York City to look for ways to cooperate on issues where common ground can be established. http://www.stockasylum.com/text-pages/articles/a6fa102006-ap.htm A new, technologically up-to-date site should help the Associated Press license imagery to book publishers, magazines, web sites and broadcast outlets that are not official members of the 158-year-old news cooperative. http://www.stockasylum.com/text-pages/articles/a6fa102006-alamysite.htm Corbis will establish a significant beachhead in Australia tomorrow when it closes a deal to acquire the Australian Picture Library (APL), a major image supplier downunder. http://www.stockasylum.com/text-pages/articles/a6fa102006-corbis-apl.htm Corbis will establish a significant beachhead in Australia tomorrow when it closes a deal to acquire the Australian Picture Library (APL), a major image supplier downunder. http://www.stockasylum.com/text-pages/column/jtt22-102006-nike.htm What makes us look at a significant detail of a picture? What makes us look at any picture? Frequently, one reason is contrast. Whether it is light against dark or dark against light, areas of strong contrast are easier to discern than those with subtle shade differences. http://www.stockasylum.com/text-pages/articles/a6fa092006-iab-ads.htm The Interactive Advertising Bureau and PricewaterhouseCoopers reported that internet advertising revenues for the first six months of 2006 reached $7.9 million, a 37 percent increase over the same period in 2005. http://www.stockasylum.com/text-pages/articles/a6fa092006-ow-out.htm In a move that could scuttle the orphan works proposal for the remainder of this session of Congress, U. S. Representative Lamar Smith pulled one of two bills that contain language that would make it easier to use copyrighted materials when the copyright owner is unknown or cannot be found. http://www.stockasylum.com/text-pages/articles/a6fa092006-apat-lghtrm.htm Improved versions of competing digital photography workflow programs from Apple Computer and Adobe Systems were announced this date at the photokina 2006 photo industry trade show in Cologne Germany. http://www.stockasylum.com/text-pages/articles/a6fa092006-dreamwver.htm Adobe Systems has quietly announced that it will replace its GoLive web page authoring program with Dreamweaver 8 in the soon-to-be released Adobe Creative Suite 2.3 Premium bundle of graphics program. http://www.stockasylum.com/text-pages/articles/a6fa092006-adspend.htm Advertising spending in the United States clearly grew at a reasonably healthy rate for the first half of this year. But, as is typically the case, two companies that study ad spending reported considerably different figures. http://www.stockasylum.com/text-pages/column/jtt22-092006-stopact.htm As enamored as I am with the soft, swirling blurs produced by slow shutter speeds, there is a place for the hard edges achieved with a really fast shutter. At times you really want all possible detail in a moving subject. To accomplish that, you want a shutter speed of one-five-hundredth of a second or faster. http://www.stockasylum.com/text-pages/articles/a6fa092006-new-ow.htm As if one orphan works legislative package were not enough, Rep. Lamar Smith, has included the same language in a larger copyright bill introduced earlier this week, effectively placing the same proposal before Congress in two forms. http://www.stockasylum.com/text-pages/articles/a6fa092006-veercorbis.htm Veer's high-end Solus brand should get a significant sales boost from a new deal under which Corbis will distribute many Solus images worldwide. http://www.stockasylum.com/text-pages/articles/a6fa092006-events.htm One thing is for sure. The fall months provide much intellectual stimulation for photographers and those interested in photography. This autumn is no exception. http://www.stockasylum.com/text-pages/articles/a6fa092006-playboy.htm Corbis has announced that it is getting into bed with Playboy Enterprises. http://www.stockasylum.com/text-pages/column/jtt22-092006-bikehnd.htm There is a rational disconnect in the idea of trying to convey motion with still photography. It seems like a contradiction, a task more likely to fail than succeed. But it is possible. http://www.stockasylum.com/text-pages/articles/a6fa092006-saa.htm Stock Artists Alliance (SAA), an international organization of stock photographers, says it is taking a leadership role in creating new image licensing models that balance the needs of customers with the interests of photographers. http://www.stockasylum.com/text-pages/articles/a6sm082006-corbis-half.htm Asserting that Corbis just had the best two quarters in its history, CEO Steve Davis told Wall Street analysts the company experienced 16 percent revenue growth on a currency neutral basis during the first half of this year. http://www.stockasylum.com/text-pages/articles/a6sm082006-gettyap.htm Getty Images has added another high-profile footage library to its growing collection of motion imagery. http://www.stockasylum.com/text-pages/articles/a6sm082006-riserchang.htm Proclaiming that rights-ready is here, the new Riser stock photography library appeared on the Getty Images web site shortly before 8 p.m. eastern time on this date after what appeared to be a hectic day of last-minute tweaking. http://www.stockasylum.com/text-pages/articles/a6sm082006-a21q2.htm A21 nearly doubled its revenues during the second quarter of this year, thanks partly to the acquisition of a company that provides wall art for homes and businesses. http://www.stockasylum.com/text-pages/articles/a6sm082006-navpix.htm A new satellite navigation service with thousands of stock photographs from Lonely Planet Images will launch later this month in Europe. http://www.stockasylum.com/text-pages/articles/a6sm082006-finkel.htm Nat Finkelstein, known for his work shooting politics, the civil rights movement, U.S. counter culture and Andy Warhol's "Factory," has chosen Retna to syndicate his work. http://www.stockasylum.com/text-pages/articles/a6sm082006-discovery.htm Discovery Communications, which operates the Discovery Channel, TLC and Animal Planet, has chosen Getty Images to distribute stock film footage from Discovery FootageSource and still imagery from Discovery Channel Images. http://www.stockasylum.com/text-pages/column/jtt22-082006-pan.htm A good pan shot can be visually stunning. If the subject's face is sharp with the background flowing past like a river of subtle detail, the viewer not only is introduced to the subject, but is drawn into the moment, experiencing the speed of the subject moving through space. http://www.stockasylum.com/text-pages/articles/a6sm082006-corbisst2.htm A federal judge has denied several motions to set aside or modify a preliminary injunction against a Florida man and a number of related companies. Igor Lognikov and the companies are accused of numerous copyright infringements involving images from the Corbis stock photography library. http://www.stockasylum.com/text-pages/articles/a6sm082006-corbissuit.htm A number of Corbis photographers could receive significant monetary compensation if the Seattle stock photography distributor wins a federal copyright and racketeering lawsuit against a Miami Beach, FL, man and a number of internet companies. Or, maybe not. http://www.stockasylum.com/text-pages/articles/a6sm082006-jupiterq2.htm Wall Street punished Jupitermedia stock shares this morning after the company reported disappointing profits for the second quarter of this year. http://www.stockasylum.com/text-pages/articles/a6sm082006-getmodel2.htm Getty Images' new "rights-ready" image licensing model may offer some welcome breathing room for users of high-end stock photography where significant usage restrictions can pose problems for time-crunched creative staffs. But this new approach bears little resemblance to royalty-free stock and image users should take the time to read the fine print before jumping in. http://www.stockasylum.com/text-pages/articles/a6sm082006-gettymodel.htm Getty Images has announced a new hybrid stock photography licensing model that adds considerable flexibility to traditional rights-managed licensing. About 80,000 images from the new "Riser" collection will be available in late August, the company said. http://www.stockasylum.com/text-pages/articles/a6sm082006-abpl.htm Photolibrary has announced the acquisition of the Anthony Blake Photo Library (ABPL), a collection of 200,000 food an drink images from 100 photographers. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. http://www.stockasylum.com/text-pages/column/jtt22-072006-raft.htm Location shooting can be unpredictable. Frequently things go wrong. Sometimes they are little things but sometimes they are big ones. http://www.stockasylum.com/text-pages/articles/a6sm082006-science.htm Science Faction.net, which specializes in scientific imagery, has launched a new web site with some of the largest preview images available in the stock photography industry. http://www.stockasylum.com/text-pages/articles/a6sm082006-getclark.htm Getty Images says it can now provide its customers access to film footage of virtually every major pop and rock star from the 1950s to today through an agreement with dick clark productions. http://www.stockasylum.com/text-pages/articles/a6sm072006-gettyq2.htm Getty Images has reported second-quarter revenue of just under $204.8 million, slightly missing the low end of its forecast for the period. Getty had predicted second-quarter revenue of $205 to $210 million. http://www.stockasylum.com/text-pages/articles/a6sm072006-alamyfigs.htm Second quarter figures from British stock photography distributor Alamy show a continuing company trend toward licensing higher percentages of rights-managed imagery for lower fees. http://www.stockasylum.com/text-pages/articles/a6sm072006-dr.htm NBC Universal says the launch of its new web site makes it is the first major television or film studio to license and distribute its own photographic imagery. http://www.stockasylum.com/text-pages/articles/a6sm072006-lightrm-win.htm Adobe Systems has released a new version of its Lightroom image workflow program that runs on personal computers with the Windows operating system. http://www.stockasylum.com/text-pages/articles/a6sm072006-metadata.htm Thanks to two stock photography organizations, embedded metadata, a central but underused piece of the digital imaging puzzle has recently moved into the spotlight where it belongs. http://www.stockasylum.com/text-pages/column/jtt22-072006-sptmodel.htm Occasionally, I find a model that is good at a number of sports, looks good and is good to work with. I was lucky to find such a person one winter in Crested Butte, Colorado. http://www.stockasylum.com/text-pages/articles/a6sm072006-asmporph.htm Concerned that political pressure could lead to enactment of an Orphan Works law during this session of Congress, the American Society of Media Photographers (ASMP) has launched a letter-writing campaign aimed at scuttling the bill or, at least, changing several provisions in it. http://www.stockasylum.com/text-pages/column/jtt22-062006-horse.htm There is an old saying that every photographer has heard. Never work with kids or animals. Working with both at the same time is tempting fate, much like Icarus of Greek mythology did when he flew too close to the sun and crashed into the sea. http://www.stockasylum.com/text-pages/articles/a6sm062006-bapla.htm The British Association of Picture Libraries and Agencies (BAPLA) has released the latest version of its directory of stock photography distributors. http://www.stockasylum.com/text-pages/articles/a6sm062006-iview.htm Microsoft Corporation has announced that it has purchased iView Multimedia, a company best know for a digital asset management (DAM) program that is used by photographers and other creative professionals. http://www.stockasylum.com/text-pages/articles/a6sm062006-butta.htm Phillip N. Garfinkle has been appointed interim President and Chief Operating Officer of SuperStock, Inc. He replaces Thomas Butta, whose employment was terminated June 19, according to an 8-K form filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission by a21, SuperStock's parent company. http://www.stockasylum.com/text-pages/articles/a6sm062006-mlb.htm Major League Baseball (MLB) has forged an agreement with PhotoShelter that should help the league obtain, edit and distribute images more quickly and efficiently than ever before. http://www.stockasylum.com/text-pages/articles/a6sm062006-getphotog.htm A group of 35 photographers, many of whom are said to combine "authenticity and surrealism," will be introduced by Getty Images at the 53rd annual Cannes Lions International Advertising Festival on this date. http://www.stockasylum.com/text-pages/articles/a6sm062006-sumread.htm The Stock Asylum offers a summer reading list in business skills for creative professionals. Summer is the slowest period of the year, so why not make the most of those days at the beach, afternoons waiting for the kids to finish sports practices, and slow days at the office or studio. http://www.stockasylum.com/text-pages/column/jtt22-062006-mud.htm In his previous column Turner discussed working with non-professional models. This column is about working with pros, but asking them to do something they have never tried before. http://www.stockasylum.com/text-pages/articles/a6sm062006-artselect.htm A21 has provided a first look at the finances of a recently acquired subsidiary that sells wall art to the consumer market. http://www.stockasylum.com/text-pages/articles/a6sm062006-tnsfigs.htm TNS Media Intelligence has reduced by a half percent its forecast for growth in U.S. advertising expenditures in 2006. http://www.stockasylum.com/text-pages/articles/a6sm062006-ariav.htm Saying he enjoys building companies more than running them, Haim Ariav said this date that he no longer works at a21 and SuperStock, a21's largest stock photography subsidiary. http://www.stockasylum.com/text-pages/articles/a6sm062006-gettyamana.htm Gett