Stock Asylum Archive . . .
November
2, 2005
Jupitermedia executives told analysts to expect uneven results during
the first half of 2006, but said the company is on the right track.
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November
15 , 2005
Jupitermedia CEO Alan Meckler complained that Getty Images was running
ads under keywords for JupiterImages stock photo brands. The ads were
removed.
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November
10 , 2005
Jupitermedia has purchased PR Direct SAS, a French supplier of royalty-free
stock photography with offices in Paris and Menthon-St. Bernard.
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story, click here.
October
25 , 2005
Getty Images is offering a new collection of high-quality images
for the editorial and celebrity markets.
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full story, click here.
October
24 , 2005
JupiterImages has soft-launched a new web site that brings the company's
numerous brands together at a single web location for the first time.
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October
20 , 2005
If there was an underlying theme to this year's PhotoPlus Expo in
New York, it was that professional digital image capture is now taking
over.
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October
19 , 2005
Apple Computer's new Aperture program promises to make digital workflow
a lot easier for professional photographers.
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September
26, 2005
Adobe Stock Photos has added new image suppliers and has made arrangements
that will allow individual photographers better access to the new
service.
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October
12 , 2005
A-21 has purchased Ingram Publishing, a European subscription and
royalty-free collection with over 100,000 images.
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September
27, 2005
Masterfile will open its own European offices in an effort to replace
lost revenues. Zefa, which was purchased by Corbis this year, had
handled Masterfiles European sales.
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September
26, 2005
Art.com will offer the consumer market much contemporary, fine art
and vintage photography from the SuperStock collection.
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October
2 , 2005
Two companies, Spy Media and PhotoShelter, will offer new services
that promise to bring photo buyers and sellers closer together.
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September
19, 2005
Reuters has purchased the London-based Action Images, a distributor
of sports imagery with a deep collection.
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September
21, 2005
Miles Gerstein says his new stock agency, UpperCut Images, will
try to reach buyers through trade publications, mailers, catalogs
and personal visits from staff.
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September
6, 2005
StockPipelins has created an easy-to-use service that lets photographers
and small distributors sell images over the internet.
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story, click here
September
7, 2005
The American Society of Media Photographer (ASMP) has issued its
report on the Creative Eye Cooperative and Mira.
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story, click here
September
21, 2005
A21, which owns and operates SuperStock has belatedly reported its
second quarter financial results.
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Summer, 2005
Haim Ariav of SuperStock and Ze'ev Rozov of PicScout write about copyright
infringement in this contributed article.
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Summer, 2005
James Alexander of Adobe Stock Photos discusses the future of the
creative professions and Adobe's place in them.
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Summer, 2005
It may sound boring as heck, but digital asset management has an
important place in your future. Read about some recently released
products.
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Summer, 2005
Getty Images, SuperStock, Alamy, PicScout, Adobe, Macromedia, Mira,
ASMP, UpperCut and a lot more .
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Summer, 2005
Getty Images has announced it will no longer sub-distribute the PictureArts
stock photography brands. Picture Arts was recently acquired by JupiterImages.
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Summer, 2005
Adobe Stock Photo has added four JupiterImages royalty-free brands
to its online collection, bringing the total Adobe offering to more
than 355,000 images.
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story, click here
Summer, 2005
AThe stock industry may be cosnolidating at the top, but a lot of
small distributors, including a number of single-photographer ones
are showing up at the bottom. The Stock Asylum's new directory lets
these sellers shine.
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Summer, 2005
Shareholders of both Adobe Systems and Macromedia overwhelmingly voted
to approve a proposed merger of the two company. Regulatory hurdles
remain.
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Summer, 2005
JupiterImages announced a new subscription service that includes some
330,000 wholly-owned images.
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Summer, 2005
Alamy has released figures showing the company is making a higher
percentage of sales to editorial clients.
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Summer, 2005
Getty Images started a new subscription stock photography service
with 50,000 images from existing collections.
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Summer, 2005
Mira's Executive Director John Greim say problems with the new Mira
web site have delayed the latest annual report from the photographers'
cooperative.
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Summer, 2005
The British Office of Fair Trade investigates Getty Image's purchases
of Photonica West and Digital Vision. A Getty spokesperson calls the
probe "routine."
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Summer, 2005
UpperCut Images, a new stock distributor that will emphasize artistic
imagery, has "soft-launched" its new web site with some
12,000 images.
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Summer, 2005
In a move that should help Jupitermedia continue to expand its stock
photography operations, the company sold two divisions for $43 million.
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Summer, 2005
Getty Images launches a modest commercial operation in China to go
with an editorial bureau started earlier in 2005.
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Summer, 2005
A new collection of outdoor sports and adventure photography should
help fill an obvious void in rights-managed stock photography.
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Summer, 2005
The American Society of Media Photographers asked photographer-members
of the Creative Eye cooperative if they have concerns about Mira,
a stock photography brand of the cooperative.
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Summer, 2005
Corbis announced several moves to beef up its royalty-free offer,
including the launch of rfShop, a new web site within theCorbis domain.
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Summer, 2005
PicScout, which helps stock agencies monitor the internet for misused
stock photographs, has announced it will also start checking magazine
ads.
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Summer, 2005
Mira officials believe that the photographer's co-op will benefit
from a new web site and a partnership with ImageSpan.
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Spring, 2005
Getty Images announced plans to purchase Photonica West and bring
the Photonica and Iconica collections under the Getty umbrella.
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Spring, 2005
The creation of Adobe Stock Photos will make it easier for creative
professionals to purchase royalty-free images without leaving the
graphics program in which they are working. But will this new product
be good for photographers and the stock photography industry?
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Spring, 2005
Should the rights-managed approach to selling stock photography be
updated to better serve modern clients? Stock Asylum takes an in-depth
look at this question.
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Spring, 2005
PicScout and Digimarc will be sharing anti-copyright-infringement
technologies to help photographers, stock distributors and others
control abuses.
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Spring, 2005
In a move that could lead to creation of a new subscription stock
service, Getty Images purchased royalty-free stock supplier Digital
Vision.
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Spring , 2005
Adobe Systems announces the purchase of Macromedia, subject to government
approval, and unveils Adobe Stock Photos, a new stock distributor. The
moves leave a lot of unanswered questions.
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Winter , 2005
Jupitermedia's purchase of Creatas for about $60 million helps make
the upstart stock distributor a player in the stock industry. The
purchase brings the Picturequest, Creatas and Liquid Library web sites
under the Jupitermedia umbrella.
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Winter , 2005
An Oregon company is marketing a royalty-free design product. Will
prefabricated layouts hurt designers the way similar products have
hurt photographers and illustrators?
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story, click here
Winter, 2005
Frustrated with wholesale copyright theft, stock distributors are
turning to an Israeli company to scan the internet for infringers.
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Winter, 2005
Corbis has made several recent moves to improve the reach and quality
of its product , including the purchase of Zefa.
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Fall, 2004
High-quality motion imagery may soon appear in places you never expected
to see it thanks to Organic Light Emitting Diodes (OLEDs).
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Fall, 2004
We wanted to simplify
your rights-managed stock photo research, so we sifted through hundreds
of online stock distributors to bring you a list of 103 quality libraries.
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Summer, 2004
The first round of stock photography industry consolidations left
two huge companies and a lot of small ones. The current round could
help fill the void in the middle. Read SA's analysis of this unfolding
situation.
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Summer, 2004
The most successful creative businesses combine great marketing
with great talent, says Maria Piscopo, whose new book for
graphic designers and Illustrators will be out near the end of
the summer.
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Spring, 2004
When the stock photo industry embraced the web, distributors envisioned
a highly automated sales process. It didn't work out that way and
personal service is suddenly back in vogue.
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story, click here
Spring, 2004
Many creative people hate the nuts and bolts of business. But, good
negotiating can spell the difference between success and failure. Read
what two experts say about this important skill.
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Spring, 2004
Negotiating successfully can involve much hard work. To help, Stock
Asylum has brought together ten tips that may help you through your
next negotiation.
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Spring, 2004
PLUS hopes to simplify stock photography transactions by standardizing
the inexact language used by buyers and sellers.
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Spring, 2004
Stock photo distributors Comstock and Nonstock purchased.
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Winter, 2004
Suppose the photographer you hired for an important shoot loaded his
camera with a discount store's house brand film. What would you think?
Pros use professional quality materials, don't they?
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Winter, 2004
Grief experts say it takes years to process a loss. It has now been more than two years since the World Trade Center collapse. How has this catastrophic event changed us and how is it changing, advertising and design?
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Photoshop CS Will Not Open Images of Money . . .
Winter, 2004
There is one thing that the new Photoshop CS will not do -- edit images of currency.
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Winter, 2004
Veer ended a long financial struggle for Solus Images by purchasing
the New York stock photography distributor.
Many parts of our 49th state are still truly wild.
See Alaska through the eyes and cameras of Stock Asylum Photographers.
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the images
Penny
Gentieu's Wonderful Babies . . .
Spring, 2005
Everybody loves baby pictures and Penny Gentieu's
are among the best in the world. See why Gentieu leads this important
photography niche.
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the images
Mark
Harmel's Street Photography. . .
Winter, 2005
Winter, 2005
Commercial and stock photographer Mark Harmel
has been taking his camera to the streets lately with some incredible
results.
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the images
America
and Americans . . .
Fall, 2004
It was a presidential election season when we
took this look at America and Americans through the cameras of
Stock Asylum photographers.
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the images
Deborah
Davis and Elle Schuster . . .
Summer, 2004
By nature, most photographers live in the real
world of people, buildings and everyday objects. A few find
their own worlds to explore challenging the rest of us to question
what we think we know. Journey to the special stock photography
worlds of Deborah Davis and Elle Schuster.
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the images
Dennis
Cox . . .
Spring, 2004
China is suddenly center stage
in world business. But, the home of 22 percent of the earth's population
remains a mystery to the West. See the country through the eyes
of China stock photo specialist Dennis Cox.
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John
Terence Turner . . .
Winter, 2004
If it doesn't have a lot of
action, it probably is not a John Terence Turner photograph. Take
a look at some of Turner's stock photography.
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