And Furthermore . . .
Sept.
12, 2007
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.
For
full story, click here.
Sept.
15, 2007
A company known for archiving images for photographers will be jumping
into stock photography in a big way during the next few months.
For
full story, click here.
Sept.
14, 2007
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.
For
full story, click here.
Sept.
13, 2007
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.
For
full story, click here.
Sept.
12, 2007
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.
For full story, click here.
Sept.
11, 2007
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.
For full story, click here.
Sept.
11, 2007
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 stock photography..
For full story, click here.
Sept.
7, 2007
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.
For full story, click
here.
Sept.
6, 2007
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.
For full story, click
here.
Sept.
5, 2007
Getty Images has formally announced the new economy pricing program
that everyone has been talking about since last week.
For full story, click
here.
Sept.
5, 2007
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.
For full story, click
here.
Sept.
3, 2007
The contrast between traditional stock and micropayment is stark.
While micropayment companies value and encourage their suppliers,
some traditional distributors have forgotten that their businesses
really have two distinct products.
For full story,
click here.
Aug.
28, 2007
Economists call them "external costs." They represent hidden
costs not accounted for in a transaction between a willing buyer and
willing seller. The cost of producing stock imagery is becoming increasingly
externalized by some distributors.
For full story, click
here.
Aug.
23, 2007
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.
For full story, click
here.
Aug.
23, 2007
Getty's media management division is showing spectacular growth on
a year-over-year basis.
For full story, click
here.
Aug.
23, 2007
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.
For full story,
click here.
Aug.
20, 2007
With the recent growth of the internet, it is not unusual to learn
of new services offering more direct lines of communication between
stock photographers and image buyers. A new service from Millennium
closes that gap even further.
For full story, click
here.
Aug.
16, 2007
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.
For full story, click
here.
Aug.
15, 2007
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.
For full story, click
here.
Aug.
10, 2007
The worlds second largest distributor of stock photography has decided
it will no longer provide regular financial information concerning
the company's performance.
For full story, click
here.
Aug.
10, 2007
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.
For full story, click
here.
Aug.
8 & 9, 2007
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.
For full story, click
here.
Aug.
7, 2007
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.
For full story, click
here.
Aug.
1 & 2, 2007
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.
For full story, click
here.
July
30, 2007
It was a warm summertime Sunday morning when Zave Smith found himself
in the pews of the First African Baptist Church.
For full story, click
here.
July
26, 2007
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.
For full story,
click here.
July
24, 2007
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?"
For full story, click
here.
July
24, 2007
IStockphoto, Getty Images' micropayment stock photography division,
has announced it will increase prices for still and motion imagery
starting Aug. 19.
For full story, click
here.
July
23, 2007
Alamy, a British stock photography distributor which has forged a
unique place in the industry's marketplace, is definitely reaching
the second phase of its growth as a company.
For full story, click
here.
July
18, 2007
Some of the biggest stock industry players now realize that if they
want to maintain or build market share, they must must re-engage image
buyers.
For full story, click
here.
July
17, 2007
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.
For full story, click
here.
July
17, 2007
New quarterly figures release by Alamy on this date appear to show
a continuation of three recent trends at the British stock photography
distributor.
For full story, click
here.
July
13, 2007
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.
For full story, click
here.
July
11, 2007
Thought Equity Motion has announced it will digitize and distribute
a selection of video images from the archives of NBC News. The NBC
library includes film footage and video dating back 70 years.
For full story, click
here.
July
10, 2007
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.
For full story, click
here.
July
9 , 2007
British stock photography distributor Alamy is rolling out a new system
that will let photographers submit imagery over the internet for the
first time.
For full story,
click here.
June
29 , 2007
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.
For full story,
click here.
June
27 , 2007
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.
For full story, click
here.
June
25 , 2007
SnapVillage, Corbis' new micropayment stock photography brand, may
be a little late to the micropayment 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.
For full story, click
here.
June
22 , 2007
Seattle stock photography distributor Corbis has announced it will
subdistribute more than 20,000 rights-managed and royalty-free images
from 10 new suppliers.
For full story, click
here.
June
21 , 2007
But, one important factor of success in the marketplace is business
skills. Successful companies usually have them. Unsuccessful ones
often do not. This reading list will help you acquire some.
For full story, click
here.
June
20 , 2007
Getty Images announced on this date that it has acquired Pump Audio
for $42 million. The purchase marks Getty'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.
For full story, click
here.
June
19 , 2007
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.
For full story, click
here.
June
14 , 2007
The American Society of Media Photographers 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.
For full story, click
here.
June
14 , 2007
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.
For full story, click here.
June
13 , 2007
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.
For full story,
click here.
June
12 , 2007
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.
For full story, click
here.
June
11, 2007
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.
For full story, click
here.
June
5 , 2007
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.
For full story, click
here.
May
28, 2007
Aurora Photos and other stock companies are starting to look for opportunites
in the high end of the photography market.
For full story, click here.
May
31, 2007
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.
For full story, click
here.
May
25, 2007
A new collection of professionally photographed late-model automobiles
is available to stock photography buyers for the first time.
For full story, click here.
May
24, 2007
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.
For full story, click
here.
May
22, 2007
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.
For full story, click
here.
May
21, 2007
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.
For full story, click
here.
May
17, 2007
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.
For full story, click
here.
May
15, 2007
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.
For full story, click
here.
May
11, 2007
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.
For full story, click
here.
May
9 & 10, 2007
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.
For full story, click
here.
May
8 , 2007
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.
For full story, click
here.
May
8 , 2007
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.
For full story,
click here.
May
6 , 2007
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.
For full story, click
here.
May
5 , 2007
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.
For full story, click
here.
May
3 , 2007
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. In this article,
he offers some thoughts about the future of the stock industry.
For full story, click
here.
May
1, 2007
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..
For full story, click
here.
April
30, 2007
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.
For full story,
click here.
April
27, 2007
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.
For full story, click here.
April
26 & 27, 2007
Getty Images is providing a sneak preview of its new creative stock
photography web site that will be launched later this year.
For full story, click
here.
April
26, 2007
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.
For full story, click
here.
April
25 & 27, 2007
Saying it is shortening the timeline for uploading imagery and giving
photographers more control over their creative vision, Getty Images
announced that it will roll out new, streamlined submission requirements
for independent photographers.
For full story, click
here.
April
24, 2007
British stock photography distributor Alamy has launched a new internet-based
forum for contributors, potential contributors and "seasoned
pros."
For full story,
click here.
April
19 & 20, 2007
Though its acquisition of MediaVast has yet to close, Getty Images
is already talking to WireImage employees about their futures with
the combined operation..
For full story, click
here.
April
19, 2007
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.
For full story,
click here.
April
19, 2007
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.
For full story, click here.
April
17, 2007
For the first time since Alamy started reporting rudimentary sales
figures, individual photographers have surpassed stock distributors
as the source of most of the company's sales revenue.
For full story, click
here.
April
17, 2007
A publishing company with close ties to the photography community
and two prominent photographers' organizations have announced a new
license agreement for visual artists.
For full story, click
here.
April
16, 2007
Getty Images said on this date that it will restate some earnings
as a result of an internal investigation into stock options practices.
For full story, click
here.
April
12, 2007
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.
For full story, click
here.
April
11, 2007
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.
For full story, click here.
April
10, 2007
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.
For full story, click
here.
April
5, 2007
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.
For full story, click
here.
April
4 , 2007
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.
For full story, click here.
April
3 , 2007
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.
For full story, click here.
March
30 , 2007
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.
For full story,
click here.
March
27 , 2007
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.
For full story, click here.
March
26 , 2007
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.
For full story, click
here.
March
22 , 2007
Two studies, one in progress and one completed, could shed some light
on what is really going on in the stock photography industry.
For full story, click
here.
March
20 , 2007
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.
For full story, click here.
March
19 , 2007
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.
For full story,
click here.
March
14 , 2007
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.
For full story, click
here.
March
14 , 2007
TNS Media Intelligence has reported better-than-expected ad spending
for 2006. But, the company that provides marketing information to
ad agencies, advertisers and others held to its prediction that this
year's growth will be less robust.
For full story, click here.
March
13 , 2007
Age fotostock has launched a new web site with a cleaner interface
that could make finding the right images easier for image buyers.
For full story, click here.
March
13 , 2007
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.
For full story, click
here.
March
12 , 2007
For the third time in less than a month, Getty Images has acquired
a company that could strengthen its overall editorial image collection.
For full story, click
here.
March
8 , 2007
When Adobe makes its official announcement about the release of Photoshop
CS3 on March 27, users of the industry-standard image editing software
will be seeing double.
For full story, click
here.
March
7, 2007
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
For full story, click
here.
March
6 , 2007
Citing personal and professional reasons, Picture Archive Council
of America President Roger Ressmeyer has resigned his leadership role.
For full story, click
here.
March
5 , 2007
Getty Images has notified the SEC that it will file its 2006 annual
report late because of an investigation into the Seattle company's
stock options practices.
For full story, click
here.
March
1 , 2007
Leslie Hughes, says she and her associates at Equity Images will produce
custom photographic collections for mid-sized and large companies.
For full story, click
here.
Feb.
28 , 2007
United Press International (UPI) will use Digital Railroad's technology
to distribute its Newspictures image collection, it was announced
on this date.
For full story, click
here.
Feb.
27 , 2007
What started out last week as an unconfirmed report about a major
stock industry acquisition has snowballed into a story about a bona
fide buying spree by the world's largest stock photography distributor.
For full story, click
here.
Feb.
27 , 2007
'Tis apparently the season for subdistribution agreements. three stock
distributors announce new pacts.
For full story, click
here.
Feb.
22 , 2007
Getty Images announced that it has signed an agreement to purchase
MediaVast, which owns WireImage, for about $200 million in cash.
For full story, click
here.
Feb.
21 , 2007
Jupitermedia has confirmed it is in talks with Getty Images that could
lead to the acquisition of Jupitermedia by its larger competitor.
For full story, click
here.
Feb.
21 , 2007
Corbis has announced that it will move the Sygma photography collection
to a new preservation facility near Paris.
For full story, click
here.
Feb.
17 , 2007
Getty Images willl consolidate many of its royalty-free collections
into three brands during the coming months.
For full story, click
here.
Feb.
15 , 2007
Corbis reported annual revenue of $251 million for 2006, an increase
of $23 million over the previous year.
For full story, click
here.
Feb.
16 , 2007
Getty Images' debt holders will have to decide their next move now
that the company has failed to gain consent from 50 percent of the
creditors.
For full story, click
here.
Feb.
14 , 2007
Many stock distributors saw their income rise during th efirst halfo
of 2006, according to this PACA survey.
For full story, click
here.
Feb.
6 , 2007
The Stock Asylum takes a look at the images used in some recent ads.
A little more thought might have been useful in these three cases.
For full story, click
here.
Feb.
12 , 2007
Getty Images' new editorial web site is all-but-official. The old
web site is still available as the "Legacy editorial site.
For full story, click
here.
Feb.
5 , 2007
A new round of funding should help Digital Railroad continue to expand.
The company will use part of the $10 million package to open international
offices.
For full story, click
here.
Jan.
29, 2007
Getty Images ended a disappointing year on a high note, reporting
$203.5 million in revenue for the fourth quarter.
For full story, click
here.
Jan.
29, 2007
Adobe's new Lightroom workflow program will ship in mid-February after
12 months of public beta testing.
For full story, click
here.
Jan.
24, 2007
Corbis has announced that it will represent hundreds of images from
the Smithsonian Institution collection.
For full story, click
here.
Jan.
23, 2007
Numbers released by Alamy show that the British image collection is
growing at a phenomenal rate.
For full story, click
here.
Jan.19,
2007
Getty Images has moved some 40,000 Iconica images into its new rights-ready
collection of images.
For full story, click
here.
Jan.17,
2007
Photographer Zave Smith writes about shooting images of kids who don't
get to see many pictures of themselves.
For full story, click here.
Jan.8,
2007
TNS Media Intelligence is predicting that ad spending in United States
will grow just 2.6 percent this year.
For full story, click here.
Jan.
9 , 2007
The PLUS Coalition has achieved its original goals, but that doesn't
mean the work is mostly over. Jeff Sedlik says there is still a lot
left to do.
For full story, click here.
Jan.13,
2007
Digital Railroad moved closer to offering a collective marketplace
with the hiring of stock industry veteran Mark Ippolito.
For full story, click here.
Jan.8,
2007
Getty is making its editorial photography easily available through
two new web-based initiatives.
For full story, click
here.
Dec.
28 , 2006
The biggest stock photography story of 2006 was not really a single
story. It was a collection of stories about Getty Images. This article
reviews 2006 and chooses some of the best of the year.
For full story, click
here.
Jan.4,
2006
Getty Images offers $1.3 million to holders of debentures. Company
raises possibility of late annual report.
For full story,
click here.
Jan.
4 , 2006
Change in by-laws and end-of-the year articles on British web site
spark exchange of words about Stock Artists Alliance.
For full story, click here.
Dec.
20, 2006
Masterfile executive says shooting "wholly-owned" imagery
is the only way it can get enough quality work for its clients.
For full story, click
here.
Dec.
21, 2006
Stock Artists Alliance is relaxing its membership requirements to
include photographers who shoot non-rights-managed photography.
For full story, click here.
Dec.
18, 2006
Corbis will show the world art from a group of group of outsiders
and innovators.
For full story, click
here.
Dec.
15, 2006
Adobe has released a beta version of its newest Photoshop program
to help customers transition to new hardware platforms.
For full story, click here.
Dec.
13, 2006
The Orphan Works issue went away briefly after the U. S. Congress
adjourned, but most observers expect the issue back in the new year.
For full story, click
here.
Dec.
12, 2006
Industry veteran Ellen Boughn has left SuperStock after about nine
months as vice president of content strategy and manager of the
company's rights-managed image collection.
For full story, click
here.
Dec.
12, 2006
Reuters subsidiary has become the primary image supplier for the professional
women's tennis organization.
For full story, click here.
Dec.
7, 2006
A photographer-owned stock agency is recruiting stock shooters and
will soft launch its web site in early 2007.
For full story, click
here.
Dec.
8, 2006
A new web site called RMstockphoto has been launched for creators
of rights-managed stock photography.
For full story, click
here.
Dec.
4, 2006
Getty's micropayment site says its photographers with the highest
number of sales will get contracts to supply imagery to Getty's Photodisc
collction.
For full story, click
here.
Dec.
4, 2006
Making a couple of dollars in photography doesn't make a camera-owner
a pro. It takes a lot of work to consistently create professional-quality
work.
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Nov.
28, 2006
Gary Shenk will handle daily operations at Corbis now that he has
been named President of the second largest stock photography distributor.
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