23 Oct 2008 Getty Images to Acquire Jupiterimages
Acquisition Will Enhance the Jupiterimages Brand, Provide a Broader Selection of Digital Content Across All Platforms, Media and Geographies and...
22 Oct 2008 AudioMicro Closes Series A Financing
DFJ Frontier Invests in Micro-Stock Music-Licensing Marketplace Los Angeles, CA, Oct. 22, 2008. AudioMicro.com, a crowd-sourced marketplace for commercial music...
22 Oct 2008 Kursiv launches BloopPix
Wittenbach, Switzerland, Oct. 22, 2008. Swiss photoagency Kursiv launches BloopPix, a collection of royalty-free images at a competitive price. Bloop...
22 Oct 2008 QuickLinks For 2008-10-22
Fotolia Swiss photo agency Kursiv launches the new image collection BloopPix, "from" Fotolia´s Reseller API "the deepest sources of the...
20 Oct 2008 PhotoShelter Launches Personal Archive 2.0
New features enable instant website creation, more self marketing tools, streamlined user interface and community forums New York, NY, Oct....
17 Oct 2008 QuickLinks For 2008-10-17
2008 Stock photo market crash - So where do we stand today?:I wouldn´t predict anyone re-inventing the stock photo industry...
16 Oct 2008 a21 Integrates MediaMagnet with SuperStock Websites
Mid-Stock Collection Now Available at http://www.superstock.com/MediaMagnet Jacksonville, FL, Oct. 16, 2008. a21, Inc. ("a21"), a leading online digital content marketplace,...
16 Oct 2008 Digital Railroad: Final Curtain?
"For the past few weeks, Digital Railroad (DRR) has been seeking additional funding required to sustain its current level of...
07 Oct 2008 QuickLinks For 2008-10-07
Getty launches Premium Playlist: The new online service for film makers and advertising agencies service Premium Playlist resides alongside Getty...
02 Oct 2008 Picscout continues to guard visual content copyright
Herzeliya, Israel, Oct. 01, 2008. PicScout announced today their contract renewal for continued content monitoring with Getty Images, the world’s...
02 Oct 2008 QuickLinks For 2008-10-02
GumGum launches partnership with Glam Media and Splash News:GumGum will provide the entire Glam publishing network (over 600 publishers) with...
01 Oct 2008 Launch of AeroGRID Aerial Imagery Alliance
Bremen, Sept. 30, 2008. Today sees the official launch of AeroGRID, a new partnership that delivers high-resolution aerial photography from...
01 Oct 2008 QuickLinks For 2008-10-01
Edited interview with iStock´s Kelly Thompson:Question: "Beyond that, will you still look for other niches to get into?" Answer: "We...
26 Sep 2008 New MAGROUND photo agency online
Hamburg, Sept. 25, 2008. The picture agency MAGROUND which is providing high-resolution images of landscapes, cities, and backgrounds is now...
24 Sep 2008 Alamy expands to open US office
Oxfordshire, UK, Sept. 24, 2008. Alamy, the world’s largest online stock photo library, has announced plans to expand by opening...
02 Sep 2008 QuickLinks For 2008-09-02
"Back to Basics", Corbis new September Creative IQ Trend:As the economy slows down, the evidence that consumers are cutting back...
27 Aug 2008 QuickLinks For 2008-08-27
Editorial Use images coming soon to BigStockPhoto:Following Shutterstock and Dreamstime, BigStockPhoto is "unleashing the power of editorial use images next...
13 Aug 2008 Jupitermedia 10-Q filing
Online images. The decrease in revenues during the three and six months ended June 30, 2008 is due primarily to...
08 Aug 2008 Jupitermedia posts Q2/2008 results
Y-o-Y down: -$1.293 million. Q-o-Q down: -$52.000. Net loss: $3.286 million. Q3/2008 business outlook: $33.5 million - $34.5 million.Previous Q2/2008...
02 Aug 2008 QuickLinks For 2008-08-02
20th Visa pour l' Image photojournalism festival 2008 in Perpignan: If you intend to travel to Perpignan this year ......
26 Jul 2008 QuickLinks For 2008-07-26
No more opt out at StockXpert:SXP sent out some e-mail today to contributors about their new deal with images being...
25 Jul 2008 Alamy Q2/2008 numbers
Alamy has released its quarterly financial statement for Q2/2008. More details over there.
23 Jul 2008 Correction on Getty Q2/2008 revenues
The previous chart "Getty Images Q2/2008 Numbers (Ultra-Light Version)", as of July 16, 2008, based on a SPI story, is...
22 Jul 2008 QuickLinks For 2008-07-22
GumGum Chews on First Round:GumGum has secured $500,000 of a $1 million Series A round, according to a regulatory filing....
21 Jul 2008 QuickLinks For 2008-07-21
Shooting stars: Citizen paparazzi should be raking it in:Big Pictures, owned by the infamous Australian paparazzo Darryn Lyons, has started...
18 Jul 2008 QuickLinks For 2008-07-18
Flickr boss claims Getty deal is great opportunity for photographer members:For a time, Flickr considered building an entire licensing platform...
17 Jul 2008 QuickLinks For 2008-07-17
Blinkx Adopts Private-Label Video Search Model:Blinkx is the latest niche video search engine to shift to a private-label model rather...
14 Jul 2008 News from Red Cover Picture Library
From Red Cover:Red Cover has been going through some difficult times recently, during a period of rapid growth and without...
10 Jul 2008 Alamy updates Novel Use Scheme
Alan Capel´s announcement on the ongoing Novel Use saga: For the next phase of Novel Use we are running a...
09 Jul 2008 QuickLinks For 2008-07-09
How Getty Is Killing the Stock Photo Industry:Now before you yell that this is a case of spilled milk from...
08 Jul 2008 QuickLinks For 2008-07-08
Photojournalism for the Web Generation:"Exactly upside down" is how Brian Storm, 37, describes the business model that guides the making,...
06 Jul 2008 QuickLinks For 2008-07-06
Science studies - Corbis`July Creative IQ Trend Report:This report highlights the need for the creative community to reflect the increasing...
04 Jul 2008 QuickLinks For 2008-07-04
Charles Mauzy responds to questions from SAA ombudsman David Sanger:Up to today our sales by industry segment have been definitely...
03 Jul 2008 QuickLinks For 2008-07-03
Getty Images Goes Bye-Bye: What is interesting is that Hellman & Friedman bought DoubleClick back in 2005 in a deal...
02 Jul 2008 QuickLinks For 2008-07-02
Struggling picture agency Red Cover owes photographers thousands:Red Cover, based in Balham, south London, that owes nearly £500,000 to creditors...
27 Jun 2008 QuickLinks For 2008-06-27
Happy snappers zoom into the industry frame:Gary Shenk predicts sales of amateur snaps will triple in the next five years...
24 Jun 2008 Pino Granata: Photography is dead
When I read that Corbis is selling pictures for the incredible low amount of 16 cents each I felt a...
20 Jun 2008 Corbis´ Snapvillage: New Subscription Packages
"Approximately 80% of our images are available to subscribers". Full overview here. Still they believe in "PYOP" (Pick Your Own...
20 Jun 2008 GumGum (again)
Since Ophir Tanz of GumGum couldn´t travel to the CEPIC meeting this year (being busy with the UTR conference days...
19 Jun 2008 QuickLinks For 2008-06-19
Corbis unit changing name to GreenLight to reflect role:One division of Bill Gates´ image-licensing company, Corbis, is renaming itself to...
20 Oct 2006 Datacraft?s Imagenavi Launches New RF Brand HANA
Japanese RF stockphoto provider Datacraft has launched a new RF brand called HANA. The new stock photo collection from the Imagenavi subsidiary started on October 16th. HANA focusses on the...
19 Oct 2006 Journeys into Journalism
London, Oct. 19, 2006. Only one week remaining of the 2006 gallery season at SS Robin. The highly acclaimed Generation KKK - Passing the Torch show by photographer James Edward...
19 Oct 2006 Brooks Institute Names Warren King/Epson Scholarship Recipient
Minnesota Student Says Award Will Help Her Pursue Her ‘Crazy Dreams’ SANTA BARBARA, Calif. -- (October 18, 2006) – Brooks Institute of Photography announced today that high school senior Danielle...
19 Oct 2006 Boeing Adds Video and Upgrades Image-licensing Web Site
CHICAGO, Oct. 19, 2006 – Boeing [NYSE: BA] has recently upgraded and added video to Boeingimages.com, an eCommerce web site that offers Boeing imagery for commercial use by creative professionals....
19 Oct 2006 Stephen Hearn, VP Emerging Markets, Leaves Jupiterimages
Oct. 19, 2006. Stephen Hearn, VP of Worldwide Sales at PictureArts (acquired last year by Jupitermedia Corp) and recently VP Emerging Markets at Jupiterimages, has left the company. Contacted for...
19 Oct 2006 Paul Brown appointed Managing Director of Mary Evans Picture Library
London, Oct. 17, 2006. Mary Evans Picture Library is delighted to announce the appointment of Paul Brown as Managing Director. Paul takes over from Valentine Ward Evans, whose parents Mary...
19 Oct 2006 QuickLinks For 2006-10-19
Interview with Pixsy:Question: Time magazine recently named Pixsy one of their Top 50 Coolest Websites of 2006. What is it about Pixsy that makes it stand out from its competitors,...
18 Oct 2006 PACA 2006: Leading Hotels Of The World, Unite In Key West
So someone pays close to 250 bucks for a hotel room with sea view because this spacious Florida Keys luxury resort inspires unrivaled creativity. When you get up the next...
18 Oct 2006 ZUMA Photojournalist Abducted in Afghanistan
Oct 18, 2006 - Helmand Province, AFGHANISTAN - 5 gunman abducted ZUMA photojournalist KASH GABRIELE TORSELLO in Afghanistan on Thursday October 12th, 2006 on the highway between Lashkar-Gah and Kandahar...
18 Oct 2006 Canto Launches Cumulus 7.1
Cumulus 7.1 offers significant improvements and new features to the Cumulus 7.0 product line BERLIN, GERMANY, 17 OCT 2006. Cumulus® 7.1, the latest version of Canto’s award-winning Digital Asset Management...
18 Oct 2006 PhotoAlto Website v 4.0.0 Updated and Launched
Version 4.0.0 contains new online support and search features Paris, France – October 18, 2006 - PhotoAlto today announced the latest update of their website with new features such as...
18 Oct 2006 JBG Photo: New Job Position
JBG Photo is a Los Angeles based Celebrity Syndication and stock photo agency that is always looking for talented, motivated and creative individuals to be a part of the team....
18 Oct 2006 Corbis Announces Beate Chelette as Senior Director of Photography, Entertainment
SEATTLE, Washington, Oct. 17, 2006. Today Corbis announced the appointment of Beate Chelette as Senior Director of Photography, Entertainment. Chelette will be responsible for developing and managing Corbis' global integrated...
16 Oct 2006 The Pleasure Not To Write
I have to apologize to those few people out there which like this blog for being offline three working days in this blog section (not in the Press Release Cemetery...
16 Oct 2006 London's Royal Photographic Society honors three Magnum Photographer
London, October 16,2006. Magnum Photos are very pleased to announce that this year, The Royal Photographic Society awarded Susan Meiselas with its highest honor of the Centenary Medal and an...
14 Oct 2006 International Photography Awards (IPA) 2006 Winners Announced
October 14, 2006. International Photography Awards (IPA) announced the winners of this year’s IPA Photographer Of The Year awards. Santiago Serrano of Argentina was Awarded 1st place in the IPA...
14 Oct 2006 Aurora Launches Ultimate Image Recovery
ATLANTA, GA, October 12, 2006. Aurora Digital Imaging today announced it was launching the finest Digital Image Recovery software program on the market, called Ultimate Image Recovery. Ultimate Image Recovery,...
12 Oct 2006 Global photography competition - World First!
Photographers of the world unite... THE BRIEF: Take a photo representing the colour Red. London, Oct. 12, 2006. We are challenging people from every country in the world to participate...
12 Oct 2006 Image Source Continues to Strengthen Market Positioning
London, 12th October 2006. Image Source, the world’s leading independent producer and brand for creative and commercial royalty free images, today announces that it has declined to renew its agreements...
12 Oct 2006 EMPICS joins forces with CHA to offer RightsClear service
London, 12 October 2006 - Leading editorial picture agency, EMPICS has launched the RightsClear service in partnership with image rights and IP legal specialists, Couchman Harrington Associates (CHA). Customers wishing...
11 Oct 2006 Photolibrary Acquires CDI The Image Library in Dubai, UAE
Sydney, October 2006. Leading global stock image company, Photolibrary Group is pleased to announce its further expansion, with the acquisition of CDI The Image Library (“CDI”), based in Dubai and...
11 Oct 2006 Adobe Buys Mobile Software Technology Developed by Actimagine
Acquisition to Extend Flash Experience to Broad Market of Mobile Devices SAN JOSE, Calif., Oct. 11, 2006. Adobe Systems Incorporated (Nasdaq:ADBE) today announced the acquisition of vector graphics technology developed...
11 Oct 2006 Fotolog: Former New Yorker Mag Editor Launch Daily F'log
New York, NY, Oct. 10, 2006. For a fun, addictive peek inside the global photo-blogging phenomenon, check out The Daily F’log (http://blog.fotolog.com/), a new blog launching this week from the...
10 Oct 2006 Corbis chooses Nstein's text analytics solutions
Nstein to deliver indexing and advanced search solutions to Corbis, a world leader in digital media MONTREAL, Oct. 10, 2006. Nstein Technologies Inc. Nstein, a leader in text analytics and...
10 Oct 2006 a21 Appoints John Z. Ferguson Chief Executive Officer
Former Getty Images Executive Brings Extensive Industry Knowledge and Experience to Lead Company’s Aggressive Growth Plan JACKSONVILLE, Fla. a21, Inc. (a21) (OTCBB:ATWO), a leading online digital content marketplace, today announced...
10 Oct 2006 PunchStock Now Offering Rights-Managed Licensing with 25 New Collections
MADISON, WI, October 10, 2006. PunchStock, a leading resource for royalty-free images, announces its entry into the realm of rights-managed licensing with an offering of over 125,000 rights-managed images available...
10 Oct 2006 Index Stock Imagery is greatly expanding its Alliances in Mexcio
EFE Represents Index Stock Imagery NEW YORK, October, 2006. Index Stock Imagery, The Independent Choice for Your Imagination, is actively expanding on a global scale. The well known media company,...
10 Oct 2006 "Just fly in a different direction"
What a great comment. Michele Vitucci/Bilderlounge on The Bill Gates Mystery: An Open Letter From Pino Granata To The Founder Of Corbis....
09 Oct 2006 The Way of Light: Photographs from Sacred Spaces in Asia
Four Seasons Hotel Bangkok will exhibit images from Asia’s sacred spaces by American artist, John Goss, from Nov 1 - 30, 2006. Bangkok, October 9, 2006. The Fours Seasons Hotel...
09 Oct 2006 ONASIA DIGITAL TO KEYWORD BRITAIN’S NATIONAL TRUST PHOTO LIBRARY COLLECTION
BANGKOK, Thailand – October 9th, 2006: OnAsia Digital’s keywording service has added a new specialized collection to its growing client list. The Bangkok-based keywording company announced that Britain’s National Trust...
09 Oct 2006 Octeo Company: PhotoLicence.com to still innovate
Grenoble, France, October 6, 2006. PhotoLicence, the French standard reference for online sale and purchase of royalty free stock photos unveils its new visual, as well as the global photograph...
07 Oct 2006 The Eddie Adams Workshop: Nikon Sponsors 19th Annual Barnstorm
October 6, 2006. From Friday, October 6th to Monday, October 9th, Nikon will provide 100 hand-picked student photographers with the opportunity to trade tips, techniques and ideas with seasoned photography...
05 Oct 2006 QuickLinks For 2006-10-05
Monetizing the Crowd in a Web 2.0 World:People often ask me, how iStockphoto began. In my youth, I was a mail clerk for a company called Image Club Graphics. Image...
04 Oct 2006 New Image Library Just-London.com Launches
London, October 04, 2006. Just-London.com is a new and exciting Photographic Image Library set up to supply up to date, top quality images of London and only London. The Just-London.com...
03 Oct 2006 NPPA PARTNERS WITH DIGITAL RAILROAD
... TO PROVIDE TECHNOLOGY SERVICES AND EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS TO IMPROVE MEMBERS BUSINESS Exclusive Partnership Provides Programs and Tools to Boost Global Sales for Nearly 10,000 Photographers DURHAM, NC and NEW...
02 Oct 2006 MEDIAVAST?S FILMMAGIC.COM TO INTEGRATE DMIPHOTO LIBRARY
New York, NY (Oct. 2, 2006) -- New York-based FilmMagic, a division of MediaVast, Inc., has announced that the DMIPHOTO image library is now available at www.filmmagic.com. All current assignment...
02 Oct 2006 Getty Images 'Gestalt' Therapy Nourishes Creativity
Interactive Online Game Exercises the Mind While Offering Players the Chance to Win an Experience of a Lifetime SEATTLE, Oct. 2, 2006. Art directors, graphic designers and advertising executives are...
02 Oct 2006 News From Anarchy Images
An update on Anarchy Images, the recently in July by Jason Pagan founded story-based photojournalism agency for deep photographic coverage on international social and political issues, based in NYC and...
01 Oct 2006 Lorenzodom/DDB Berlin: Follow-up On Previous Story
The day before yesterday I wrote about Lorenzo D. Dominguez?s (aka lorenzodom on Flickr) adventure with Berlin-based advertising agency DDB Berlin. The highlights and the low points of his experiences...
29 Sep 2006 A Night (Photography Exhibition) to Remember
September 28, 2006. Once again Studio Nocturne Open Studio returns to Fort Mason. The Nocturnes, a photographers collective based in San Francisco, will be hosting 13 photographers at Fort Mason,...
28 Sep 2006 Scene7 Introduces Image Portal 2.0 to Extend Leading Rich Media Platform
Self-Service Access Reduces Image Distribution Time and Costs up to 60 Percent NOVATO, Calif., Sept. 28, 2006. Scene7(R), provider of the leading on-demand rich media platform, today announced the availability...
28 Sep 2006 QuickLinks For 2006-09-28
Status of the Orphan Works bill:We have great news! The latest Orphan Works bill appears to have died in committee. On Wednesday, Sept. 27, the bill’s sponsor, Rep. Lamar Smith...
28 Sep 2006 Leica Camera takes over majority of shares of Sinar AG
Solms, Germany, 25.09.2006. Leica Camera AG, Solms, takes over 51% of the shares of Sinar AG, Feuerthalen/Switzerland, from JENOPTIK Laser, Optik, Systeme GmbH, Jena (JENOPTIK). JENOPTIK and Leica Camera AG...
27 Sep 2006 'ORPHAN WORKS' BILL DIES IN COMMITTEE
Philadelphia, PA, Sept. 27, 2006. Independent photographers and illustrators are breathing a sigh of relief: The latest Orphan Works bill (the Copyright Modernization Act of 2006, HR 6052) appears to...
27 Sep 2006 New Editable Vector Maps of the World for WIN and Mac
Digital Vector Maps has published over 170 new vector maps of the world, available in a number of different styles and formats, including rectangular, oval and globe style maps. San...
27 Sep 2006 QuickLinks For 2006-09-27
AP Images Rolls Out New Web Site:With the new web site, customers will be able to search the agency's wire service, an archive of 500,000 historical photos, and creative stock...
27 Sep 2006 Associated Press?AP Images Launches New Photo Web Site
NEW YORK, NY, Sept. 26, 2006. AP Images, a division of The Associated Press, today announced that it has launched a new photo Web site. The new site is a...
