While living in Los Angeles in 2012, Bruce Livingstone (the founder of iStockphoto), began planning his next project - Stocksy United. Using the model of a supplier-owned co-operative, the new stock photography agency is paying out one of the highest royalty rates in the industry as well as annual dividends to it’s shareholders (the photographers). Launched [...]
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100 Days to make it in Stock Photography
Press release, May 14th 2013 - Follow the journey! Can you learn how to make it in stock photography in 100 days? Photography student Simon Bergström challenge the image industry together with Mostphotos to find out if it is possible to learn how to make sales in stock photography. The journey can be followed through the rebellious [...]
2012 Photo Trends from iStockphoto
As the end of the year rapidly approaches, iStockphoto decided to take a look at what photo trends they saw in 2012. Here a fancy infographic and a list of insights on some trends, including why Medical, Lifestyle, Concepts, Business, and People were the most searched categories throughout the year. Many thanks to the author, Rebecca Swift, Director of [...]
Demotix is acquired by Corbis
Corbis Expands Global Media Footprint and Acquires Breaking News Photojournalism Newswire, Demotix, Following Successful Investment and Global Distribution Partnership SEATTLE, WA–(Marketwire – Nov 14, 2012) – Corbis (www.corbisimages.com), a leading visual media provider for the creative community, today announced that it acquired Demotix (www.demotix.com), an award winning open news platform, following a successful investment and [...]
GDUSA Reader Survey Reveals Stock Imagery is a Designer’s Best Friend
Graphic Design USA (GDUSA) has released an annual survey (sponsored by iStockphoto) of more than 1,000 readers which indicates that use of stock imagery has grown nearly three times in just 25 years, starting at 39 percent in 1986 and reaching 98 percent in 2012. NEW YORK, New York, NY and CALGARY, Alberta – September 24, 2012 – [...]
2ten supporting a fair deal for stock contributors
From 2ten website Support 2ten That’s $2 for smallest file size and $10 for the largest 2ten has been set up by Russell Glenister, CEO of Pocketstock, who has over 25 years experience in the stock content industry, many as a stock photographer. It is a campaign, which has one aim: stop the inevitable fatal price crash in the war that [...]
CEPIC announces the location for 2013 Summer Congress
CEPIC 2013 – Congress 2013 is going south to the sunshine! The largest and most international of industry conferences will be held in Barcelona , the capital of Catalonia in Spain from June 11th to 14th 2013. We will be returning to Barcelona, last visited by CEPIC in June 2000, with the Annual Industry Congress scheduled to [...]
Alamy on stock image pricing and licensing models
Alamy publish report following round table discussion featuring key industry figures The stock image industry has to challenge the status quo of the current pricing and licensing models if it wants to be fit for purpose for 21st century image use Alamy publish report following round table discussion featuring key industry figures 28th June 2012 [...]
T3Media Launches Paya.com, a Next Generation Digital Content Commerce Service
New Platform Unlocks Commerce for Billions of Assets by Enabling Distribution across the Web and Putting Creators in Control DENVER, June 27, 2012—T3Media, Inc. (formerly Thought Equity Motion), a leading provider of cloud-based video management and licensing services, today announced the launch of a new licensing offering—Paya ™ (Pay-ya), the world’s index of licensable content™. To watch [...]
Inspirational line up of Key Note Speakers at the CEPIC Congress
On 16 May – 18th May, 2012, the Coordination of European Picture Agencies Stock, Press and Heritage (CEPIC) will present its annual international conference at London’s Old Truman Brewery. The global picture industry will gather in London to network and discuss the evolution of the visual communication industry. Each day will start with a visionary [...]
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