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Articles from October 2015

The Future Of Corbis

By Jim Pickerell | 537 Words | Posted 10/30/2015 | Comments
Rumors were flying in New York last week that Corbis may be sold. The rumors are that Shutterstock is interested in purchasing Corbis. The consensus seems to be that Corbis’ gross revenue is in the range of $100 million down from $225 in the mid-2000s. It is believed that about half of the gross comes from editorial and the other half from creative. (These figures may not include the rights clearance part of Corbis’ business.)

Take Aways From Photo Week

By Jim Pickerell | 1132 Words | Posted 10/30/2015 | Comments (2)
I just returned from the annual “Photo Week” in New York – two days at PhotoPlus Expo, two-and-a-half days at the DMLA annual conference and one day at Visual Connections. Here are a few take aways.

Releases: Why And When You Need Them

By Jim Pickerell | 66 Words | Posted 10/30/2015 | Comments
Nancy E. Wolff, Counsel for the Digital Media Licensing Association (DMLA) has written a very clear and detailed explanation of Why and When image creators need releases that was recently published on the American Society of Picture Professional (ASPP) website. Anyone planning to license pictures of people, and in some cases object and other property, should be familiar with this information. Read the article here: http://aspp.com/the-law-releases-101-why-and-when-you-need-them/

Color Trends From Shutterstock

By Jim Pickerell | 107 Words | Posted 10/30/2015 | Comments (1)
Shutterstock's data team has identified the fastest growing colors over the past year by matching pixel data with image download behavior from our customers including brand marketers and creative professionals around the world.

GDUSA Annual Survey Of Image Buyers Use Of Stock

By Jim Pickerell | 186 Words | Posted 10/23/2015 | Comments
The results of the Graphic Design USA annual stock survey are now available online.
Check it out. Be sure to read the extensive comments of Graphic Designes that provide some important insights into what image creators should be producing, and stock agencies should be doing to provide better search ability of their collections.

Pearson’s Share Price Falls 17%

By Jim Pickerell | 416 Words | Posted 10/22/2015 | Comments
Pearson has cut its full-year guidance to investors in a dire warning about the continuing "cyclical and policy-related factors which have been hurting our markets for some years."  Its share price fell almost 17% to a value of $14.54 in New York. The company’s ADRs are now down 30.7% over the past six months.

Getty’s Lean In Collection Now Available On iStock

By Jim Pickerell | 215 Words | Posted 10/22/2015 | Comments
Getty Images has announced the expansion of its Lean In Collection to incorporate positive gender images in an effort to disassociate itself from stereotypical stock photography. The 1191 images are available at "Signature Collection" prices of three credits.

Why Does Information Have To Be Free?

By Jim Pickerell | 1305 Words | Posted 10/21/2015 | Comments
What amazes me is why all the smart people in the publishing world think they have to give away all their information when they put it on the Internet. In theory if you get enough “eyeballs” then you can sell more ads and the revenue from the ads will cover your costs and generate a profit. But, that theory is not working.

Global Ad Spend Trends

By Jim Pickerell | 663 Words | Posted 10/20/2015 | Comments
eMarketer forecasts that the total worldwide ad spend in 2015 will be $569.65 billion. Global digital ad spend will jump 18% compared with 2014 and reach $170.17 billion, or 29.9% of the total advertising market.

Newzulu Focuses On Video

By Jim Pickerell | 250 Words | Posted 10/15/2015 | Comments
Newzulu has decided to focus its news collecting operation on video. They will continue to accept still images, but will limit the number of photos to 20 shots per submission.

Mobile Creation’s Impact On Stock Photography

By Jim Pickerell | 669 Words | Posted 10/14/2015 | Comments
A discussion of how image creation with mobile devices is changing stock photography and the photography business will be feature of the Digital Media Licensing Association (DMLA) conference in New York on October 27th.

Masterfile Offers Inexpensive Subscriptions

By Jim Pickerell | 212 Words | Posted 10/14/2015 | Comments (1)
Masterfile is offering its customer a unique subscription plan to Crestock’s entire collection of 2.3 million photos, illustrations and vectors. Prices start at $50 a month to download 50 image with no daily download limits. For a one-year subscription commitment prices drop to as low as $37.42 a month to download up to 50 images per month.

Minden Pictures Wins Right To Sue John Wiley & Sons

By Jim Pickerell | 123 Words | Posted 10/14/2015 | Comments
Jacqueline Mahoney, an Associate with the McDermott Will & Emery law firm has reported that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has reversed a district court decision and found that Minden Pictures, Inc. has the right to sue John Wiley & Sons, Inc. for the unauthorized use of stock images belonging to the photographers the agency represents.

Yuri Provides An Adobe Stock Analysis

By Jim Pickerell | 883 Words | Posted 10/13/2015 | Comments
After a long quiet period as a blogger, Yuri Arcurs has decided that it is time to comment on Adobe Stock. Yuri is generally considered the most successful microstock photographer. For many years he was a strong advocate of non-exclusive representation, and placed his images with virtually every microstock distributor.

25 Most Photographed Cities

By Jim Pickerell | 1063 Words | Posted 10/9/2015 | Comments
Using GPS data – both manually and automatically entered -- 500px has put together a selection of beautiful images from the 25 most photographed cities of the world. These images are worth enjoying.

How Publications Could Grow Revenue (And Have More To Pay For Photos)

By Jim Pickerell | 862 Words | Posted 10/7/2015 | Comments (1)
As more and more information consumers all over the world turn to the Internet for Information print publications are losing money. They can’t earn enough from Internet advertising to cover their costs. Traditionally, revenue from advertising has covered 50% or more of the total costs of operating a publication.

Questions For Braut At DMLA Conference

By Jim Pickerell | 545 Words | Posted 10/6/2015 | Comments
Scott Braut, Head of Content at Adobe, is scheduled to be the keynote speaker at the Digital Media Licensing Association (DMLA) (formerly PACA) annual meeting in New York on Monday October 26, 2015 at 9:00am. Single session passes for the keynote address only are available for $65. For more information, see here under events. (Hint: you may need to expand your window.)

Shutterstock To Distribute Red Bull Media House Video Collection

By Jim Pickerell | 257 Words | Posted 10/6/2015 | Comments
Shutterstock, Inc. and Red Bull Media House agree to market and license a remarkable video collection filmed at some of the most remote locations around the world. Customers of Shutterstock will have access to thousands of rare aerial, time-lapse, slow motion, adventure, wildlife and landscape footage, all with the simplicity of a royalty-free license.

Adobe Showcases New Features At MAX 2015 Conference

By Jim Pickerell | 1266 Words | Posted 10/5/2015 | Comments
At Adobe MAX 2015 in Los Angeles today Adobe outlined its vision for a "connected creative canvas" where people create and share their work from anywhere. More than 7,000 graphic designers and photographers attended.

Adobe Releases User Trends Study

By Jim Pickerell | 376 Words | Posted 10/5/2015 | Comments
In a world where everyone is a content creator, publisher and editor, who do consumers most trust, and what do they expect from the content they consume? A new study from Adobe of 2,000 US consumers addresses these questions and more, revealing some surprising shifts in the content landscape:

Are You Watching Trends In Online Ads?

By Jim Pickerell | 715 Words | Posted 10/2/2015 | Comments (2)
Have you been watching the ads lately when you do online searches? Yesterday, I was reading a news story on Yahoo about U.S. manufacturing and three different Adobe Creative Cloud ads were delivered in connection with that one story. Two of the ads included the “St” icon promoting Adobe Stock.

Dissolve Launches Premium RF Stills Collection

By Jim Pickerell | 374 Words | Posted 10/2/2015 | Comments
Stock footage provider Dissolve has launched its premium royalty-free stock photography collection. It includes over 200,000 photos hand-picked from some of the world’s most acclaimed photography agencies, bringing the number of stock elements Dissolve licenses to over 1 million.

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