State Of Stock Photo Industry: 2013

Posted on 10/17/2013 by Jim Pickerell | Printable Version | Comments (0)

If you’re looking for an overview of the state of the stock photo industry as of October 2013 the stories listed below are a good place to start. Regular readers of Selling-Stock will have seen all this information before. For them, there is nothing new here although some of the stories were published in the last two weeks. If you’re looking for data and analysis – both current and historical – these stories are worth examining.

Size Of The Market


Survey Results: Global Stock Image Revenue
http://www.selling-stock.com/Article/stock-image-sales-survey-results



Stock Photo Market Statistics
http://www.selling-stock.com/Article/stock-photo-market-statistics




General Market Trends


Stock Photography Future Growth Potential
http://www.selling-stock.com/Article/stock-photography-future-growth-potential

Changing Photography Business


http://www.selling-stock.com/Article/changing-photography-business

Decline in Return Per Image
http://www.selling-stock.com/Article/decline-in-return-per-image

Useful Photo Statistics and Trend Information – February 2011
http://www.selling-stock.com/Article/useful-stock-photo-statistics-and-trend-infor?


Getty Images


Getty Facing Possible Debt Ratings Cut By Moody’s
http://www.selling-stock.com/Article/getty-facing-possible-debt-ratings-cut-by-moo

Can Getty Take Market Share From Shutterstock?
http://www.selling-stock.com/Article/can-getty-take-market-share-from-shutterstock

Thinkstock vs. Shutterstock
http://www.selling-stock.com/Article/thinkstock-vs-shutterstock

Getty Strategic Decisions
http://www.selling-stock.com/Article/gettys-strategic-decisions

Getty Statistics
http://www.selling-stock.com/Article/getty-statistics

Getty Images 2011 Revenue: Creative Stills Decline
http://www.selling-stock.com/Article/getty-2011-revenue-creative-stills-declines

Goldman Sacks 2007 Projections For Getty
http://www.selling-stock.com/ViewArticle.aspx?code=JHP2010

Return Per Image At Getty – 2003 through 2007?
http://www.selling-stock.com/ViewArticle.aspx?code=JHP2039?


iStockphoto


What Is Midstock?
http://www.selling-stock.com/Article/what-is-midstock

Getty’s Midstock Revisited
http://www.selling-stock.com/Article/gettys-midstock-revisited

iStock Earnings Per Download
http://www.selling-stock.com/Article/istock-earning-per-download

iStockphoto Cuts Prices
http://www.selling-stock.com/Article/istockphoto-cuts-prices

Download Trends
http://www.selling-stock.com/Article/istockphoto-download-trends

Is Adding Images to iStock Worth The Trouble?
http://www.selling-stock.com/Article/is-adding-images-to-istock-worth-the-trouble

iStockphoto Sales History
http://www.selling-stock.com/Article/istockphoto-sales-history


Shutterstock


Is Shutterstock’s Valuation Realistic?
http://www.selling-stock.com/Article/is-shutterstocks-valuation-realistic

Shutterstock Images Available Free To Facebook Advertisers
http://www.selling-stock.com/Article/shutterstock-images-available-free-to-faceboo

Shutterstock/Facebook Agreement: New Update
http://www.selling-stock.com/Article/shutterstockfacebook-agreement-new-update

Shutterstock Q2 Revenue
http://www.selling-stock.com/Article/shutterstock-q2-revenue-568-million


Yuri Arcurs


Yuri Speaks
http://www.selling-stock.com/Article/yuri-speaks


Crowdsourced Future


Is Crowd Sourced Photojournalism The Future?
http://www.selling-stock.com/Article/is-crowdsourced-photojournalism-the-future

Copyright © 2013 Jim Pickerell. The above article may not be copied, reproduced, excerpted or distributed in any manner without written permission from the author. All requests should be submitted to Selling Stock at 10319 Westlake Drive, Suite 162, Bethesda, MD 20817, phone 301-461-7627, e-mail: wvz@fpcubgbf.pbz
Jim Pickerell is founder of www.selling-stock.com, an online newsletter that publishes daily. He is also available for personal telephone consultations on pricing and other matters related to stock photography. He occasionally acts as an expert witness on matters related to stock photography. For his current curriculum vitae go to: http://www.jimpickerell.com/Curriculum-Vitae.aspx.  

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