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Photolibrary acquires Peter Arnold Inc.
Photolibrary, one of the leading global stock licensing companies with offices in the United Kingdom, USA, Australia, the United Arab Emirates, and various locations in Asia, has announced that it has acquired New York-based Peter Arnold Inc. The addition of this specialist library featuring a wide range of editorial images with concentrations in Natural History, Science, and medicine, complements Photolibrary’s current archive including such collections as Garden Picture Library, Oxford Scientific, Fresh Food Images, Britain on View, and Monsoon Images.
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StockXpert is ceasing regular operations
In a recent message sent to users of the micropayment stock photography site StockXpert, the company announced that it is ceasing operations and that it will no longer sell new credits or accept new members. The StockXpert site was launched by the Hungarian based HAAP Media which also operated the popular sxc.hu, a free stock photography download site. The business was later acquired by JupiterImages in Nov 2006 which was acquired itself by Getty Images in Oct 2008. Getty Images also owns iStockphoto, the world’s most popular micro-payment stock photography site.
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Getty launches Thinkstock subscription product
Getty Images announced it will now offer another subscription product, Thinkstock, giving new life to a brand the company acquired from Jupiter Images in 2008. The Thinkstock subscription product will include millions of high-quality royalty free photographs, illustrations and vectors from its Getty Images, iStockphoto and Jupiter Images collections. Thinkstock will include both professional and user-generated content. Getty plans to add thousands of new images to the product weekly to keep it fresh and vibrant.
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ASPP and PACA launch “REINVENTION WEEKEND” conference for photography professionals
The American Society of Picture Professionals (ASPP) has teamed up with the the Picture Archive Council of America (PACA) to produce a “Reinvention Weekend” conference in Boston on April 15th – 18th. The focus of the conference is to aid attendees in Reinventing, Reimagining and Reinvigorating your career or your approach to the photography business. The conference is being structured to foster spirited dialogues with photo contemporaries including: stock agents, researchers, editors, publishers, art buyers, photographers and consultants.
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Picapp integrates with Google Knol
Google announced this week it has added image search engine Picapp as an integrated partner to its Knol publishing site. Knol publishers will now have the ability to search within the Knol editor for images from Picapp’s Partner API and its more than 20 million images covering entertainment, sports, news, travel, fashion, medical, food, and more. “Implementing our Partner API with a strong partner such as Google, which stands for innovation and excellence and which is committed to reducing online image piracy, represents a major milestone for Picapp with its mission to bring legal, affordable images to online publishers,” said Eyal Gura, CEO, Picapp.
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Image Source announces World Cup prize drawing
Royalty Free image producer Image Source has announced its World Cup 2010 prize drawing, to be held on April 19. Customers qualify for the draw with any purchase on the imagesource.com site during the first three months of 2010. The lucky winner will receive round-trip airfare from London to Capetown and hotel accommodations for two at a top hotel. Game tickets included in the winner’s package are seats at a Round 16 game a quarterfinal match at Capetown’s beautiful Green Point Stadium.
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PhotoShelter releases social media guide for photographers
Photography Web hosting leader PhotoShelter recently released its Social Media for Photographers e-book, the latest in a series of free research reports PhotoShelter has made available for photographers. The report provides valuable insights and strategies for photographers interested in using social media sites such as Twitter and Facebook to market their work and more effectively communicate with customers.
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London Features International opening office in Los Angeles
London Features International (LFI) has announced that it is expanding with a new office in Los Angeles, which will open in February 2010. The new LA office will be headed up by industry veteran Clive Howes, in the capacity of Managing Editor USA. Previously Howes worked for Getty Images as their Global Workflow Manager, Clive has also worked for agencies such as Action Images and Reuters, as well as Picture Editor at national newspapers. Clive is regarded as the father of Editorial Digital Photography in the UK, getting the first live digital image used as early as 1988 and founding the first true digital agency in 1996 with Fast News Photo’s.
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Take Stock Being Distributed by The Image Works
Renowned Civil Rights photographer Matt Herron’s Take Stock collection will now be available exclusively through The Image Works. Herron’s collection features historic stock photography of the civil rights movement, its leaders such as Dr. Martin Luther King, and Cesar Chavez’ Migrant Farm Workers Movement.
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Fotolia’s top-earning contributors net six figure incomes in 2009
Despite average image sale prices between $1 and $20, the three top contributors to micro-stock site Fotolia all earned more than $100,000 during 2009. Those three suppliers, ioannis kounadeas (http://www.fotolia.com/id/10056459); Monkey Business (http://www.fotolia.com/id/8653783); and pressmaster (http://www.fotolia.com/id/6202659) have all contributed to and benefitted from the Company’s impressive growth during challenging economic times.
Zenfolio improves online portfolio product with new release
Zenfolio, Inc. has launched the next generation of its online site-hosting and portfolio services for photographers. This new release allows Zenfolio users to create portfolio sites and enables complete user control over the visual design via the Zenfolio Theme Designer application. Additionally, users can now improve their site’s online search ranking results thanks to the enhanced search engine optimization program included in this same launch. These new and exciting changes all come at no additional cost to Zenfolio’s Basic, Unlimited and Premium customers.
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Mary Evans Picture Library launches promotional magazine
Mary Evans Picture Library, a stock photography company from the UK specializing in historical images, has announced that it is launching a brand new promotional magazine entitled “ME & You”. The magazine has been compiled by members of the Mary Evans team, with the aim of giving picture buyers an in-depth perspective on many aspects of the library’s collection. The first issue features a retrospective of the swinging sixties, a peek into fascinating material held on the notorious Mitford sisters and a set of topical illustrations on the crossword craze of the 1920s complete with a crossword puzzle for readers to try their hand.
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Pixmac partners with iSyndica to enable uploads from 3rd party platform
Pixmac, a new micro-payment stock photography site launched in September 2008 from Prague, has annonced that it has chosen iSyndica, a cloud-based digital media distribution platform based in Nashua NH, as an exclusive partner for image creators looking for 3rd party solutions to upload to multiple stock photography sites.
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Getty Images is gearing up for the 2010 Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver
In its role as the Photographic Agency to the International Olympic Committee (IOC) for the twelfth consecutive games, Getty Images will cover all aspects of the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games (February 12-28). Getty Images has been the IOC’s Photographic Agency since Calgary’s Winter Games in 1988.
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Diomedia teams up with Indigo Images to launch Diomedia Polska
Diomedia, a stock photography reseller based in London, has announced that it has partnered with Indigo Images from Poland to launch Diomedia Polska. This new joint venture is operating from the former Indigo Images office in Warsaw, servicing Polish clients effective Dec 1st 2009. The company has translated the entire Diomedia website into Polish including content from over 170 collections from leading brands.
