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QuickLinks For 2007-03-31, II

• Early Easter egg:
  I received a hint that the April US print issue of Business 2.0, once somehow "famous" in the old times, runs a big article contrasting the Goliath’s of Getty/Corbis with Fotolia and Dreamstime and more.
  The story is currently not available on the official Business 2.0 website and I have no information if it will ever appear there in full length in May. However, you can subscribe here for a free trial print issue of Business 2.0 (US residents only).
  If anyone out there has more information regarding the article, just send a comment. (Thx Ellen!)
  Tags: Business 2.0 Getty Images Corbis Fotolia Dreamstime

QuickLinks For 2007-03-31

• MocoInterview with Brooks McMahon, VP Getty Images On Mobile Efforts:
  Getty Images is one of those media companies that is both threatened by and is offered a lot of opportunities by new media, especially mobile phones in the case of Getty ... I spoke to Brooks McMahon, VP of new products and platforms about the companies plans for the mobile market. [...]
  

Will Zooomr kill Microstock? What about the MPP to appear? Only the Ocean remained silent today

Fotolia Inks Deal with German T-Com

Fotolia Germany is out with an announcement about a new cooperation with the german telecommunication carrier T-Com, a division of the giant Deutsche Telekom AG.

New customers of the T-Com are eligible to receive up to 10 free Fotolia images.

The deal follows a similar cooperation with 1&1 Internet last year in May.

Related:

• 1&1, Fotolia Form Strategic Partnership (May 02, 2006)

Getty Images Joins YouTube

The new YouTube user Getty Images Film is out with a video on YouTube entitled:

A better way to pitch - surfer girls

Getty Images said in a short note today that the video is the first in a series of four videos Getty customers will be receiving over the next few months under the slogan "A Better Way to Pitch".

More details on free hi-res and non-watermarked preview files from Getty here (UK) or here (US).

QuickLinks For 2007-03-28

• S&P Keeps Getty Images on Watch List:
  Standard & Poor's Ratings Services said Tuesday it would keep the "highly speculative" credit rating of Getty Images on its watch list after the company delayed a financial report and arranged a $350 million credit line. [...]
  "We will monitor the situation closely," S&P credit analyst Tulip Lim said in a statement. "If the filing is delayed further, we could lower the rating again. If the company becomes current with its required quarterly and annual filings, we will reassess the company for an upgrade."
  S&P lowered its ratings on Getty in December, citing concerns over default notices stemming from the company's failure to file its third-quarter report with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
  Shares of Getty dipped 33 cents to $48.48.50 in afternoon trading on the NYSE.
  Associated Press.
  Tag: Getty Images

QuickLinks For 2007-03-27

• Time Inc. closes LIFE magazine, but starts photo portal:
  The company said LIFE "will continue with its plan to launch a major portal to put its entire collection of 10 million images online. The most important collection of imagery covering the events and the people of the 20th century will be made available to the public for personal use at no cost. More than 97% of this collection has never been seen by the public and contains the works of such master photographers as Alfred Eisenstaedt, Margaret Bourke-White and Gordon Parks, among others. LIFE's online site will be launched later this year".
  Editor & Publisher in "LIFE' Cut Short: Time Inc. Shutters Newspaper Supplement".
  Tags: LIFE LIFE magazine LIFE images

• Alaska Stock Images is currently looking for a:
  
  • Operations & Business Manager.
  All details and contact information here at Worldwide Stock Photo Industry Jobs.
  Tag: Alaska Stock

Coolest Domain Ever: Corbis.net

"Corbis suffered defeat in a cybersquatting complaint it brought against a British Web designer, the World Intellectual Property Organization said Monday. Corbis had taken its case to the Geneva-based WIPO in a bid to wrest control of the Internet domain name corbis.net from John Pickworth, who runs a Web design company in Blackpool, England.

Juice Images Opens The Doors

The new London-based RF stock production company Juice Images today launched the "first batch of 5,000 pristine, high-end RF images of all things People".

Juice Images was developed by Ian Lishman, formerly the Managing Director of Powerstock, SuperStock´s UK subsidiary, and afterwards promoted to Vice President, Visual Content, at SuperStock in July 2004.

Related:

• New RF Stock Photo Production Company Juice Images Soon Online (Nov. 23, 2006)

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