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Crossing the Chasm with Members of the Press

Members of the Press (M.O.P) are

• visionaries,
• early adopters,
• 5 years ahead of their time,
• visit each weekend those quirky Web 10.0 TechCrunch sessions

The last 8 days have seen the sudden rise of what M.O.P called with an unified voice "content aggregators".

Surprisingly:

QuickLinks For 2007-05-28

• Microstock photography represents a new business model:
  Food photographer Cline has nearly 1,400 images on iStockphoto and about 69,000 downloads. Cline said she expects to make about $70,000 this year. [...]
  Jonathan Klein said he has big plans for Bruce Livingstone to drive Getty's growth in other areas of the company, but he won't say what. Getty wants to expand iStockphoto's business model to new areas. [...]
  But there's no question that iStockphoto is eating into Getty's business. "There are people that are moving to the lower end of the market and buying images," said Mike Roarke, an analyst tracking the company at McAdams Wright Ragen. "Depending on how far you take this, has this created a totally different dynamic within the stock-photo business — or is it going to?" [...]
  Tscheltzoff isn't worried about competing with Getty saying the microstock business has big potential and there's enough space for several players, he said. Tim Donahue of BigStockPhoto says the market is nowhere close to saturation, "I don't think that we're even near 50 percent of the market yet".
  Seattle Times (compiled).
  Look at Cline´s daily work here and here.
  Tags: iStockphoto Getty Images Fotolia BigStockPhoto

QuickLinks For 2007-05-25

• Magnum Festival website just launched:
  Commemorating the 60th anniversary of Magnum Photos and the establishment of the Magnum Foundation, Magnum Festival '07 will explore documentary in its various forms – photography, film and journalism. We are pleased to partner with such notable NY institutions as the International Center of Photography, the Museum of Modern Art and many more. Our June calendar boasts over 30 photographic exhibitions and special events, and over 40 documentary film screenings. Together with writers, filmmakers and photographers from across the world, we invite you to join Magnum Festival 2007 in embracing the past and promoting the future of independent vision and documentary work.
  More details here.
  Tags: Magnum Magnum Photos Magnum Festival

QuickLinks For 2007-05-24

• As to no surprise "Getty says acquisitions are top priority for cash":
  Getty said to boost its editorial business and extend its global reach are a top priority for its cash. Jonathan Klein said the second priority was to buy back its own shares when the stock is undervalued in the company's estimation.
  Asked what the priorities were for Getty's nearly $400 million in cash, Klein said "acquisitions, acquisitions and acquisitions."
  "We want to grow more in editorial and we want to grow more internationally," Klein said, without specifying any potential targets.
  Reuters.
  Tags: Getty Images Jonathan Klein Acquiring additional revenues

QuickLinks For 2007-05-23

• Sugar Gold Images by Denkou Images:
  Doesn´t happen to often over here: Sugar Gold by Denkou Images is a brand new royalty-free collection and has been created for the world market by people who have the right feeling for local needs. Our teams have their own distinctive photographic signatures, which together make up the personalities of this new RF brand.
  Denkou Images is a sister company of Hamburg-based distributor Avenue Images.
  Tags: Denkou Images Sugar Gold Images Avenue Images

Zooomr Mark III Launches

Zooomr, managed by Stewart Butterfield´s former fellow Thomas Hawk, is relaunching and it received such a big media coverage in news and blogs like the first flight to the moon: "Hi guys, I´m Neil Armstrong and I´m live blogging directly about our landing on the moon from the Universal Picture Studios the moon reporting that it´s just one small step for man, but one giant leap for mankind".

QuickLinks For 2007-05-21

• Eyeka among the Ten French Web 2.0 Wonders:
  The new french start-up Eyeka, co-founded by Franck Perrier, previous the CEO of Roger-Viollet and the CEO of Corbis France, was recently selected by AlarmClock Europe to be among the "Ten French Web 2.0 Wonders".
  Created in February 2006, Eyeka has received a first round of $5 million from Ventech and DN Capital. London-based DN Capital led also the $10 million Series B investment in Digital Railroad in February 2007.
  Franck Perrier, currently Director of Business Development, will soon present his company in this CEPIC session.
  Tags: Eyeka Franck Perrier

QuickLinks For 2007-05-19

• Stars in their eyes:
  As Sygma prepares to leave the French capital, the Guardian was given access to this extraordinary archive and Guardian photographer (and picture editor) Eamonn McCabe wanders through 7km of pictures. For the past two and a half years, 25 people have been labouring away, refiling the best part of 50m photographs belonging to the Sygma photo agency.
  Guardian Unlimited.
  McCabe writes towards the end that "Getty and Corbis are buying up photo libraries by the day, in order to one day own every photo used on the web. They already own between them a third of the world's images".
  Lewis Blackwell, group Creative Director of Getty Images, responds in "We are a boon to photographers, not a threat" and receives some tough comments.
  Tags: Sygma Getty Images

DigiStock: Account Manger

Based in Las Vegas, Nevada, DigiStock represents 3 brands of imagery and is focused on niche markets:

 

• LAS VEGAS STOCK
• FOOD IMAGE SOURCE
• THE ROYALTY FREE COLLECTION

DigiStock currently has an opening for an:

• Account Manager

All details and contact information here at Worldwide Stock Photo Industry Jobs.

QuickLinks For 2007-05-18, II

• Shocking: Getty Images integrates Google Image Search:
  Under the terms of the agreement Google will sublease about 60,000 square feet at Getty´s Seattle offices. In October 2006, Getty said it would realign the company's resources by eliminating some employees and consolidating some leased facilities in the fourth quarter of 2006. As a result, Getty reported a $4.9 million loss on leased facilities in Seattle.
  The arrangement with Google will reduce the estimated total losses for the Seattle facilities by about $900,000 in the second quarter. Shares of Getty fell 15 cents to $47.71 in morning trading.
  AP/Forbes in "Getty Images Sublets to Google", full SEC filling here.
  Tags: Getty Images Google