QuickLinks For 2009-04-24

• Interview with Rick Becker-Leckrone, CEO of BlendImages:
  Often opportunity comes from what one might perceive as a difficult situation. [...]
  We started with no images and of course, no revenue.  About 4 ½ years in we have about 80,000 images, over 70 photographers and sales just over 6M a year.  It’s been a great ride so far. [...]
  Yeah, I think it was Jonathan Klein, CEO of Getty Images who gave me a friendly reminder that “co-ops” are hard to run. Or maybe he said “you’re f’ing crazy” - something like that.
  Interview conducted by Jerry J. Jansen on Action Sports Digital Photography.

• LookStat Raises $500k For Microstock Photography Analytics:
  LookStat, an analytics platform for photographers that sell their work online in micro-stock marketplaces, has closed a $500,000 Series A funding round led by Founders Co-op.
  Lookstat is a tool for photographers that allows them to track their earnings across online stock photography sites. The site can automatically identify when the same image is being sold at multiple sites, and can aggregate all sales for that image into one place.
  Jason Kincaid/TechCrunch.