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Getty To Sell WireImage To Reuters?

• Getty Images could sell WireImage to Reuters for more than $300M:
  One insider tells us that the deal makes sense - on paper, at least - because Reuters has no "entertainment" photography division, which has become a "major part of moneymaking" in photojournalism.
  According to our source, if Getty can sell WireImage for "north of $300 \[million\], it won't matter " that Reuters could become a potential competitor in the entertainment photography market.
  Our insider says that if the two sides see eye to eye - or lens to lens? - the sale of WireImage could be announced in the next two weeks.
  NYDailyNews/Gossip Department.

Corbis Images Acquires Splash News, Part II

• Part I and now Corbis buys LA firm that specializes in celebrity photos:
  "The content almost sells itself," said Corbis CEO Gary Shenk. "I think demand for entertainment photography is insatiable on a global basis, particularly for celebrities."
  Corbis has shrunk from more than 1,000 to 660 employees in five years, Shenk said.
  Buying Splash puts Corbis in a growth market with the widest base of photographers taking candid pictures of celebrities, Shenk said.
  But:
  "In 2007, it bought a company called Veer that handles content from amateur photographers", etc. -Sure thing.
  (Abbreviated) Melissa Alisson/The Seattle Times, Business and Technology
  This deal follows the partnership from March between Corbis and ZUMA Press.

Cinemagraphs: Not Quite Videos, Not Quite Photos

Washington Post: What It Looks Like When A Photo Moves.
Great idea. More work from Jamie Beck + Kevin Burg on From Me to You. (More)

 

"We've already taken Berlin, let's take Manhattan!"

This Galaxy, Planet Earth, a little to the right, Latitude 40° 42' 51N, Longitude 74° 0' 22W, then a soft turn to the left, Latitude 51° 4' 60N, Longitude 114° 4' 60W .
 

July 6th/7th: Are you iStuck?: "Check out our first ad, now running in some of the best design magazines in the world. We’ll be adding more of these ads" (Bigstock blog).

July 8th: We've already taken Berlin, let's take Manhattan!

(Whatever your particular brand of Vodka is, Joe Cocker supersedes Leonhard Cohen).

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QuickLinks For 2011-07-12

• 2010 Photographer Social Media Survey:
  Takes 10-15 minutes of your time.
  Survey created by Jim M. Goldstein (G+) together with Miki Johnson (G+) - she was formerly with American Photo.
  Data from this survey will be compiled and shared later this summer here.
  Now good-bye blog again and back to G+ during summer.
  A mean survey question: how many time on average do you spend on social media?  :-(

Google+ For Marketing, PR, BizDev, Microstock Google+ Replacing Blogs (Some Early Mixed Thoughts)

A few hours ago Kevin Rose came up with the idea of simply forwarding his blog to his new Google+ account.

 

Kevin Rose is not anyone, he is the co-founder of Digg, and he only received a few hundreds comments and shares for this sentence.