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QuickLinks For 2012-01-30

• Getty Images Music Launches GUESTLIST At Midem:
  "The company currently licenses more than 200,000 tracks per year across film, television, movie trailers, commercials and multimedia projects globally."
  Press release ⎪ Getty Images Music ⎪ midem.

Facebook Goes IPO

Baseline (and a view what happens outside of this picture business):

• Revenues from ads only:
  • $3.8bn (est.)
• Offering:
  • $10bn
• Valuation:
  • $75bn - $100bn

Source: WSJ, Facebook Readies IPO Filing

Related (from Bloomberg):

• Facebook 2010 Sales Said Likely to Reach $2 Billion (Dec.16, 2010)
• Facebook Revenue Will Reach $4.27 Billion, EMarketer Says (Sept. 20, 2011)

QuickLinks For 2012-01-19

• Just extended:
  The 50 Free Stock Media promotion from Pond5 is now running until Jan. 31th.

• Jobs shed as Getty Images absorbs iStockphoto:
  Getty Images has confirmed to BJP that 30 employees have been made redundant at iStockphoto. "We are completing the process of full functional integration across the two brands," says Getty Images' CEO Jonathan Klein. "Nonetheless, Getty Images remains committed to the vitality of the iStockphoto brand."
  The layoffs comes just a few days after Kelly Thompson announced that he was leaving Getty Images. Getty Images says: "Kelly has now decided that the time is right for him to leave the business to pursue other interests and we wish him the very best in all his future endeavours.
  Kelly's last day with the company will be January 20."
  BJP.
  Related:
  • Kelly Thompson, now SVP, PD@GI
    (Aug. 05, 2011)

• Fotolia’s new art-inspired stock photography collection:
  We’ve teamed up with deviantART to create a collection of amazing images.
  The collection features over 3,000 images, what’s even more unique, these images are exclusive to Fotolia, meaning that they are only available to Fotolia members.
  Images: The deviantART Collection on Fotolia. - More details.

Corbis Acquires NMA Group

• NYT, Corbis to Acquire NMA Group:

Corbis is expanding again by acquiring the NMA Group in LA, a pioneer in the realm of branded entertainment, which helps marketers weave products into the plots of movies and television shows. “This will greatly expand our ability to offer advertisers ways to more closely affiliate with branded entertainment,” said Gary Shenk.

NMA will operate as an autonomous unit of the entertainment division of Corbis. Mark Owens, president at NMA, will lead the division, which also includes GreenLight, the Corbis licensing consultancy that represents deceased public figures.

Norm Marshall, who founded NMA in 1979, will remain chief executive. Mr. Marshall and Mr. Shenk said they could not discuss the financial terms of the deal. “Bill has a thing about not divulging financial stuff,” Mr. Marshall said, referring to Mr. Gates, adding that Mr. Shenk had told him, “ ‘Norm, if I do it, Bill will fire me.’ ”

[Update: here´s the press release]