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QuickLinks For 2009-03-07

• Stock Income Survey, also for microstockers:
  Selling-Stock has launched a survey to gather information from photographers, designers and illustrators concerning their 2008 income, cost of doing business and the proportion of their income that resulted from licensing stock rights to images. Selling-Stock encourages every photographer, graphic designer and illustrator who licensed rights to images in 2008 - be it for a few hundred dollars or tens of thousands - to respond to the survey´s nine simple questions. The survey will remain open until April 15, 2009.
  To review the 2007 Income Survey results, click here.

CrowdSourcing: One day you are the next SuperStar in Micro-Imaging, -Footage or -Audio

Full version below. Branded version after the jump.

   

Getty Images launches Moodstream

Is Moodstream more a combination of Getty Images/Pump Audio content or closer to the iStockphoto/iStockaudio/JAMD feeling? A combination of all?

See/hear/play/feel for yourself... . It will probably run on many parties using beamers.

 

 

 

The fine print from Getty Images:

Break

I have to apologize, but there won´t be regular updates here for some weeks, except for occasional postings in the press release section.

Silent Night

 

 

Microstock, Web 2.0, User Generated Content: Thank God, Tomorrow´s Friday

 

 

|  Origin  |  YouTube  |  Original Soundtrack  |  BUBBLE METER  |

(posted on - weird - rumors that a microstock company plans an IPO)

 

Related:

• Will 2008 be the Year of the IPO? (Under the Radar)

 

Where to Click and What to Watch

... over the weekend:

• The East European Microstock Way:

   

Content Distribution and Ugly Models

   

Completely off the topic

 

 

(Thx to Amber, "An animated video tribute to Internet superstars")

Weekend, and long overdue $49 web use revolutions and collateral comments don´t matter anymore

 

 

(Video online on YouTube, text here)

Jonathan Klein on Corbis

Teen Photographer Lara Jade Sues Pornographers TVX Films Over Unauthorized Image Use

What a sad and bizarre story (compiled):

Lara Jade Coton is an 18 year old photographer and college student who resides in England. Her work has been featured in a range of magazines and e-zines. She took up photography at the age of 14 and also works in photo manipulation and digital art. She discovered that an innocent self-portrait, taken when she was 14 years old, was obtained off the Internet and used without permission as the DVD cover and face art for the sexually explicit movie "Body Magic", produced by TVX Films. [...]

Summer 2007: From Dawn Till Dusk, Just One Day

Mid-April and 30D/86F in Central Europe: Thanks George for following the Kyoto Protocol so closely

 

The United States, although a signatory to the Kyoto Protocol, has neither ratified nor withdrawn from the Protocol. The signature alone is symbolic, as the Kyoto Protocol is non-binding on the United States unless ratified. The United States was, as of 2005, the largest single emitter of carbon dioxide from the burning of fossil fuels. China is projected to take over at the top of the table by 2010. (Wikipedia)

In the editorial part of the TV news, the same ladies which just complained about the Global Warming and the Climate Change, get all excited when giving the weather forecast later, grinning from ear to ear, about the "fabulous weekend weather".

(All photos shown here are ©Goetze, unless otherwise indicated. This one is from the Pulitzer Price awarded reportage "Unremarkable photos from East Frisia", taken in this cool place while on the water)

Moon River, wider than a mile: finally Weekend and nobody cares anymore about the Stock Photo Industry

The Year In Review: Most Charming, Most Weird Image Collection Of 2006

As the year is running out, it´s time to Iean back. I was asked to write about Tops and Flops 2006 in the editorial and stock photo industry, covering software providers, micropayment sites, the big stockhouses, unknown facts and more or less glorious sacrifices on the altar of the picture trading industry.

Not like earlier this year in The 23 Best, But Still Unwritten Stock Photo Industry Headlines For 2006 with irony and sympathy, but rather with facts and numbers. However, after the surprising feedback to the unwritten headlines the only person who would really benefit from this in terms of money would be my attorney, so I´ll skip this one for now.

(Image from Church Sign Generator: Get your AboutTheImages.com church sign as a refrigerator magnet or sticker, only $5.99 for magnets and $1.99 for stickers, plus shipping, best offer ever!)

Alexa Traffic Rankings, Part VII: Photo District News Online Under Fire

 

Alexa Ranking	12/22/05	02/06/06	03/20/06	05/12/06	05/16/06	09/05/06	12/01/06
Alan Meckler	35,856	33,428	28,641	28,335	30,552	50,535	48,677
PDNOnline	42,880	56,310	46,472	46,556	47,968	58,171	80,390
StockPhotoTalk	244,344	120,218	70,007	58,481	59,685	138,525	92,565
Stockphoto.net	273,454	263,071	199,399	220,417	239,918	355,850	449,218
StockAsylum	339,339	190,601	135,622	140,380	143,284	313,759	189,571
Pickphoto	352,635	304,977	248,521	248,165	289,687	398,449	412,414
StockIndexOnl.	419,655	246,728	345,884	1,166,140	1,025,040	5,937,156	No Data
Visuell	730,010	934,278	1,204,474	711,113	670,231	840,985	949,650
MacTribe	996,954	366,876	315,237	603,955	737,049	1,147,892	1,119,235
PhotoArchNews	1,046,183	820,790	626,780	588,316	621,401	916,571	1,178,916
Dimdump	1,494,425	689,586	687,485	1,008,775	1,176,881	4,216,258	1,307,826
Hyperbio.net	1,516,332	2,597,303	No Data	No Data	No Data	2,949,706	2,156,470
AboutTheImage	1,915,930	223,488	118,747	111,803	123,665	211,406	201,978
OrphanWorks	Not listed	Not listed	631,566	494,871	494,782	3,828,111	3,552,040
Footage.info	Not listed	Not listed	690,404	1,180,589	1,301,194	1,523,819	3,579,557
Stockphotogr.	Not listed	Not listed	31,552	39,239	42,857	140,167	114,327
PhotoSource	Not listed	Not listed	Not listed	58,100	59,620	93,689	110,570
AmPHOTO	Not listed	Not listed	Not listed	194,682	196,638	2,374,344	1,400,861
Thomas Hawk	Not listed	26,389	22,630	Not listed	Not listed	Not listed	37,947
EPUK	Not listed	Not listed	Not listed	Not listed	Not listed	Not listed	522,645
David Norris	Not listed	Not listed	Not listed	Not listed	Not listed	Not listed	3,344,834

© 2005/2006 StockPhotoTalk Research Labs, a Hörni Productions company

 

Some Just Don´t Get It: Paris Hilton, Perez Hilton, Who Cares?

Canada.com:

Splash News is the latest celebrity photo agency to go after blogger Perez Hilton [Wikipedia entry] for posting photos without permission. Hilton, whose real name is Mario Armando Lavandeira, was served with a cease and desist order on Tuesday while sitting in The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf café, where he regularly works on his popular blog.

In a letter drafted by L.A. law firm Makarem & Associates, Hilton was ordered to remove exclusive photos of Britney Spears holding her baby Jayden James, taken in Louisiana by Splash snappers Aaron St-Clair and Steve Dennett.

So What? Where´s The Story?

• Jay DeFoore had been the first one to write in Getty Tightens Its Belt in September that "employees have been told to watch their expense accounts, and rumors abound that layoffs are coming, with 10 percent cuts being bandied about." This number has been widely reported on the internet, expecially from those heroes who infrequently or never link back to their source of information.
  Then, as to no surprise and besides the official email of Jonathan Klein last week, shortly before the recent PACA conference non-anonymous and also unsolicited anonymous "insider" emails flew around the world with the hilarious message that "major layoffs in all departments" are coming.
  

The Pleasure Not To Write

I have to apologize to those few people out there which like this blog for being offline three working days in this blog section (not in the Press Release Cemetery where the music always plays), but firstly I needed a break and we are experiencing some phantastic indian summer days here, secondly I found nothing really newsworthy happening which drove me to tears and could not be covered through the perfect tool Press Release Cemetery, and thirdly I´m busy with preparing the PACA attendance of a company I´m currently affiliated with.

Additionally, Getty Images had been so kind to postpone the Q3/2006 results and Conference Call from the initially intended Oct. 19 to Oct. 24, so it looks currently to be a calm week. The best tool in Bloglines is always "Mark All Read". I´m back with images and maybe news from Key West the day after tomorrow.

Back To The Dark Ages: Photographer Coop Foto-Shop Accused Of Blasphemy

Monty Python meets Allahu Akbar, Santa Claus and his hat, Pope Callixtus III and finally "In God we trust". Unfortunately, this is not a MadPixBiz blog post.

Foto-Shop is a Berlin-based photo cooperation of eight photographers, together with a small gallery which serves mainly as a hub for inhouse and external photographers to showcase their work.

So far, so good, nothing unusual. With some young photogs and two small gallery rooms with 23 square meters in a sexy area of an european metropolis, it´s just that classical -- not subcultural -- innovative photography scene thing going on.

But, on the other side of the street, daily dozens of policemen walk into one of Berlin´s biggest district police departments in rowdyish South Central Los Angeles peaceful Central Berlin. As to no surprise, while all these stubborn officers can´t sit all day in their pretty neat offices drinking cheap cold coffee until retirement, they sometimes have to leave their gilded cages to fight the omnipresent mafia crime, unconvincible parking offenders and obviously that suspicious local innovative photography scene thing.

Update On The Completely Useless Alexa Rankings In The Stock Photo Industry

Does anyone remember the International Stock Imagery Association (ISIA), mentioned here and here? Gone with the wind. And so are the more or less significant Alexa rankings for some sites which report regularly about the incredible huge stock photo industry.

Although there are serious concerns if Alexa is a trustworthy tool to measure anything at all, it is remarkable that all sites obviously have lost readers, presumably due to the influence of seasonal factors (vacation time, world cup) and due to the fact that the mass hysteria to read all-you-can-eat about the micropayment stock photography phenomenon, born in February this year when Getty Images acquired iStockphoto, is over.

Alexa Tracks Your Life In Realtime (Alexa Traffic Rankings, Part V)

It´s getting scientifical. The influence of seasonal factors (spring) and professional activities (lot´s of specific fairs currently) on the Alexa ranking, resulting betimes in less time and less attention from readers:

Alexa Ranking	12/22/05	02/06/06	03/20/06	05/12/06	05/16/06	Tendency
Reporting Sites
Alan Meckler Blog	35,856	33,428	28,641	28,335	30,552	(-)
PDNOnline	42,880	56,310	46,472	46,556	47,968	(-)
StockPhotoTalk	244,344	120,218	70,007	58,481	59,685	(-)
Stockphoto.net	273,454	263,071	199,399	220,417	239,918	(-)
StockAsylum	339,339	190,601	135,622	140,380	143,284	(-)
Pickphoto	352,635	304,977	248,521	248,165	289,687	(-)
StockIndexOnline	419,655	246,728	345,884	1,166,140	1,025,040	(+)
Visuell	730,010	934,278	1,204,474	711,113	670,231	(+)
MacTribe	996,954	366,876	315,237	603,955	737,049	(-)
PhotoArchiveNews	1,046,183	820,790	626,780	588,316	621,401	(-)
Dimdump	1,494,425	689,586	687,485	1,008,775	1,176,881	(-)
Hyperbio.net	1,516,332	2,597,303	No Data	No Data	No Data	(-)
AboutTheImage	1,915,930	223,488	118,747	111,803	123,665	(-)
Orphan Works Blog	Not listed	Not listed	631,566	494,871	494,782	(=)
Footage.info	Not listed	Not listed	690,404	1,180,589	1,301,194	(-)
Stockphotographer	Not listed	Not listed	31,552	39,239	42,857	(-)
PhotoSource	Not listed	Not listed	Not listed	58,100	59,620	(-)
Amercian PHOTO	Not listed	Not listed	Not listed	194,682	196,638	(-)

© 2005/2006 StockPhotoTalk Research Labs, a Hörni Productions company

 
(+) = increase in traffic
(=) = no remarkable change
(-) = decrease in traffic

Alexa Traffic Rankings, Part IV

Alexa Ranking	12/22/2005	02/06/2006	03/20/2006	05/12/2006	Tendency
Reporting Sites
Alan Meckler Blog	35,856	33,428	28,641	28,335	(=)
PDNOnline	42,880	56,310	46,472	46,556	(=)
StockPhotoTalk	244,344	120,218	70,007	58,481	(+)
Stockphoto.net	273,454	263,071	199,399	220,417	(-)
StockAsylum	339,339	190,601	135,622	140,380	(-)
Pickphoto	352,635	304,977	248,521	248,165	(=)
StockIndexOnline	419,655	246,728	345,884	1,166,140	(-)
Visuell	730,010	934,278	1,204,474	711,113	(+)
MacTribe	996,954	366,876	315,237	603,955	(-)
PhotoArchiveNews	1,046,183	820,790	626,780	588,316	(+)
Dimdump	1,494,425	689,586	687,485	1,008,775	(-)
Hyperbio.net	1,516,332	2,597,303	No Data	No Data	(-)
AboutTheImage	1,915,930	223,488	118,747	111,803	(+)
Orphan Works Blog	Not listed	Not listed	631,566	494,871	(+)
Footage.info	Not listed	Not listed	690,404	1,180,589	(-)
Stockphotographer	Not listed	Not listed	31,552	39,239	(-)
PhotoSource	Not listed	Not listed	Not listed	58,100
Amercian PHOTO	Not listed	Not listed	Not listed	194,682

(+) = increase in traffic

(=) = no remarkable change

(-) = decrease in traffic