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QuickLinks For 2009-05-08

• Pump [Audio] Artists Getting Pumped:
  Pump doesn't have a forum so this seems to be the only venue for discussion.
  I received a letter today notifying me that Getty would now be taking 65% of the licensing rights for Pump Artists. I realize that Getty does do a lot of work, but the actual independent creator of the stuff they sell getting only 35% is f#!king ridiculous.
  If they were paying for my studio time or equipment that would be different. It seem they are again taking advantage of the quantity of artists that are desperate to make a buck.
  Thread in the iStockaudio forum.
  In and since 2007 the split was 50/50. - Jo Ann has more details over there.

Jupiterimages to be sold to Getty Images for $96 million

So where had Alan been?

In Spring 2007 it sounded like a $450 million deal (the New York Post story), now it comes down to $96 million which will "allow Jupitermedia to pay off all of its bank debt".

Getty Images´ press release, followed by Jupitermedia´s press release for Jupiterimages.

More financial details here in the last two paragraphs of this article at 24/7 Wall St.

QuickLinks For 2008-10-07

• Getty launches Premium Playlist:
  The new online service for film makers and advertising agencies service Premium Playlist resides alongside Getty Images Pump Audio.
  In the new service, Getty is putting together deals that allows them to represent songs on a non-exclusive basis. Premium Playlist already includes 1,000 songs. The content partner decides which songs or albums it will allow Getty to represent globally and in addition to synch licensing, some deals also include the masters too.
  The company plans to expand its content by striking non-exclusive deals with other majors and independent record labels, music publishers, management companies and other content owners to act as a synch licensing arm.
  Billboard.biz/Ed Christman (comp.).