Recent Stock Photo Industry Press Releases

Dreamstime Launches Image Subscription Offering for Students

Five iPad 2s Randomly Given to Those Who Sign Up; Five Additional iPad 2s Awarded to Top Five Student Referrers

Nashville, TN, Sept. 07, 2011. If there's ever a universal commonality among students, it is the fact they could all use more money in their pocket to spend on such "critical" activities as concert tickets, road trips and house parties. Leading stock photography company Dreamstime understands this and in an effort to help students save now and cram later on their scholarly studies, it has launched an exclusive offer and give away for students who require imagery and stock photography for the academic year.

Getty Images Announces The New Photos.com

Flexible Purchasing Options and Quality Content for Value-Driven Image Buyers - Photos.com Launches Social Media Campaign Designed to Assist Small Business Owners

New York, NY, Jan. 11, 2011. Getty Images, Inc., a leading creator and distributor of digital content, from still imagery to footage, graphics, music and more, today unveils the new Photos.com. Developed for value-conscious small business owners, marketers, graphic designers, web designers and other creative professionals, Photos.com offers millions of quality images, a variety of purchase options and prices that are among the most competitive in the industry.

Thinkstock Launches New Image Pack Subscription Service

Seattle, WA, July 9, 2010. Thinkstock, an image subscription site from Getty Images, today announced the introduction of image packs. This new product offers value-conscious creative processionals pre-paid access to imagery and an even greater choice, value and flexibility in licensing imagery.

Customers can now choose to license 5, 25, 100 or 250 high-quality royalty-free stock photos and vector illustrations from Thinkstock’s collection of more than five million images.

Shutterstock Announces Search Upgrades, Including Real-Time Search

Innovations make Shutterstock a superior choice for image buyers and photographers

New York, NY, June 7, 2010. Shutterstock, the leading global provider of stock images and footage by subscription, is investing aggressively in search technology with a series of innovations in the first half of 2010. Offering more than 11 million images and 180,000 footage clips, with search supported in 10 languages, Shutterstock helps busy professionals quickly find the right royalty-free content for any project.

Thinkstock Launches Innovative Social Media-Based Art Buying Service

Seattle, WA, June 7, 2010. WHAT: Thinkstock, an image subscription product that offers value-conscious professionals a new industry-standard in quality, simplicity, and value with world-class legal protection, today announced a new social media-based art buying service, the @Thinkstock Social Art Buyer.

Recognizing that today’s customers are working against accelerated deadlines to bring their creative projects to market, Thinkstock is leveraging social media to provide near real-time support.

Veer ‘Dash for Cash’ Gives Contributors Chance to Earn Extra Money

Veer plans to give away hundreds of thousands of dollars for images contributed between May 5 and June 30, 2010

Calgary, May 5, 2010. Veer (www.veer.com), a producer and provider of affordable visual elements and design-related products today announced the Veer® Dash for Cash where image contributors have a chance to earn their share of the hundreds of thousands of dollars that Veer plans to give away to new and existing contributors during the promotion.

The Veer Dash for Cash gives new and existing Veer contributors from most countries worldwide the chance to earn up to $1.40 per approved image submitted between May 5 and June 30, 2010.

Cash for bloggers with Fotolia and WordPress Plug-in

Cash and Convenience for Bloggers with Fotolia images and the new Microstock Photo Plug-in for WordPress

New York, NY, Feb. 02, 2010. Microstock entrepreneurs Lee Torrens and Amos Struck teamed up to launch the Microstock Photo Plugin for WordPress. Based on Fotolia’s most powerful API, bloggers can now instantly search from 8-million royalty-free images on Fotolia and add them to their posts without leaving WordPress. What’s even better is that the application suggests photos based on blog tags. All bloggers have to do is select the image they want and it’s automatically inserted into the post.

Introducing Thinkstock: a New Kind of Image Subscription

A Complete Image Subscription Product Offering Premium Royalty-Free Imagery from Getty Images and Jupiterimages, and User-Generated Images from iStockphoto

New York, NY, Feb 01, 2010. Getty Images, Inc., the world’s leading creator and distributor of visual and digital media content, today launches Thinkstock (www.thinkstock.com), a new image subscription product that provides one of the most complete offerings available in the marketplace. Developed for value-conscious creative professionals, Thinkstock is one of the only subscription products to offer this level of quality, simplicity and value all in one place, with world-class legal protection.

Shutterstock On The Red Carpet Captures the Hottest Events in 2009

Program sees blockbuster growth - talented photographers cover top film premieres, fashion shows, sporting events, political appearances and concerts around the world

New York, Nov. 18, 2009. It has been an exciting year for Shutterstock, the world's largest subscription-based stock photo agency, thanks to the rapid growth of its innovative editorial photo program: Shutterstock On The Red Carpet.

In 2009, Shutterstock On The Red Carpet covered many notable events worldwide, including Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week, the U.S. Open tennis tournament, Madonna's Sticky & Sweet Tour, The Black Crowes Tour, the Major League Soccer Semifinal match between Chivas USA and the Los Angeles Galaxy, and the Tribeca Film Festival.

Turkey marks new Territory for Fotolia microstock

New York, NY, Nov. 03, 2009. The next wave of microstock continues as Fotolia becomes the first major microstock agency to launch localized web service in Turkey. www.fotolia.com.tr has affordable high‐resolution stock photographs, illustrations, vectors, and HD videos. Fotolia is the leading European resource for corporations, designers, editors, and not‐for‐profit organizations looking for high‐quality images for projects such as website design, brochures, promotional materials and products, as well as print, billboard, and television advertising.