The road to editorial supremacy is paved with many dangerous potholes and if Shutterstock wants to succeed in that space,…
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A few thoughts on Adobe Stock
Jon Oringer of Shutterstock said it well: barrier of entry in stock photography licensing today is very low (actually getting…
chronicle of a death foretold
Suddenly, out of nowhere, Bloomberg started spewing articles after articles on the sorry state of Getty Images. Three in a…
Adobe’s Golden Opportunity
The recent news of Adobe’s acquisition of microstock company Fotolia has sent ripples throughout the photo licensing world. The software…
Shutterstock buys Rex for $33 Million
North America woke up with the news that golden boy photo agency Shutterstock acquired no less than 2 companies in…
Buying an audience
Ever so often, the topic of the value of a photograph emerges from the bowels of online conversations. Very quickly,…
Fixing the copyright problem: The cost of Ego
We cannot achieve anything significant by ourselves. As much as we would love to, it is impossible to succeed without…
The absurdity of RM pricing
You walk in a supermarket, pick up a bag of potatoes and head for the cash register. At this point,…
The new force in photojournalism
It used to be that when trouble hit the streets, autocratic governments would shut access to the media, in particular…
The new photo agencies
Social Media opened our eyes to the reality that there is a massive talent pool of photographers that have not chosen…
