During his recent conference call, Jonathan Klein, CEO of Getty Images, outlined a number of priorities for the company. They include:
1. Stabilizing the Creative Stills Business. Sales of creative stills (RM and RF) have been in decline for 2007 and, to a certain degree, back into 2006. The top priority for the company now is to get units licensed and revenue at least to a stable level.
OK, perhaps that's a bit of an overstatement. But this video by comedy troupe Old English was one of the weapons in the successful grassroots campaign to force New York City officials to back off planned restrictions on photographers.
Mike Peters, the editorial cartoonist who draws the Mother Goose and Grimm comic strip, offers an amusing take on the ongoing faceoff between photojournalists and the NFL.
Kelly Thompson, senior VP of iStockphoto, found a novel way to thank the company's photographers. On Aug. 19, the day Louis Daguerre's discovery was released to the world in 1839, iStock will introduce a new holiday: Punctum Day. The name is an homage to French philosopher Roland Barthes (pictured), who defined "punctum" as the profound reaction evoked by an excellent image.
The NFL has ruled that game photographers will be required to don red vests emblazoned with Canon and Reebok logos this season -- infuriating many photojournalists and setting off a blogstorm of protest.
Pop star Elton John and his partner David Furnish own the greatest privately held collection of 20th century photography, according to London's Independent. The newspaper wonders if John's collection -- which will be displayed at the Baltic Centre of Contemporary Art in September -- is an indication that celebrity collectors have too much influence over today's art world.
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During his 
Mike Peters, the editorial cartoonist who draws the Mother Goose and Grimm comic strip, offers an amusing take on the ongoing faceoff between 
Kelly Thompson, senior VP of iStockphoto, found a novel way to thank the company's photographers. On Aug. 19, the day Louis Daguerre's discovery was released to the world in 1839, iStock will introduce a new holiday: Punctum Day. The name is an homage to French philosopher Roland Barthes (pictured), who defined "punctum" as the profound reaction evoked by an excellent image. 
Pop star Elton John and his partner David Furnish own the greatest privately held collection of 20th century photography, according to London's 
