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New London Newspaper Planned

The Guardian.co.uk is reporting: New London freesheet planned.
A media pack for the London Weekly claims 250,000 copies will be distributed twice weekly outside rail and tube stations
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So what is the industry standard for keywording?

When that question is raised, the appropriate answer is - in the words of Agatha Christie's Miss Marple - "nobody knows".

Due to it's unregulated do-it-yourself nature, keywording standards have developed to meet the needs of the particular photo or video libraries concerned, rather than as part of an industry-wide standard.
The result is some front runners (notably the so-called Getty standard), but many, many other standards with different sorts of rules and controlled vocabularies, or no set vocabularies at all.
Learn more at Keywording Central

Condé Nast And Adobe collaborate On Digital Magazine App

Publisher Condé Nast and Adobe Systems are developing a digital-magazine application that will be available in 2010 and is compatible with laptops, netbooks, smart phones, and upcoming electronic slate devices.
Wired magazine will be the first to adapt the app, which will produce full-color, high-resolution images to replicate the experience of reading a print publication with the convenience of the internet.
Read more at The Independent

Media Storehouse goes surfing

Print store company Media Storehouse have teamed up with the Professional Windsurfers Association PWA to launch www.pwaworldtourpictures.com

PWA said: 'This new service will offer a selection of high quality pictures from the PWA World Tour, direct to your door, in anything from 18cm glossy prints to 101cm box canvas reproductions that will add a stylish and contemporary touch to any room.'

Design The New Alamy Home Page and win cash

Alamy, is launching a competition to re-design its home page.
The agency, which has just celebrated its 10th anniversary, is offering designers the chance of winning up to £2,000 by coming up with some fresh, innovative and exciting ideas.
It wants to create two new home pages – one to impress and inform first time visitors and one for regular customers who want to search for images quickly without distraction.
A full brief for the competition and details of how to enter are available at: AlamyCompetition

ITN Source Signs chinese broadcaster

ITN Source continues to strengthen its grip on the Chinese market by signing a deal with the country’s largest commercial broadcaster, Shanghai Media Group. The agreement brokered by IPCN, the Anglo-Chinese media company created by Mick Desmond and Rebecca Yang, will see ITN Source supply footage to the documentary films production unit of Shanghai Media Group.

RAF's Wartime Reconnaissance Photos Online

Caen, Lower Normandy, France, Sortie 106G_3170, Frame 11

Aerial photographs of prisoners in the central courtyard of Colditz high security prison and POWs that worked on the infamous bridge over the River Kwai, along with images taken during the post D-Day battle for Normandy and the Suez Crisis of 1956, are now available to view online for the first time.

The photographs were discovered as part of a painstaking process of cataloguing and digitising TARA imagery for the newly launched National Collection of Aerial Photography website.

Nikon V's Canon - A Rap -

Nikon Girl music video, The Photo Club - click to view

NB: turn your speakers down / some swearing.

BBC Trust limits commercial deals for 'Worldwide'

The BBC Trust is to limit further mergers and acquisitions by BBC Worldwide, following a review of the corporation's commercial activity.
Deals such as buying a 75% stake in Lonely Planet travel guides in 2007 will no longer be allowed unless there are "exceptional circumstances".
The report said the "scale and nature of the Lonely Planet acquisition" would not be considered again.
The BBC Trust has also ruled that Lonely Planet would not be sold off.
Full details here

All I Want For Christmas - Collectible Photography Books

Number 6. Moments Preserved - Irving Penn

ABE Books has listed its Top 10 Collectible Photography Books just in time for Christmas.
Robert Frank showed a side of America that some wanted to hide, Henri Cartier-Bresson believed in Decisive Moments, Irving Penn had his Moments Preserved and Ansel Adams turned unforgettable landscapes into unforgettable pictures. ABE's selection of the top 10 collectible photography books range from fashion to nature to cities to South East Asia and gasoline stations. And, for good measure, there are five more photo books that didn't make the list including a couple of heavyweights from Jeff Koons and Helmut Newton.

Be warned - these photography books are not cheap.
See the list here at ABE Books

Hachette Italie Blocked From Selling Famous Press Prints

The Hachette Italie fund planned an auction to sell a selection of print images taken by some of the most renowned photojournalists of the past 50 years. These prints had been delivered to the newsrooms of Hachette's magazines and newspapers for publication.
In a ruling that will set a will set a precedent in French law, a French court has asked Hachette and the auction house Pierre Cardin Auction Art Rémy le Fur et Associés to withdraw the prints of all photographers represented in court.
Read more at the BJP

Cockermouth Flood Image Dominates Front Page

image: Ashley Cooper/Specialist Stock

Specialist Stock photographer Ashley Cooper supplied the front page image on the Independent on Saturday newspaper with his image from the floods at Cockermouth UK.

Elephant Magazine Launches

Elephant: The Art & Visual Culture Magazine

'With over 200 pages of visual content, Elephant aims to have more depth and breadth than any other visual art magazine. It digs deeper, ceaselessly asking and enquiring into creative trends and art movements and innovative techniques. In recent years, creative individuals have started to react against the corporate nature of things, taking initiative into their hands and starting new independent ventures. Elephant looks at how people do that. How do they go about starting a new publishing venture? How do they then move from publishing their own comics to featuring them in national newspapers? How do they turn their personal interests and design skills into hugely popular websites? How do they turn their obsessions into global trends? These questions are particularly relevant as we wake up to this post credit-crunch period. Elephant visits art and design studios, sits by desks, steps on graffiti artists’ toes, disturbs rehearsals and interrupts takes, rides fixed-gear bikes and plays with the latest computer games. The ELEPHANT is always in the room.'
Detail & Buy

IPC Media To Restructure Around Audience

Evelyn Webster, CEO of IPC Media, announces a new company structure, effective 4 January 2010, organised around three audience groups of men, mass-market women and up-market women.
• IPC Inspire will be the men's division, comprising leisure pursuits, men's lifestyle and music brands, headed by managing director Paul Williams.
• IPC Connect will be the mass-market women's division, comprising women's weeklies, the goodtoknow network and the TV entertainment brands, headed by managing director Fiona Dent.
• IPC Southbank, the up-market women's division, will continue to comprise the fashion, beauty and home interest brands, headed by managing director Jackie Newcombe.

The divisional names IPC TX and IPC Ignite will disappear.

Says Evelyn Webster: “Through our iconic print and online brands, IPC delivers huge, powerful audiences to our clients and business partners. However, while our current structure has served us well over many years, it now no longer fully reflects our clients' business needs. Reach, as well as the delivery of tightly targeted audiences, has never been more important. By organising IPC by consumer audience, rather than by magazine frequency or subject area, we will create a more market-facing structure, which will also bring greater coherence to our operations.”

As well as these changes to the publishing divisions, Charlie Meredith, previously MD of IPC TX, is appointed to a newly created board role of MD, Central Operations, responsible for the majority of central operations including IPC Direct, the direct marketing division; IPC Plus, the syndication and licensing division; Production; and Property/Facilities. Charlie will also be responsible for ensuring that IPC meets its environmental obligations. Charlie will report to Evelyn Webster.

As a result of the restructure, IPC Ignite MD Eric Fuller will be leaving IPC at the end of December. Says Evelyn Webster: “In his nine years with IPC Media, of which three were on the board, Eric has made a huge contribution to the business and we all wish him well.”

Other members of the IPC Media board reporting to Evelyn Webster are: Sylvia Evans, Finance director; Stephen Hirst, managing director, Marketforce; Dee Mair, HR director; and Neil Robinson, Digital director. As well as her role as CEO, Evelyn Webster retains direct responsibility for IPC Advertising.

As a result of this new structure, there will be a reduction in a number of roles and IPC will begin a period of consultation with affected employees from 20 November.

James Murdoch - 'smaller role for newspapers'

Reuters reports
Newspapers will play a smaller role in News Corp's operations in future as the group focuses on more profitable pay-TV operations in western Europe and India, the group's head of Europe and Asia said.
...."In the business of ideas, which is the business that we are in, we do think journalism plays a role, and we do think there are business models there that will make a lot of sense, albeit perhaps not at the scale of some of our broadcasting businesses and other entertainment businesses," he said.
"Is it going to be as big a role? No," he said.
Read on here: reuters.com

Global Imageworks Launches RF Footage

click to view RF sample

Global ImageWorks is launching a "Royalty Free" footage division with over 3,000 clips ready for search and download. Footage in the Royalty Free Collection was originally shot in either Hi Definition, 4k, Red or Red One and is being made available in either their native formats or in SD or smaller files formats for online and mobile use .
The move to offer Royalty Free footage is a departure for Global ImageWorks, an archive primarily focused on rights managed, deep content footage. The GIW Royalty Free Collection is a response to a segment of footage buyers and clients who are looking for a certain type of shot at more cost effective , competitive pricing. Global ImageWorks' collections cover a broad spectrum of categories including music and entertainment, world events and global conflict, destinations and aerials.

Nature Picture Library

A specialist nature and travel photo agency based in England and formerly part of the BBC Natural History Unit.

Nature Picture Library covers every aspect of the natural world. Our collection is especially strong in animal portraits and behaviour, but also includes landscapes and travel, pets, plants, tribal peoples, and environmental issues. We have more than 180,000 images searchable online with hi-res and comp images available for immediate download, as well as graduate staff to assist in your search. We are exclusive agent for the prestigious Wild Wonders of Europe project, which has documented the wildlife and wild places of all the countries of Europe.

We also have a sister collection, the specialist marine image library Bluegreen Pictures www.bluegreenpictures.com. Bluegreen specialises in boats of all types, coastal landscapes, watersports, marine wildlife, travel destinations and seascapes.

Web : www.naturepl.com

E-Mail : admin@naturepl.com
Phone : +44 (0) 117 911 4675
Fax : +44 (0) 117 927 2459

CEPIC 2010 - Dublin 9 - 13 June

CEPIC have secured the Aviva Stadium situated in the heart of Dublin for their 2010 congress.

'This innovative facility provides a modern, light and flexible environement which will give us the perfect location for a truly successful congress. A congress full of networking opportunities, social activities, exhibition space and exchange of information and ideas.'

More here: CEPIC.org - bookings open Jan 2010.

New 'Youngest' Photographer At FLPA

Jack Chapman is the youngest photographer to be accepted into wildlife stock photo agency FLPA. Jack - '16 years old - 17 in January' - specializes in British nature and wildlife. Jean Hoskins at the agency said "His sample disc was stunning; with an incredibly high success rate and we invited him to join the agency immediately."
View Jack Chapman images.

The Times Set for Online Charge - 90p/day access

FT.com reports: The Times sets online fee date
Britain’s The Times newspaper will start to charge consumers for its online content early next year, just six months after owner Rupert Murdoch said he believed readers would pay for what they currently get for free.
Full article here:Ft.com

Spotted: The Magnum Mug

'A perfect gift for photography fans. 11oz. Black Matte with White Interior Coffee Mugs featuring the Magnum Photos logo. Dishwasher and microwave safe (non-metallic). Smooth molded ceramic composite. Easy comfort grip c-curved handle.' - Price: $12.00.

YouTube Launches YouTube Direct - broadcast

'Connecting citizens and journalists with YouTube Direct'

Every day, people with video cameras are changing the ways we get our news. We see it during elections. We see it during earthquakes, fires and other natural disasters. We see it on our freeways, in our schools and in our public spaces. Almost any event that takes place today has a chance of being captured on camera. ....
.... Though we built YouTube Direct to help news organizations expand their coverage and connect directly with their audiences, the application is designed to meet any organization's goal of leveraging video content submitted by the community.......
Here on the YouTube blog

'Google doesn't need Newspapers'

journalism.co.uk reports:
Google doesn’t need newspapers – it’s official; but its users do, Matt Brittin, UK director of Google, told the Society of Editors conference today.
Full report here: journalism.co.uk

Country Life Picture Library

www.countrylifeimages.co.uk holds a broad range of imagery and includes: Country houses and gardens; interiors and architectural details; churches and historic buildings; landscapes and countryside; farming and animals; social events and sporting occasions as well as all aspects of country life. These exceptional images date from the launch of Country Life magazine in 1897 through to the present day.

Please contact us by either phone on 020 3148 4474
Or by email at clpicturelibrary@ipcmedia.com

Action Plus Sports Images: New Site - New RM Collection

Today London based sports event photography company Action Plus Sports Images releases a brand new web site providing a 'new personalised home page (select sporting galleries), very advanced search facility (by years, sports, editorial/commercial and many other selectors), ‘hover-over’ magnification, on-line pricing and many other new and enhanced features.'
View and enjoy the new site here: www.actionplus.co.uk
In addition, Action Plus has released a brand new rights managed sports event imagery collection, named ‘COMPETE’. Stephen Hearn, Managing Director of Action Plus told photoarchivenews.com "The development of this new commercial rights managed sports collection and the new website which provides our clients with an easy and powerful way to find and license images in either editorial or commercial uses were the two major expansion programs for Action Plus when we acquired the company earlier this year."

New CEPIC Member: Orange Logic

New CEPIC member Orange Logic helps picture libraries and photo agencies go "one level higher than the canned licensing solutions"

Google Adds millions of books to it's library

Timesonline reports: 'Google opens new chapter as millions of books go into its online library.'
....The landmark deal between Google and authors’ associations in America is a watered-down version of the original plans. The new deal will still enable tens of thousands of British writers to profit, as readers can search millions of works, read extracts online and buy full copies..... Full article here.

Try Google Books Search

Lickerish Expands Beauty Catalogue

Photo agency Lickerish have expanded the agencies beauty imagery catalogue adding the work of Charlotte Kibbles (photo above), Christoph Grothgar and Jason Moore to the image library.

NFB Canada Adds Content To Footage Search Platform

NFB Images, the footage licensing division of The National Film Board of Canada has added its entire English database to the Footage.net search platform.

"We could not be happier to have NFB Images as part of our stock footage search engine," said Footage.net president, Domenick Propati. "At Footage.net, we're focused on making footage research as simple and efficient as possible. The addition of one of the world's most important archival and contemporary footage collections to the Footage.net search platform will greatly enhance our ability to help footage users discover the world's best motion content as quickly and easily as possible."

Just Spotted: CEPIC Runs With New Logo & Strapline

Tiofoto : Celebrates 50 years

Tiofoto is celebrating 50 years in stock photography in 2009, a milestone in stock photography worth noting. The Tiofoto legacy lives on with new Swedish photography side by side with classic images.

In 1959 a group of ten photographers called Tio Fotografer started a stock photo agency they called Tiofoto. The agency provided a common forum where the ten photographers could display and sell their images. Tiofoto was very successful both in Sweden and abroad and came to have a huge impact on Swedish photography. Through the years a lot of talented photographers have been affiliated with the agency. In 2005 the Tiofoto collection was included in NordicPhotos and today there are about 50 photographers connected to the collection.
Click to Enjoy a small selection of new and classic Tiofoto images.

CORRECTION - VARIO represents OJO Images

Owing to an editing error, our report "Vario Merges with OJO Images" (Nov
13th) wrongly stated that Vario Images merged with OJO Images. In fact,
Vario Images has simply been appointed as a non exclusive distributor for
OJO Images within the territory of Germany. 'We apologise for our error'.

Click below to see full press release we received from Vario Images.

vario receives a brush-up from London
New acquisition OJO at vario images November, 3, 2009. vario images get a promising growth by the London partner agency OJO images.
For the picture agency from London quality, creativity and depth comes first. The award- winning photographers have still worked with numerous famous companies and show off their skills now at OJO. With their creative ideas and the highest possible production value they achieve the high level of OJO.
The collection consists of the world of business, partnership, family, lifestyle, still life and much more. OJO images aims at the target to become the best in the Royalty-Free business. “Our customers will love the fresh and modern image language of the collection from OJO. That is why the range is a perfect extension to our creative content!”, says Susanne Baumgarten, president of vario images.
Jonathan Gibson, CEO from OJO is glad about the cooperation and moreover confident
that vario and OJO will complement each other perfectly in the German market.

JFK Assassination Investigation Photos Now Online

Copy negative of a view from the historic Texas School Book Depository in Dallas, Texas. The view through a window shows multiple vehicles traveling down several streets -click image for detail.

DallasNews.com reports: UNT Libraries' new online JFK archive puts investigation photos at public's fingertips.
Hundreds of photographs posted by the University of North Texas from the Dallas Police Department investigation of JFK's assassination won't solve any of the conspiracy questions that have endured for 46 years......Even though the photos contain no new evidence of the assassination, they are now just a mouse click away.........
Full article here:DallasNews.com

Alaska Stock Images Now Available On iPhone App

Photo agency, Alaska Stock Images has paired with Alaska HDTV to provide exclusive wallpaper photos for the first Alaska Travel iPhone app to include mobile video of Alaska destinations and Alaska travel discounts and promotions.
Alaska Stock owner, Jeff Schultz, remarked, “We are thrilled to have our Alaska images included in this new iPhone app and to provide a great selection of wallpapers for iPhone users.” The Alaska Travel iPhone App is designed to provide a visual sampling of what to see and where to go with short video episodes from regions around the state of Alaska. Attached to each of these video episodes are related wallpaper images of great Alaska scenery for users to decorate their iPhone or iPod touch and the ability to order photo prints at AlaskaStockPrints.com.
Pricing & Availability: The iPhone app is available now for $2.99 here: Apple iPhone App Store

Reed Shut Construction Trade Magazine

Laura Oliver at journalism.co.uk reports:
Reed Business Information (RBI) UK has announced the closure of its 130-year-old construction trade title Contract Journal.

Six editorial jobs are at risk of redundancy as part of the closure, which will also affect website contractjournal.com, parent company Reed Elsevier told staff in an email seen by www.journalism.co.uk

Henry Browne : Rugby Photo Of The Year

Henry Browne and Seilala Mapusua - click to see the winning image, 'The Flying Samoan' - Photo: Action Images

Action Images photographer Henry Browne has won the IRB/Emirates Airline Rugby Photograph of the Year Award. Henry's award winning photo titled "The Flying Samoan" was taken at the Guinness Premiership match between London Irish and Leicester Tigers on March 1, 2009. The picture captures the moment Seilala Mapusua dived through the posts for a try.

BAPLA Training Academy: Rights and Digital Asset Management

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BAPLA Training Academy: Rights and Digital Asset Management Course 60% Skillset subsidised.

Day one the Digital Asset Management:
Topics include how to maintain a productive and efficient workflow, production standards, quality control and health checks, early warning signals on digital images, where automation can make you more efficient and save costs.
Day two on Rights Clearance:
Topics include review of digital licensing models, review of client models for generating income from content, preferred supplier agreements and price points, what is working and what needs to evolve, strategies for gaining revenue, negotiation skills.

Dates:26/7 November: 20 places - January: 22 places - Price: £150 - includes two days training, networking breakfast, lunch and tea at the Hoxton Hotel, Shoreditch, London EC2A 3HU. Bookings and payments by 11th November 2010. Full details on www.bapla.org

Rex Features: Live Sales Executive

Job Type: Permanent
Salary: Competitive

www.rexfeatures.com is Britain's leading independent photographic press agency and picture library, supplying a daily service of news, celebrity, features, and stock photos to media in the UK and worldwide. It is one of the leading sources of editorial photography, with contributors and sales agents throughout the world. The company was established over 50 years ago and is based in Clerkenwell, with further offices in New York and Los Angeles.

We are looking for a Live Sales Executive to sell exclusive and live news/feature material to newspapers, magazines and websites and recognise the potential in accessible material. You will also target relevant markets to establish and build excellent client relationships and therefore increase revenue.

Main duties and responsibilities include:

* Being responsible for selling live material to newspapers and magazines.
* Striving to increase sales, achieve set targets and maximise sales.
* Recognising the potential in new and incoming material including exclusives, and to target relevant markets, focusing on providing a personal service.
* Increasing revenue across all markets by achieving highest possible fees for live material and celebrity features.
* Arranging visits to clients to build up client relationships, increase sales and promote Rex Features Ltd.
* Distributing and maximising sales of daily material, provided by our photographers and agencies from the UK and overseas.
* Negotiating fees with clients.

You will have a keen interest and broad knowledge in all aspects of news and current affairs and have a good general knowledge in the entertainment world. You will have experience of building effective client relationships and have the ability to establish and develop strong relationships with all editorial departments in the press. You will have excellent written and verbal communication skills, including a good telephone manner. You will have the ability to recognise sales potential and value in new material in order to increase sales. You will be confident and able to make quick and effective decisions regarding new sales material as well as be solutions orientated. We are also looking for some one who has the ability to work on their own initiative, be self motivated and be able to work as part of a team across departments. In essence, we are looking for a resilient, flexible and proactive self starter with the ability to network and socialise on budget as well as be able to identify and highlight areas of concern or improvement.

In addition to the above it would also be desirable to have press agency or newspaper/magazine experience and experience of creating contacts with newspaper/magazine industry; experience of picture editing as well as experience of working in a small to medium sized media and/or family run company.

Standard working hours are 9.30am – 6.00pm Monday to Friday, with a need to work one Sunday every month.

Please send your CV and covering letter to syoung@rexfeatures.com or Sarah Young, Live Sales Manager, 18 Vine Hill, London, EC1R 5DZ by Wednesday 18th November 2009.

UK Image Source Staff Sleep On London Streets Tonight

The 'Sleep Out' staff

Five staff members (Ellie Jefferies, Lyndsey Shaw, Ruth Ritzema, Tanya Lefevre, Viola Lambert - above photo) from Image Source will take part in the Sleep Out on November 12th in Old Spitalfields Market, East London, in a fundraising bid. The volunteers will be sleeping rough from 7pm until 7am the following morning during the working week, giving up their beds to experience a night out on the winter streets of London. Centrepoint is a charity that houses and supports over 800 vulnerable homeless young people every day between the ages of 16-25 years old.
Donate here: JustGiving

Nat Mag Launches New Magazine

UK NatMag: Company magazine is to launch a dedicated bi-annual stand-alone style magazine offering the best High Street fashion for the saavy shopper.
The High Street Edit, a large format magazine to be printed on Solaris paper, will showcase Spring/Summer trends and then Autumn/Winter fashion later in the year. The new magazine will officially launch in March 2010 with a print run of more than 100,000 copies.

Polylooks Launches Users Facebook Forum

Polylooks.co.uk, the online stock photo agency owned by Deutsche Telekom, has launched its Polylooks International Facebook fan page to give amateur and professional photographers and artists alike a forum to collaborate online.

ImageSpan And Digimarc Work Together To Secure Your Images

ImageSpan and Digimarc partner to deliver complete solution to manage, monitor and monetize valuable image assets

'The combined solution enables stock photography agencies, media companies, and museums and archives to communicate copyright ownership, automatically track images online and make more money from new and existing image assets'.

The Press Release
ImageSpan Inc., creator of the market-leading licensing and royalty payment automation platform for all media, and Digimarc Corporation (NASDAQ: DMRC), a leading innovator and technology provider that gives persistent digital identities to all forms of media content, today announced that they have partnered to deliver a complete solution to manage, monitor and monetize valuable image assets. ImageSpan and Digimarc made the announcement at the 6Sight® Future of Imaging conference in Monterey, Calif.

ImageSpan’s LicenseStream automated licensing, publishing and royalty processing platform will be combined with Digimarc for Images, which lets photography agencies, media companies, museums and archives add an imperceptible digital watermark to communicate copyright ownership and information on how to contact the owner wherever the image is found online. The LicenseStream Content Tracker then crawls the Web looking for uniquely watermarked images, providing regular reporting on where a content owner’s images are found so they can take appropriate action.

“Digimarc for Images combined with LicenseStream gives content owners a view into how and where their content is used so they can apply appropriate LicenseStream remedies – automated options to convert non-paying consumers into new revenue opportunities,” said Iain Scholnick, chief executive officer, ImageSpan. “When content is used without permission, content owners can select from several automated remedies – email offer to license the image on the spot, request to provide attribution, a link back to the photographer’s gallery, initiate collections or take down the image. Together, we’re delivering a powerful solution to help speed the pace of transactions, drive Web traffic, and empower content owners to pursue untapped opportunities for maximizing the value of their digital assets.”

The solution optimizes content for search engines before it is published to the Web and then provides the means for any buyer to license that content with a mouse click and with flexible pricing based on use. Since watermarks can be unique to various instances of the same image, content owners have the flexibility to set licensing terms depending on the specific usage and buyer.
The Content Tracker continuously monitors billions of images on the Web to locate a customer’s digitally watermarked images. In addition to the standard search, the solution offers a directed search option that lets a content owner specify Web sites to be monitored regularly. Search reports include thumbnails of the images found with the URLs of the websites where they were located. Reports are automatically sent out each month. Alternatively, content owners can generate their own reports at any time.

“LicenseStream and Digimarc for Images give content owners an extra layer of protection by communicating their copyright ownership and helping to monetize their content more efficiently and effectively,” said Jeri Owen, Digimarc vice president. “Digimarc is pleased to work with ImageSpan to deliver the services our customers need to address the problem of managing and tracking images once they are posted on the Web, while also giving them automated services to identify, create and drive more sales opportunities with the joint solution’s remedy tools.”

About ImageSpan

ImageSpan is the creator of LicenseStream, the market-leading licensing and royalty payment automation platform for all media types and businesses, from individual creators to enterprises. LicenseStream makes content intelligent, so it moves freely across the Web with defined ownership, rights and restrictions, enabling pricing based on use. By making content intelligent, LicenseStream creates new efficiencies and frees resources to develop new distribution and marketing channels to drive incremental revenues. Enterprise partners using the ImageSpan platform include Omnicom, Visible World and online advertising agencies. ImageSpan offers a number of delivery options including deployment through Adobe software. Founded in 2003 and based in Sausalito, California, ImageSpan is the exclusive provider of license registry services to the PLUS Coalition, the international, multi-industry standards body for image licensing. For more information, please go to www.imagespan.com or call (888) 921-1221.
About Digimarc

Digimarc Corporation (NASDAQ:DMRC), based in Beaverton, Oregon, is a provider of enabling technologies that create digital identities for all forms of media and many everyday objects that are imperceptible to humans, but not to computers. These technologies help computers to better process sensory data as the industry evolves toward more intuitive pervasive computing. For more information, please visit us at www.digimarc.com to learn more.

Guardian & Observer Cut 100 Jobs

Guardian News & Media to cut more than 100 jobs
Newspaper group says revenues have fallen by a worse-than-anticipated £33m.

....GNM also revealed in the series of staff briefings today that the Guardian's Thursday Technology print section will cease publication at the end of the year.....
...Travel coverage will be incorporated into Observer Magazine and business and personal finance into the main news section, while the Review section will be expanded....
Full article here: www.guardian.co.uk/media

Image - National Pictures/Topfoto

NMM 14,000 Images Available As Prints

Man with a hookah - click for detail

The National Maritime Museum, Greenwich have updated their print sales store.
There are now over 14,000 images online, presented in revamped categories and featured collections. New content includes superb World War II art by Norman Wilkinson - online for the first time ever, polar photography, historic images of Greenwich and beautiful Admiralty ship plans.

Auction: Photographs - Bloomsbury Auctions Today

Lot No 206 Sally Mann & Lot No 126 Elliot Erwitt - click image for details

Photographs to be sold by auction on Tuesday 10th November at 2.00pm
Viewing beforehand Tuesday 10 November 9:30am - 1:30pm
Sale catalogue: Photographs
Bloomsbury House, 24 Maddox Street, Mayfair, London, W1S 1PP
Tel: +44(0) 20 7495 9494

Black Archives Is Grazia Neri

14 photographers from failed photo agency Grazia Neri have pooled their photographic collections (600,000 images) forming a new agency Black Archives

Shorelark - photo agency

Shorelark is a photographic agency and library with a distinct mission. A large part of our work is done for charities, educational organizations and other not-for-profit groups. We use revenue from editorial and commercial clients to supply images to these non-profit groups free of charge. When you licence images from Shorelark, you are supporting this work. Our collection includes the natural world, major sporting events, our heritage and missionary work and amongst other things.
Visit our website at www.shorelark.co.uk or contact us at e-mail: sales@shorelark.co.uk or
Telephone: +44 (0)1444 240 244

100 Years Of Great Press Photography - Collectable Series

Starts tomorrow - free collectable series: 100 Years Of Great Press Photography

'From striking images from the front line of conflicts to the moving social documentary of every day events, see the greatest press photographs of the last hundred years in a nine-day collectable series, free every day in the Guardian and the Observer, starting this weekend.'

GWI Offers Country Life Images

UK based photo library Garden World Images are now representing the photographic archive of IPC Media magazine, Country Life (first published in 1897). The collection captures the essence of the English country garden.This brand new collection offers a unique perspective into the origins and classical concepts of gardening; ranging from historical gardening tradition [including renown gardeners/designers] to contemporary beauty.

Gunpowder & Fireworks At UK Picture Libraries

If you are short of a few bonfire night images Mary Evans & the Bridgeman Art Library have put together dedicated Fireworks and Guy Fawkes image galleries.

if you are a photoarchivenews.com subscriber and want to add your gallery please email with a link to will@photoarchivenews.com - we'll put it up....

10,000 Russian Content At Lebrecht

Music, arts & authors image specialist Lebrecht now carries a unique collection of over 10,500 images of paintings and photographs from Russian museums.
The outstanding and unusual Russian Collection includes paintings and photographs of Russian social history, domestic and religious life, political figures and posters and military scenes, plus over 200 rarely seen European works from the era of Impressionism.

Aurora Michael Hanson: Coastal Living Magazine

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Aurora photographer Michael Hanson’s photographs of vacation spots in Belize have been featured in the October issue of Coastal Living Magazine. The underlying story in this travel article was a ‘his’ and ‘hers’ vacation to the Caribbean where a couple can combine soft adventure with luxuries and empty beaches. Hanson shot two locations off mainland Belize - one focused more on soft adventures centered around an ecolodge, and the other was a more posh, luxury resort.

Site Launch: Frédéric Sautereau - Independent Photographer

Photographer Frédéric Sautereau has launched his website, Sautereau was with Paris based photo agency Oeil Public until April, he is now independent: 'I have recently begun work on Hamas in the Gaza Strip and plan to regularly visit the area. My next visit will be in December 2009. This project was shortlisted for the Carmignac Gestion Photojournalism Award.'
View and enjoy: www.fredericsautereau.com

Alamy - 3rd Q Results

3rd Quarter Results are in from Alamy.

'Q3 2009 results will reflect what we hope is the bottom of the downturn. It's too early to predict what Q4 will look like, but I can say that September and October numbers have been very reassuring. Until we have more data, however, we're sticking with our earlier forecast of a 15%-20% decrease on 2008.
We're working on some exciting investments for 2010, which include further expansion of direct sales teams, some great new search features for customers, new products, new markets, and a faster service (we'll have more to say about all this later).' - James West - Alamy CEO

PCL Presents Online Library Brochure

Picture Colour Library have launched an online brochure - click to view

'As a library specialising in travel, we are constantly being asked for famous landmarks around the world. Sometimes very ‘straight’ obvious images are required and at other times something a little more unusual or creative.
In this Flipper we have tried to cater for all requirements from the most obvious and iconic image to the more obscure.'
View here: PicturesColourLibrary

Book: Iran by Inge Morath

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In 1956, Inge Morath traveled to the Middle East with Robert Delpire on assignment for Holiday magazine. Dressed in the traditional chador, Morath documented a land and culture now unrecognisable since the Iranian revolution in 1979. These previously unseen images are newly published providing a unique perspective on Iran in the present day.
Full details here: Inge Morath at Magnum Photos

Getty Represents Bloomberg Photos - Past & present

Getty Images has announced that it will provide customers around the world with access to the entire archive of Bloomberg Photos images.
'Getty Images has exclusive agency rights to market all Bloomberg Photos imagery, both past and present, captured by Bloomberg’s network of 400 photographers worldwide covering the business and financial industries, companies, markets, economies and governments. Today, with more than 400 journalism awards, Bloomberg has become one of the world’s largest and most trusted media companies and information sources.'
See the Bloomberg archive at Getty Images here: gettyimages/bloomberg

PicScout - Deloitte Fast 50

PicScout has been recognized by Deloitte Fast 50 as one of Israel's fastest growing companies http://tinyurl.com/yeyorq7.......ranked among the top 10 fastest growing technology companies of the 2009 Deloitte Israel Technology Fast 50. To determine that PicScout is among the fastest growing companies in Israel, Deloitte reviewed and calculated revenue growth percentages for fiscal year revenues over five years (2004-2008), comparing growth across all technology companies, and ranking PicScout number 4.

British Library Holds Major Photography Exhibition

The British Library is holding its first major photographic exhibition, exploring some of the great themes of the 19th century
Free entry: Fri 30 Oct 2009 - Sun 7 Mar 2010
Click here to find out more