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Look out for Collage Stock launching later this year – it’s microstock – its 50% commission on image sales – you can apply to be a contributor here They say: We are artists and business owners that were constantly looking for microstock pictures that represented all ethnicities and we consistently…

Photo agency Magnum have reached the half a million followers mark on Twitter (@magnumphotos) – by comparison Getty Images have 67K followers, Corbis 16k, VII 22k, Reuters Pictures 70k …and iStockphoto 47k. PAN is a few 0’s off the Magnum following, we hit the 500 followers milestone this week @PANupdate…

Gwyn Headley, the boss at photo library fotoLibra, has identified a credit card scam set up by a bogus contributor to the library. ….This is how it works. First ‘You’ steal someone’s credit card details. Then You join fotoLibra as a free member and upload one picture. Then You join…

Society magazine Tatler have an online list of ‘The People Who Really Matter’ called The Tatler List. Our very own stock photo industry representative Mark Getty, co-founder of photo agency giant Getty Images, weighs in at number 529 on the list, one ahead of Princess Antonia Of Russia and 528…

UK media copyright experts Swan Turton reports: ‘The High Court has granted an interim injunction preventing the Sun from publishing embarrassing Facebook photos of Edward RocknRoll, who married Kate Winslet in December 2012. …The judge found that Mr RocknRoll had a reasonable expectation of privacy mainly because: (1) the photographs…

Google have announced a change the way it displays and identifies photographs on the Google images search platform. They say ‘Based on feedback from both users and webmasters, we redesigned Google Images to provide a better search experience. In the next few days, you’ll see image results displayed in an…

Photographers like Ben Lowy, Jim Goldstein feature in the latest photo business guide from website company PhotoShelter. The guide covers tips on: • Market your photo business with Facebook • Attract readers to your blog • Improve SEO traffic • Get more work from old clients • Create a lasting photo brand •…

CEPIC Week • Barcelona • 11 – 14 June • World Trade Centre The say “If you register before 31 January 2013, you will profit from low registration fees, even lower than the ones we offered last year for the CEPIC congress in London!” Book your place here…

NYSE Magazine have run a company profile on stock photo agency Shutterstock. Founder Jon Oringer introduced the article via Linkedin – “A few of us at Shutterstock sat down with NYSE Magazine to discuss our founding story, how our search works, how we innovate, and of course: our recent NYSE…

Reuters are live with their relaunched Reuters Pictures website. The say: ‘The new site offers many improvements making it even easier to find exactly what you’re looking for.’ These include: • A faster, more intuitive user experience • A redesigned homepage offering access to more of their latest packages • Auto-populated search…

above: David on assignment – ©unknown kindly supplied by the Farrell Estate David Farrell – Lebrecht Music & Arts photographer obituary Lebrecht Music & Arts announces with deep regret the passing away of their photographer David Farrell on January 3rd aged 93. David has been represented by this photo library…

FLPA are giving away 5 Chocolate popping frogs in a ‘click to hop’ January competition. To enter, please place an order for high res before 31st January 2013. please send your stock photo offers to [email protected] – NO ‘discounted-images’ promo’s thanks.…

Nature Picture Library contributing photographer Markus Varesvuo has released his latest photo book, Fascinating Birds published by New Holland, showcasing his favourite images of 100 European bird species. For a chance to win a copy and view images from the book click here…

Looks like Big Pictures founder Darryn Lyons is back in the photo arena revealed in an interview with The Weekly Review – a free weekly magazine delivered to more than 200,000 people in some of Melbourne’s most affluent suburbs. – ….’He is launching a digital media company, celebstock.com, an online…

‘Full time feminist’ James on stage – all photos ©Neil Robertson GQ magazine Photo Director James Mullinger was on top form last week helping raise £3,500 at a comedy night dedicated to raising funds for charity Eaves’ work with vulnerable women. They say: On Monday 14th January 2013 comedian and…

Charles Swan at UK based media law firm Swan Turton writes: Photographer Daniel Morel was awarded summary judgment last week in New York in his ongoing copyright infringement claim against Agence France Presse, Getty Images and the Washington Post. AFP and the Washington Post will have to pay him damages…