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PAN READER EXCLUSIVE just in from Corbis PR in the States – official announcement going out later today – thanks Jen! Great timing from Corbis as they have just announced an exclusive partnership with Sutton Images, a major name in racing imagery just ahead of this weekend’s F1 Monaco Grand…

They say: ‘Don’t want to distract you all by an angry baby, but that’s exactly what I am going to do after I tell you that we have added over 15 million images to the TinEye index bringing our index to: 2,155,840,279. Sit back, relax and click play. Enjoy! TinEye…

Last week we reported ‘UK based art, culture and historical image resource The Bridgeman Art Library are celebrating their 40th year in the stock photo business: here‘ Above is their 40th Birthday video promo, enjoy!…

The FT reported yesterday evening that Hellman & Friedman are considering a sale or IPO of Getty Images which could value the photo agency at £2.5bn. Reuters have picked up the story here Hellman & Friedman acquired Getty Images in 2008 CNBC reports: ..’Getty is most likely to draw takeover…

above: click left pic to watch how the video was made and right for the finished product Munich based food media agency StockFood is adding a new product to its extensive visual collection: instructional Recipe Videos, offered with a package of additional complementary information services. They say: ‘In food advertising…

Bruce MacKenzie has been appointed vice president of GreenLight at Corbis, focusing on Music partnerships and licensing with Global brands. They say: ‘The GreenLight division launched GreenLight Music earlier this year as the music industry’s first online sync licensing solution for popular music with the support of all four major…

Photo: CTK Photobank This in from CEPIC: London CEPIC week closed on an absolute high on Friday night with an amazing Annual Industry Party sponsored by Corbis at Somerset House where delegates were able to enjoy a fabulous exhibition organised by the prestigious World Photography Association. Afterwards, delegates danced until…

UPDATE May 18 PhotoShelter had a full house for their first UK event last night in London. PhotoShelter Chairman, Co-founder Allen Murabayashi and a panel of photo editors met photographers in What Photo Buyers Want From Photographers at Ideas Tap with Blurb The photo editor panel, put together by PhotoArchiveNews.com…

above: Cepic Congress London, Great Britain 2012. Day third, Thursday 17th, 2012 The Industry Seminar Day at London CEPIC Week will be launched by keynote speaker Dave Coplin (Director of Search for Microsoft UK’s Advertising and Online Business) at 9am. The day will offer a full interactive programme for delegates…

All CEPIC Congress photos: Peter Mlch and Rene Fluger from CTK Photobank CEPIC photographers from Czech News Agency – CTK Photobank have uploaded the first two days of the CEPIC London Congress online to view…

Today at the CEPIC Congress London the 6th edition of the Metadata / IPTC Conference Programme details here…

Andrew Fingerman VP of Marketing at PhotoShelter for the last four and a half years has been appointed Chief Executive Officer at PhotoShelter the ‘websites for serious photographers’ company. Andrew been responsible for the evolution of the PhotoShelter brand and the continuous growth of PhotoShelter customer base, which now stands…

CEPIC, PACA and the Heidelberg Research Group on the Global Stock Image Market, are carrying out the first-ever global survey of the picture industry. This survey includes more than 2,900 stock image agencies and archives worldwide. The study seeks answers to the following questions: What is the size of the…

Portfolio review with Christine Vaughan P. Foster, Ashley Jouhar, D.Taylor-Secretan, A. Capel and S. McKiernan during Photocentric Day Looks like the Alamy team are eating again, this time are making the most of the good weather in London today with a BBQ on the roof terrace at the Venue! Twitpic…

Photo agency Fotolia has received a $150 million growth equity investment. Full report on our U.S. site AboutTheImage.com now…

UK based art, culture and historical image resource The Bridgeman Art Library are celebrating their 40th year in the stock photo business this week. Harriet Bridgeman founded the company in 1972 and has watched her idea grow into a global enterprise. ‘We started with £500 and five hundred transparencies in…

Photojournalism festival Visa Pour L’Image – Perpignan, France has released the preliminary 2012 event programme Runs 1 – 16 September. Pro week is 3 – 9 September.…

Today in New York Christie’s is holding its first-ever sale of contemporary photojournalism prints in conjunction with Friends of Anton The auction will showcase outstanding, signed, mostly editioned prints of work by a select group of acclaimed photographers. In April of last year, the photojournalism community lost a very talented…