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AI or the rising cost of debt?... or probably both... tradingview.com/news/benzing… "Getty Images Has Three Days to Avoid Default as AI Erodes Its Stock-Photo Empire"
Interesting article form Paul Melcher on monetising the chain of authenticity "What photo agencies could sell…" kaptur.co/what-photo-agencie…
Shutterstock Paying $35M to Settle Charges Over Subscription Plans claimsjournal.com/news/natio… - I probably should not publicly post my thoughts on this
I already have lots of nice equipment, but I still found reading this quite inspiring and full of useful ideas... petapixel.com/2026/04/25/how…
Interesting report from envato about creative use of AI elements.envato.com/lp/ai-tr… (no need to fill out the form just click download if you want the pdf)
From my to read list: commentary on Getty Shutterstock merger finance-monthly.com/shutters…
Getty and Shutterstock announce a merger newsroom.gettyimages.com/en/…
Envato acquired by Shutterstock for $372m #microstock businessnewsaustralia.com/ar…
Slightly scary how good this is on one image, and kind of reassuring how bad it is on several of the others
Verge: free watermark removal tool is surprisingly effective against stock images theverge.com/2023/1/26/23572…
Some interesting thoughts here, but they are either exploiting photographers with the "very lucrative" 15% they charge or are going to go out of business soon, it can't be both! xpiksapp.com/blog/never-use-…
after reading the article I started feeling that no, tha title was not sensationalised. Pretty fair words it think: Toxic, Exploitative, and Predatory. - you might argue no more so than facebook et al. finance.yahoo.com/news/toxic…
Ignore the marketing clickbait the article is quite interesting... how stock photography got bit fucked forbes.com/sites/jodiecook/2…
You might need to wear a hyperbole proof facemask to protect your “product ecosystem” from becoming infected: Some useful bits of market info, and for me some quite interesting/inspiring interviews and port showcases from some (“exceptional”) contributors blog.depositphotos.com/200-m…
Pond5 trends for photo sales: not sure they are selling many photos looking at this!... someone might find this useful tho contributor.pond5.com/data-t…
Wonder if they are going to do the same as they did with stock.xchng ...? - Getty Images to Acquire Unsplash, the Preeminent Image Platform for Global Creators finanzen.net/nachricht/aktie…
Taken a while to get round to this (and shutterstock throughts aside!) there is some REALLY useful info here: 7 Photographers Share Tips on How to Become a Professional Photographerhttps://www.shutterstock.com/blog/become-a-professional-photographer
So from what I can see depositphotos just dropped royalty rates 4% and subscriptions by 2-5c per download depending on tier, is that all they did? microstockinsider.com/site_r…
fed up with shooting what sells? let depositphotos help you create "thematic, in demand content". #campaignforplainenglish #ffs instagram.com/depositphotos_…
Another good read from Jim selling-stock.com/Article/co… Consumer vs Middlemen vs Workers