Photo library Getty Images is being bought by US private equity firm Hellman & Friedman for $2.4bn (£1.2bn).
The offer exceeds the expectations of City analysts, who had predicted the stock photo giant would sell for around $1.5bn.
Despite its move into online photos, uncertainties about the future of the stock photography market have pushed Getty Images’ [...]

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Going to Focus this year? (Birmingham NEC, UK)
Well seems a few of you are… and would like to meet up.
Arrangements are favouring Monday 24th Feb in the region of 10.45 – lunch, location by the Flaghead stand… but that’s open to negotiation.
Leave a comment here if you’re thinking of turning up.
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Phase One have released an update for Capture One that is compatible with Mac OSX 10.5 Leopard
link: Capture One Leopard

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Adobe announcement: As of April 1, 2008, the Adobe® Stock Photos royalty-free image service will be discontinued. Adobe made this decision in order to focus efforts in other areas. We appreciate your support of Adobe and the Adobe Stock Photos service.
link: read Adobe Stock Photos announcement in full
Included in the announcement are links to Un-installer [...]

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Ever been asked to do a job for nothing “coz it’ll be great publicity for ya”?
Then you must watch this rant from Harlan Ellison. Just as applicable to us photographers as to writers…
link: Pay the Writer

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