Category Archives: Blog News

How can you teach instinct? Or nerve?

The whole arc of my collecting has to do with the development of my own sense of self esteem so your question is right on the money, and I think the answer is no, it cannot be taught. But you can aspire to it and find your own way.
– Bill Hunt
via Conscientious Extended

Internships and Labor Law

I think the government wants to make sure that people—particularly young people—are not exploited. We don’t want people to be “volunteering” their labor in a way that profits an employer. It’s an easy avenue to exploitation, even easier where there’s a suggestion that you’ll get a job at the end of it. A second policy [...]

Digital Lift-Off

Of the $368 billion marketers plan to spend this year, 32.5% will go toward digital; 30.3% to print.
via, Forbes.com.

Study Shows Magazine Editors Have No Clue What Makes The Web Different

Most editors said their website and their print magazine shared a common mission. 16 per cent of respondents said their Web site’s mission involved community-building with readers. Interestingly, only 5 per cent mentioned new or unique content as integral to the site’s mission, with 96 per cent reporting the primary use of content from the [...]

they don’t even know what they want, and they’re not even willing to pay for it

People want everything now, they wanted it two days ago, and they don’t even know what they want, and they’re not even willing to pay for it, that’s what’s happening more often than not!
So I came to the conclusion, middle of last year, I said, “you know what, I’m done chasing, I’m done panicking, I’m [...]

Our Industry Talks A Lot About Ideas.

But at the same time, we have allowed the emphasis, the value, and the fundamental business model of our industry today, to shift away from ideas and to focus predominantly on execution.
A lot of lip service is paid to the value of ideas, but agencies are often primarily regarded as executioners and, in that regard, [...]

What matters to me is to find the quality in the subject that makes it extraordinary or unique

You know, I will often say, “I like this image.” And Indrani will say, “Well, what is it that you like about it?” And my answer will be, “Well, I just like it.” That’s an egotistical perspective, and she points out that it really doesn’t matter what you yourself like. It’s important to analyze who [...]

Publishers Need To Put A Premium On Content

Now, I ask you—the publisher—whether you’re devoting enough corporate energy, resources and financial backing to your editorial staff in order to actually produce an indispensable editorial package? If the answer is yes, then why are you charging so little for such a valuable product? Ask the Economist how it feels about its edit and its [...]

The photographs are blurry, skewed, badly printed and in terrible condition

“If you want to be famous, you must do something more badly than anybody in the entire world.”
via Miroslav Tichy – NYTimes.com.

Time Is Running Out on Legacy Media Brands

Old media, even highly focused old media, simply cannot keep up. Look at almost any vertical and the story is the same: There are huge discrepancies between offline reach and online visitors. Too often the legacy publisher continues to think about the brand’s Web site as an extension of the base product and therefore something [...]

Do you know what is the most valuable asset you possess?

It’s your creativity. It’s what sets you apart from every other photographer; it’s the distinguishing value that is added to any great image you create. Without it, you could be replaced by a machine.
Ironically, this extremely valuable asset can’t be covered against loss by an insurance policy.It’s up to you–and only you–to take precautions that [...]

Stock Photographers find other ways to survive

A number I recently heard someone throw out as the amount a photographer can expect to make on a picture in a major stock photography company’s collection is, $10.
via  Greg Ceo Blog.

Time Warner’s Bewkes: perform or hit the road

Of course, he stressed, he expects the publishing division to show earnings growth and make significant progress in its digital transformation. Long story short, Bewkes will hold on to Time Inc. — or any other asset — “if it fits Time Warner.”
But what if Time Inc. doesn’t meet his objectives?
“If they can’t,” he said with [...]

Cuban Rails Against Google and News Aggregators

“Show some balls”
“There’s absolutely no reason for you guys to be indexed on Google News … if they don’t pay you,”
Mark Cuban addressing publishers at a New York OnMedia event.
via MediaPost Publications.

News Corporation on ‘cusp of digital dynasty’

“Excuse the immodesty but News Corporation’s pre-eminence as a content creator comes as the debate over the primacy of content is over,” he said, referring to his campaign to get consumers to pay for online news and entertainment. “Content is not just king. It is the emperor of all things electronic. We are on the [...]

Clean Living Under Difficult Circumstances

“…not too far in the future blogs are going to drive new work to photogs more than websites – which are starting to look quite static and inert compared to the dynamism and fluidity of blogs.”
via whats the jackanory ?.

iPad therefore iWant? Probably. Why? iDunno

Some people are complaining because it doesn’t have a camera in it. Spoiled techno-babies, all of them. Just because something is technically possible, it doesn’t mean it has to be done. It’s technically possible to build an egg whisk that makes phonecalls, an MP3 player that dispenses capers or a car with a bread windscreen. [...]

this is not the salvation that most publishing companies have been looking for

…because nothing can save publishing as it’s been operating for the past several decades. The iPad does nothing to change the brutal mandate that has been pushing publishers to change for these many years; if anything it compounds the imperative.
via Subtraction.com.