Digital Railroad (DRR) has announced it is suspending operations and members of the service may only have 24 hours to access their images. Members were greeted with a notice of the closing earlier today when they logged on to their account according to News Photographer. There is much speculation in the industry that Photoshelter may attempt [...]
For several weeks, the news about Digital Railroad has been bad. First there were the staff reductions and changes in management and then a recent e-mail stating that the company was not having any luck finding additional funding to keep them functioning at their previous level. The e-mail stated that:
effective October 15, 2008, the company has [...]
PhotoPlus opens Thursday at the Jacob Javits Center in NYC. It is considered the top photo trade shows and will draw hundreds of exhibitors including the NPPA. We will be in booth 1757. Executive Director Jim Straight will be in the booth all three days. I’ll be at PhotoPlus on Thursday afternoon and Friday. Stop [...]
I was saddened today to hear of the loss of photojournalist Dave Garrett and pilot John Downhower who were in a KTRK-TV ABC 13 News helicopter when it crashed in route to a breaking news story outside of Houston. Our prayers go out to the families and co workers in this tragic loss.
According to News Photographer,
The station [...]
After the late night move by the US Senate, the House of Representatives were respectful of their duty to deal with the Financial Crisis and seemed to ignore the House version of Orphan Works. The House has now adjourned, but Orphan Works may not be dead this session. It is possible that the House will [...]
