Quote from: grp_photo on August 05, 2011, 14:30

Kelly moves to a  newly created VP-position at Getty, another VP is promoted to do CEO at iStock without loosing her VP-position at Getty so which looks like that iStock is the only one that is getting a demotion  

And iStock gets a part-time CEO.

Exactly! "Oh iStock that's not important Rebecca can do it in her spare-time we have to concentrate on Thinkstock that is our Shutterstock-Killer" 

Quote from: grp_photo on August 05, 2011, 14:41

Quote from: ShadySue on August 05, 2011, 14:33

Quote from: grp_photo on August 05, 2011, 14:30

Kelly moves to a  newly created VP-position at Getty, another VP is promoted to do CEO at iStock without loosing her VP-position at Getty so which looks like that iStock is the only one that is getting a demotion  

And iStock gets a part-time CEO.

Exactly! "Oh iStock that's not important Rebecca can do it in her spare-time we have to concentrate on Thinkstock that is our Shutterstock-Killer" 

The BBC buys from TS. I try not to look at the pictures anymore on the website.

Yes and many more it is very obvious that Thinkstock is very important for Getty and they want it to succeed, I guess you can't say the same about iStock it lives in the shadows.

So perhaps someone should start a poll about what sort of royalty cut would have you deleting your IS portfolio rather than putting up with it

Perhaps it is naive, but I don't think another royalty cut is in the works.  They already have that covered with an RC system they can change every year.

Wondering if the inclusion of Clipart.com in their plans will mean that perhaps non-selling illustrations will go there, while non-selling photos go to TS? 

I am also wondering what they plan to do about redundancy across multiple sites - for example images that are on both IS and TS.  They recently gave non-exclusives the "opportunity" to self-select out best stuff and put it in P+.  Maybe that stays at IS and all the rest goes to TS? 

so, I didn't get any warm and fuzzies from her first post in the thread. not so much as a kind introduction....seems this is a biz as usual...bottomline kinda deal. I'm keeping my eye on our iStock advocates...the minute they start running for the hills, we all better get plan B going....hoping it doesn't go that way.

the dichotomy I see is that Getty wants to use iStock's traffic and success, however, they don't seem to take iStock seriously, nor iStock contributors seriously. I got the same impression in London, that they don't really know what to make of us at Getty, which certainly doesn't bode well as far as being 'listened' to.

anyways, too early to tell anything. decisions need to be based on facts and not speculation. right now we can only speculate so I'm once again, very very cautiously optimistic.

Her "about me" post was very much one from a corporate manager not any sort of inspirational leader.

 I completely and utterly support the notion of making the site better for buyers - easier to navigate and to find the images they want at the price they want to pay. However I think it might have been wise to say something about contributors if in fact you had any thoughts at all about them as part of your management of Getty's crowdsourcing division (the site formerly known as iStockphoto)

I agree

almost as though the people who create it don't exist or have any claim over it.  

Yes.  That's just how it feels to me too.  Well said.

I wish them both well in there new jobs and relocations.
It will not effect me in the slightest as i will just keep contributing my photographs and hopely make a decent second income from an enjoyable hobby.

I wish them both well in there new jobs and relocations.
It will not effect me in the slightest as i will just keep contributing my photographs and hopely make a decent second income from an enjoyable hobby.

nice cover Shank....

Her "about me" post was very much one from a corporate manager not any sort of inspirational leader.

 I completely and utterly support the notion of making the site better for buyers - easier to navigate and to find the images they want at the price they want to pay. However I think it might have been wise to say something about contributors if in fact you had any thoughts at all about them as part of your management of Getty's crowdsourcing division (the site formerly known as iStockphoto)

She is a hired gun, she has bosses above her. Of course she cannot be a leader. She is just a lieutenant, more so than Kelly.

The only hope we can place on her is to get all the technical glitch fixed. That's what she proposes to do and let's hope her success at least in that.

Another possibility is, Kelly does not want to deliver more bad news in September, so Getty brings in its own people who can handle the old timers' pleadings without emotional ties.

Quote from: Freedom on August 05, 2011, 17:45

She is a hired gun, she has bosses above her. Of course she cannot be a leader. She is just a lieutenant, more so than Kelly.

Yep. Just another grey-suited Getty robot. Don't hold your breath on positive news anytime soon. Even if she actually understood the issues, which I very much doubt, it's unlikely she'd have either the balls or the authority to do what it will take to turn the ship around.

I doubt she's even there for the long haul anyway. Most probably Kelly missed his targets (by a country mile) and Rebecca has just been flown in to assess the situation whilst they work out what to do or find someone else. If we needed further proof that Istock is losing sales and market-share then we just got it.

she will quickly understand the value of a strong crowd sourcing community. People are ready to work for free, what�s not to like?

Getty's crowd sourcing resource is Flickr, please don't get naive!

pretty calculating on her part not to mention contributors in her intro speech. It seems like an ominous sign for things to come for the contributors and she is smart not to make friends with contributors with warm and fuzzys like you guys say if her future actions clearly hurt contributors further. shes not going to get quoted saying this and such...