The deal adds a flood of even more images and footage to the library:

http://investor.shutterstock.com/mobile.view?c=251362&v=203&d=1&id=2147251

"30 million photos and nearly two million video clips".....  added....  ouch.

True, but it's editorial, so that's not in the same bucket as creative (for commercial use). It's also for US customers only.

The current editorial content would compete with other contributors' submissions (assuming editorial reviewing has escaped the train wreck that is reviewing for other content), but the archive content (the 30 million) probably doesn't compete with SS contributors as much as Getty's archive editorial.

And I assume AP's own site continues to offer plans just as before?
http://www.apimages.com/

As someone who shoots editorial images and mostly puts the outtakes on Alamy, this seems like it could actually be a good thing if the deal brings more customers seeking editorial images to SS.

I think it is a good move for them.

The companies that need daily editorial images in high volume, also buy lots of creative stock. It should increase the stickiness of the site, make it more attractive.

If they buy more videos, it will be good for me as well.

Having AP is huge!
As they said, it's an honor to work with such an established and trusted newsgathering organization ...

Surely AP choose their partners carefully.

As someone who shoots editorial images and mostly puts the outtakes on Alamy, this seems like it could actually be a good thing if the deal brings more customers seeking editorial images to SS.

Why?
Do SS pay more for editorials than Alamy¹?
Or ... (why else would you want "customers seeking editorial images" to go to SS rather than Alamy)?

¹ If so I hadn't heard, but if not, it's just a further undervaluing of the value of editorial images.

Funny that true editorial Means News worthy to some And a position of respect.Not just another person in a crowd with a camera. what microstock and wireimage has turned it into. In My town [Beverly Hills] anyone can shoot a premier or red carpet. . Hell in the alley behind my House every day are 50 Paparazzi waiting For Kim or Langoria to come out of Craigs restaurant. Thinking it's Important. I have to chase them away. These guys gave up doing stills 3 Years ago. all Video Now.

I'm so old school (or just old) that I think of editorial as photojournalism, telling stories through a picture or series of pictures, not always newsworthy but encompassing human interest as well. I think of Eddie Adams, Mary Ellen Mark, and Alfred Eisenstaedt (the list is long) as master story tellers whose work these days would be rejected by SS reviewers as not meeting their standard of quality before content.

Funny that true editorial Means News worthy to some And a position of respect.Not just another person in a crowd with a camera. what microstock and wireimage has turned it into. In My town [Beverly Hills] anyone can shoot a premier or red carpet. . Hell in the alley behind my House every day are 50 Paparazzi waiting For Kim or Langoria to come out of Craigs restaurant. Thinking it's Important. I have to chase them away. These guys gave up doing stills 3 Years ago. all Video Now.

so , how much are the paparazzi getting for their photos???
tabloids are still the most over-distribution , as someone once said, smut sells... (we look
for plane crashes , not for plane flying safely. we watch movies for ppl killing other ppl, we play
video games to kill the enemy.etc); we don't watch movies for the philantropist, the saint, the
dalai lama, mother teresa, ..eg when ella fitzgerald, mother teresa,etc died the news was on the
last page.

maybe the kill is on ...to bring the pay of smut down to microstock prices,
as did the pay of "real" journalism and commercial photography.

so, maybe you too, should start shooting  Kim or Langoria to come out of Craigs restaurant
and submit them to ss

Quote from: Rinderart on March 10, 2016, 00:50

Funny that true editorial Means News worthy to some And a position of respect.Not just another person in a crowd with a camera. what microstock and wireimage has turned it into. In My town [Beverly Hills] anyone can shoot a premier or red carpet. . Hell in the alley behind my House every day are 50 Paparazzi waiting For Kim or Langoria to come out of Craigs restaurant. Thinking it's Important. I have to chase them away. These guys gave up doing stills 3 Years ago. all Video Now.

I'm so old school (or just old) that I think of editorial as photojournalism, telling stories through a picture or series of pictures, not always newsworthy but encompassing human interest as well. I think of Eddie Adams, Mary Ellen Mark, and Alfred Eisenstaedt (the list is long) as master story tellers whose work these days would be rejected by SS reviewers as not meeting their standard of quality before content.

I hear ya. and how much do they make. these kids with a camera or video. about 30 Bucks if sold.

My 2 cents:

Shutterstock saw good money from the REX purchase and a ton of new clients.
AP is more of the same but they dont have to buy AP.

AP is a cheap skate organisation. I remember their day rate was something like $160 when I was trying to be a press photographer.

I confess...$160/day is more than I expect to see out of microstock.  Ever.  Even if I go full time.   I understand it's cheap, but when I compare it to what I am making it doesn't sound so awful.  *lol* Sad situation. 

Quote from: BikeTourist on March 29, 2016, 12:57

Quote from: Rinderart on March 10, 2016, 00:50

Funny that true editorial Means News worthy to some And a position of respect.Not just another person in a crowd with a camera. what microstock and wireimage has turned it into. In My town [Beverly Hills] anyone can shoot a premier or red carpet. . Hell in the alley behind my House every day are 50 Paparazzi waiting For Kim or Langoria to come out of Craigs restaurant. Thinking it's Important. I have to chase them away. These guys gave up doing stills 3 Years ago. all Video Now.

I'm so old school (or just old) that I think of editorial as photojournalism, telling stories through a picture or series of pictures, not always newsworthy but encompassing human interest as well. I think of Eddie Adams, Mary Ellen Mark, and Alfred Eisenstaedt (the list is long) as master story tellers whose work these days would be rejected by SS reviewers as not meeting their standard of quality before content.

I hear ya. and how much do they make. these kids with a camera or video. about 30 Bucks if sold.

it depends on photos..i photo a lot of mundane and big even t in europe and i know some paparazzi.
one shot the last photo of bob geldof in la before he died....he earns more than 99% of micro stocker can even imagine of earn in a year. i shoot a sport photo during euro cup 2012 in ukraine....i sold it for more than 12000 pounds.
clearly if u shoot jay z entering a club you want earn a lot but still 50 60 dollar for simple usage....and even doing 60 dollar nowadays in micro good luck.

Quote from: jonbull on April 06, 2016, 07:33

Quote from: Rinderart on March 29, 2016, 14:16

Quote from: BikeTourist on March 29, 2016, 12:57

Quote from: Rinderart on March 10, 2016, 00:50

Funny that true editorial Means News worthy to some And a position of respect.Not just another person in a crowd with a camera. what microstock and wireimage has turned it into. In My town [Beverly Hills] anyone can shoot a premier or red carpet. . Hell in the alley behind my House every day are 50 Paparazzi waiting For Kim or Langoria to come out of Craigs restaurant. Thinking it's Important. I have to chase them away. These guys gave up doing stills 3 Years ago. all Video Now.

I'm so old school (or just old) that I think of editorial as photojournalism, telling stories through a picture or series of pictures, not always newsworthy but encompassing human interest as well. I think of Eddie Adams, Mary Ellen Mark, and Alfred Eisenstaedt (the list is long) as master story tellers whose work these days would be rejected by SS reviewers as not meeting their standard of quality before content.

I hear ya. and how much do they make. these kids with a camera or video. about 30 Bucks if sold.

it depends on photos..i photo a lot of mundane and big even t in europe and i know some paparazzi.
one shot the last photo of bob geldof in la before he died....he earns more than 99% of micro stocker can even imagine of earn in a year. i shoot a sport photo during euro cup 2012 in ukraine....i sold it for more than 12000 pounds.
clearly if u shoot jay z entering a club you want earn a lot but still 50 60 dollar for simple usage....and even doing 60 dollar nowadays in micro good luck.

Not sure who you meant -but Bob Geldof (as in Irish singer) is alive and well. Just had to frantically check after reading your post I met and photographed Bob quite a few times back in the day, so your comment was a bit of a shock!

yes was not him but another famous singer of that era...he died 2 3 years ago of cancer...trying to figure out but i can't.

Although I understand AP wants a market cut in US from Getty. I dont understand the business model.
So AP is selling RM editorial at much higher prices, and just btw they throw all to SS as RF editorial for pennies ??  Am I missing something?