At the recent CEPIC Congress in Dublin, Ireland, CEO of UpperCut Images Miles Gerstein offered
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his assessment of the future of the stock photo industry. Gerstein
previously owned PunchStock, which he sold to Getty Images in 2006, and
Artville, which he sold to The Image Bank in the late 1990s. His years
of experience in the industry provide him with an important perspective
on where the industry is likely headed.
Jonathan Klein is CEO and co-founder, with Mark Getty, of Getty Images
and the most influential person in the global stock photo industry. For
fifteen years he led an aggressive acquisition campaign which positions
Getty as the leading source of still and moving imagery as well as
footage and music. He is a passionate believer in the power of the
image to create change in editorial as well as creative photography. In
this exclusive CEPIC DAILY interview, he gives frank answers to some
tough questions posed by Tweak founder Jerry Kennelly. It gives an
intriguing insight into Getty as a privately held company and their
vision for the future of the industry.
In a rare interview Getty Images co-founder and CEO, Jonathan Klein told Jerry Kennelly, CEO of Stockbyte, that the company does not plan to diversify outside the image business. Despite speculation that Getty might target companies in other sectors for acquisition, Klein ruled this out. Klein also discussed a number of other issues.