LScottPht@aol.com wrote: > Patrick Whalen International News Assignments Editor Getty Images News Services wrote: >Agencies and photographers have been losing editorial assignment work steadily for at least 5 years. ======= When did Patrick Whalen write this? If recently then photographers have been losing editorial assignment work steadily since at least 1997? 1998? Shall we look at a history of Getty? (from http://www.ketupa.net/getty2.htm) 1995 Getty Investment Holdings takes 80% stake in Tony Stone Images 1996 Getty Communications floated on Nasdaq with value of US$154m 1996 Carlton buys 10% stake for £17m 1996 Getty buys Hulton Deutsch Collection for £8.6m 1997 buys Fabulous Footage for US$2.5m 1997 buys WorldView agency for US$2.7m 1997 buys Gamma Liaison for US$9.4m 1997 Getty Communications buys PhotoDisc of the US and becomes Getty Images 1997 buys Liaison Agency 1997 buys Energy Film Library for US$17.5m 1997 buys Hong Kong-based Profile Photo Library 1998 buys Allsport for £29.4m 1998 buys Fototeca Stone 1998 buys Imageways 1998 buys Australian Image Library and Australian Sporting Pix 1999 buys The Image Bank from Eastman Kodak for US$183m 1999 buys Art.com for around US$110m 1999 buys Newsmakers 1999 buys American Royal Arts 1999 buys EyeWire typography and business image collection for US$32m 1999 buys Online USA 2000 United Business Media sells Visual Communications Group to Getty for US$225m 2000 buys i/us for US$2.5m
