A San Francisco-based photographer recently asked: “There is a lot of speculation about tablets like the Kindle and the iPad possibly leading the way for more image use and therefore a possible boon to stock-photo licensing. Do you have any thoughts on that?”

Alan Meckler may be done with microstock photography but not with crowdsourcing: Last week, WebMediaBrands launched StockLogos.com.

Zagreb-based N-Photos has joined age fotostock’s Technological Hosting Platform. The Croatian company was founded in 2009 and now distributes THP content locally. The N-Photos Web site currently has 1.3 million images and will now have access to over 11 million more, from nearly 400 providers in the THP network. The stock company services creative agencies and publishing houses in Croatia, ...

Published by Geoffrey Hiller, Verve photography blog now asks photographers to pay a $50 administrative fee to include work on the site. Hiller says that he needs to support blog operations and advertising does not bring in enough, while photographers benefit from Verve being a key source for photo editors. Though this is not quite the same as a publisher …

There is a lot of concern among iStockphoto contributors as to whether Getty Images’ new Thinkstock venture will benefit them or result in reduced revenue overall as sales on the main iStockphoto site decline. This particularly worries exclusive photographers. Calculating the potential loss is very complex, but photographers must hope that none of iStock’s volume customers turn to Thinkstock and that a large percentage of Shutterstock customers will start rushing to Thinkstock. To be successful, Getty must capture more revenue from Shutterstock customers than they lose as a result of customers leaving iStockphoto and Getty Images to buy subscriptions.