Comments on: Getty for sale http://www.burnsautoparts.com/blog/2008/01/21/getty-for-sale/ Leslie Burns writes on the photo business and marketing Fri, 23 Jul 2010 15:05:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Bruce DeBoer http://www.burnsautoparts.com/blog/2008/01/21/getty-for-sale/comment-page-1/#comment-27106 Bruce DeBoer Wed, 23 Jan 2008 03:19:56 +0000 http://www.burnsautoparts.com/blog/2008/01/21/getty-for-sale/#comment-27106 So what do you think Bill Gates thinks of this development? Does anyone have his IM address? So what do you think Bill Gates thinks of this development? Does anyone have his IM address?

]]> By: info http://www.burnsautoparts.com/blog/2008/01/21/getty-for-sale/comment-page-1/#comment-27081 info Tue, 22 Jan 2008 15:49:19 +0000 http://www.burnsautoparts.com/blog/2008/01/21/getty-for-sale/#comment-27081 I'd rather see it go bye-bye. Seriously. It's a huge amount of work to run a company like that and none of us are administrators of that level. It would just have to go on much as it has been if it was bought out and continued. Bought out, cut up, sold off in pieces and the individuals who license their own stock, and small stock houses (true agencies) have a better chance of getting business. Think Long Tail. -Leslie I’d rather see it go bye-bye. Seriously. It’s a huge amount of work to run a company like that and none of us are administrators of that level. It would just have to go on much as it has been if it was bought out and continued. Bought out, cut up, sold off in pieces and the individuals who license their own stock, and small stock houses (true agencies) have a better chance of getting business. Think Long Tail.
-Leslie

]]> By: Martha Retallick http://www.burnsautoparts.com/blog/2008/01/21/getty-for-sale/comment-page-1/#comment-27080 Martha Retallick Tue, 22 Jan 2008 15:44:49 +0000 http://www.burnsautoparts.com/blog/2008/01/21/getty-for-sale/#comment-27080 Okay, folks, let's dream for a moment. Getty's asking price sure is a lot more than little ole Martha could pay, but what if a group of photographers, photographer organizations, companies that serve photographers pooled their money and bought them? There's nothing that says that the asking price will be what Getty ultimately sells for, so what if a cooperative of sorts bought this company and turned it into something that would benefit us, our clients, the purchasers of our stock photos, and the profession. Okay, folks, let’s dream for a moment. Getty’s asking price sure is a lot more than little ole Martha could pay, but what if a group of photographers, photographer organizations, companies that serve photographers pooled their money and bought them?

There’s nothing that says that the asking price will be what Getty ultimately sells for, so what if a cooperative of sorts bought this company and turned it into something that would benefit us, our clients, the purchasers of our stock photos, and the profession.

]]> By: Bruce DeBoer http://www.burnsautoparts.com/blog/2008/01/21/getty-for-sale/comment-page-1/#comment-27059 Bruce DeBoer Tue, 22 Jan 2008 02:25:13 +0000 http://www.burnsautoparts.com/blog/2008/01/21/getty-for-sale/#comment-27059 Let's all pass the plate - I've got about $20 in my pocket I can contribute. Why is Getty for sale? Let’s all pass the plate – I’ve got about $20 in my pocket I can contribute.

Why is Getty for sale?

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