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The comprehensive analysis of the news agencies industry in 2022 reveals interesting trends and developments within the news agency business. The report provides valuable insights into the financial dynamics, strategies, and challenges that defined the media landscape during the past year. The study has been run by EANA in partnership with the Università della Svizzera Italiana (USI) in Lugano, Switzerland, among EANA’s 32 members, all leading news agencies in European countries.

In a significant development for image rights owners, the IPTC Photo Metadata Standard 2023.1 has introduced a solution to the growing concern of generative AI using copyrighted assets without permission. Many rights holders found their images being utilised as training data for AI image creators, prompting the need for a standardised way to express that such use is prohibited.

Vecpho will celebrate an event in Bangkok focused on stock media professionals on October 28th, 2023. The main goal of this event is to create a space where we, as a representative agency, stock media professionals and stock media sites can connect and share experiences together. It will consist of a day with current talks, round tables, workshops, questions and answers to industry leaders, networking, presentation of new developments and much more.

Bridgeman Images, the world's leading source for licensing fine art, cultural, and historical media for reproduction, is thrilled to unveil a key industry collaboration with the Reuters Pictures Archive.

Independent visual content provider, EPA Images, today announces a five-year partnership with Canon Europe to renew and update its photography and videography equipment to confront the challenges in a changing world.

We are thrilled to announce our newest member to the CEPIC family, the esteemed news photography agency, INQUAM. Founded in 2013 by Ovidiu Micsik, INQUAM embarked on a remarkable journey with a mission to provide a safe haven for photographers affected by the aftermath of the 2008 crisis.