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Gary Pageau is principal of InfoCircle LLC, continuing his marketing communications career. InfoCircle LLC is a marketing and communications consulting firm, specializing in business-to-business markets. For nearly 25 years, he was with PMA International, serving most recently as Publisher, Content Development and Strategic Initiatives. His primary responsibilities included overseeing the Association’s editorial department, marketing research unit, education and corporate relations department.

The Photo Managers names advisory board People on the Move 

The Photo Managers names advisory board

The Photo Managers, a community of professionals who are passionate about helping their clients manage photo collections and tell their stories, has announced an advisory board of industry experts. Cathi Nelson is the founder and the CEO. The international group is comprised of: Rachel Arbuckle, 2000Paces Ana Carvajal, ProsperityPro Jill Yesko Diana, Discover Organizing Paul Einarsen, Bluewater Imaging Allison W.... Read More
SPOA announces finalists for 2023 National School Photographic Competition Events News 

SPOA announces finalists for 2023 National School Photographic Competition

Sample entries from the 2023 contest. School Photographers of America (SPOA) announced the finalists for the 2023 National School Photography Competition. The grand champions for each category will be announced July 13th in Greenville, S.C., at the International Conference on School Photography and Yearbooks at the Hyatt Regency Ballroom Downtown. The contest spotlights the best in school photography, from traditional classroom... Read More
NRF: Retail sales increased again in May Market research 

NRF: Retail sales increased again in May

Retail sales rose again in May as consumers continued to spend despite economic challenges, the National Retail Federation (NRF) said. “Consumers continued to spend on household priorities in May, supported by gains in the job market and wages,” said Matthew Shay, president and CEO, NRF. “Retailers recognize the ongoing pressure on cost-sensitive consumers and are offering competitive pricing, a wide... Read More
ProGrade Digital debuts third-generation CFexpress 2TB card News 

ProGrade Digital debuts third-generation CFexpress 2TB card

ProGrade Digital, Inc. announces its new higher capacity third generation of 2TB CFexpress Type B Gold memory cards. ProGrade Digital 3rd generation CFexpress 2TB cards provide read speeds of up to 1,700MB/s and burst write speeds of up to 1,500MB/s and sustained write speeds of up to 1,300MB/s – ideally suited for high-resolution video capture applications, the company said. To... Read More
Shutterfly announces early settlement of the exchange offer Investments News 

Shutterfly announces early settlement of the exchange offer

Shutterfly LLC announced it has closed its previously announced refinancing transaction. Earlier this year, news reports showed debt holders of the privately-held Shutterfly were seeking better terms after poor 2022 results. Details are in the press release below: Shutterfly, LLC (the “Company,” “we,” “our” and “us”) today announced that, on June 9, 2023, Shutterfly Finance, LLC, a subsidiary of the... Read More
Canva unveils global developers platform News 

Canva unveils global developers platform

Canva introduced its new Canva Developers Platform, which includes a set of APIs and development tools,  at the company’s first developer conference, Canva Extend in San Francisco. Canva also announced a $50 million Canva Developers Innovation Fund to support app developers. Canva unveiled a multitude of ways for developers to build on the platform and released the Canva Apps SDK... Read More
Fujifilm launches Instax Square SQ40 New Products 

Fujifilm launches Instax Square SQ40

FUJIFILM North America Corp., Imaging Division, launched the INSTAX SQUARE SQ40 instant camera (SQ40), an addition to the INSTAX SQUARE lineup of instant cameras. Fujifilm’s INSTAX SQUARE SQ40 instant camera will be available at a manufacturer’s suggested retail price of $149.95 USD ($189.99 CDN) and is expected to be available for purchase by the end of June 2023. “Consumers love... Read More
PhotoShelter acquires Socialie analytics platform Acquisitions News 

PhotoShelter acquires Socialie analytics platform

  Digital asset management (DAM) solution provider PhotoShelter announced the acquisition of Socialie, a category leader in user-friendly content distribution and advanced analytics. Made in partnership with PhotoShelter’s majority investor, Clearhaven Partners, the acquisition will strengthen PhotoShelter’s real-time distribution powers, provide PhotoShelter customers with more control and insight into the flow of content across their ecosystem, and position the company as... Read More
PhotoRoom partners with Google Cloud Partnerships 

PhotoRoom partners with Google Cloud

  French imaging company PhotoRoom, an AI-based photo editing app designed for e-commerce businesses, announced a new partnership with Google Cloud, where PhotoRoom will use the power of Google Cloud A3 instances based on NVIDIA GPUs, and its expertise in scaling large AI models, to offer studio-quality images to more businesses than ever before. As a result, PhotoRoom will be... Read More
Shutterstock introduces flexible editorial subscription packages New Products 

Shutterstock introduces flexible editorial subscription packages

Shutterstock, a global creative platform for transformative brands, newsrooms and media companies, announced the launch of the brand new Shutterstock Editorial platform, including offering Editorial Subscriptions for the first time. This centralized destination offers the entire Shutterstock Editorial offering with more than 90 million assets across entertainment, breaking news, sports, and archival already available and 700,000 new assets added each... Read More