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Shutterfly taps company veteran Greg Hintz as new head of Lifetouch division

August 2, 2019August 2, 2019 GaryPageau Greg Hintz, Lifetouch, Michael Meek, Shutterfly Business Solutions, Shuttterfly, TinyPrints

Shutterfly Inc. signaled the possible future direction of its Lifetouch National Studios business with the appointment of company insider Greg Hintz to the president of the division. He succeeds Michael Meek, who shepherded Lifetouch from a profit-starved employee-owned company to a profitable, cash-flow-rich division of Shutterfly. Meek stayed on after the sale, earning more than $5.6 million in total compensation... Read More

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Industry notes, app updates and more for the week of Aug. 2

August 2, 2019August 4, 2019 GaryPageau

New apps and updates Pixellu updates SmartAlbums 2019 photo album design software Topaz Labs introduced Topaz Studio 2, a non-destructive photo editor with hundreds of layers and effects. MAGIX Photostory now up to 3x faster and with more creative possibilities for custom slideshows di Support releases version 3.6.0 of the Rossmann Photo World app, via website. New features include paying with PayPal and large-format printing. JPEGmini introduced a Capture... Read More

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Venus Optics announces pricing and availability of Laowa 17mm f/4 Zero-D GFX lens

August 2, 2019August 8, 2019 GaryPageau Fujifilm GFX, Laowa, Venus Optics

Anhui China, Aug 1, 2019 – Venus Optics, the camera lenses manufacturer specializes in making unique camera lenses, unveil the pricing and availability of the world’s widest rectilinear lens for Fujifilm GFX camera system, Laowa 17mm f/4 Zero-D GFX lens. Laowa 17mm f/4 Zero-D GFX is a 13.5mm equivalent ultra-wide angle prime specially designed for Fujifilm GFX camera system. The... Read More

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Image Protect launches Fotofy Digital Image Marketplace

August 2, 2019August 8, 2019 GaryPageau Fotofy, Image Protect

SAN CLEMENTE, Calif., Aug. 02, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Image Protect Inc. , a global leader in the end-to-end copyright infringement sector, is thrilled to announce the official launch of the Company’s revolutionary new digital image marketplace and in-image advertising platform, Fotofy.com. This is a one of a kind website in the Photo Image Space to offer revenue to Users,... Read More

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GoPro announces second quarter 2019 results

August 1, 2019August 2, 2019 GaryPageau GoPro

Second Quarter Results In-line with Guidance Revenue of $292 Million Increased 20% Sequentially and 3% Year-over-Year Sell-Through of Cameras at $300 and Above Increased More Than 90% Year-over-Year GoPro Plus Paid Subscribers Increased 15% Sequentially and 50% Year-over-Year SAN MATEO, Calif., Aug. 1, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — GoPro, Inc. announced financial results for its second quarter ended June 30, 2019. “In the second quarter,... Read More

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Photo Finale adds Rite Aid to client roster

July 31, 2019July 31, 2019 GaryPageau Photo Finale, Rite Aid1 Comment

Rite Aid Photo signals reinvigoration of photo category McLean, Va – Photo Finale, the leader in white-label photo e-commerce services, announced Rite Aid Corp., the Camp Hill, Pa-based national drugstore chain, has launched its online photo service on the Photo Finale platform. Customers can now order prints, canvas, photo books, gifts and much more at photo.riteaid.com. Rite Aid is one... Read More

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Image Protect’s “Fotofy” digital image marketplace set to go live Aug. 2

July 31, 2019July 31, 2019 GaryPageau Fotofy, Image Protect

SAN CLEMENTE, Calif., July 31, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — via OTC PR WIRE — Image Protect Inc., a global leader in the end-to-end copyright infringement sector, is pleased to announce the firm launch date of Friday, August 2, 2019 for the company’s revolutionary new platform, Fotofy, a digital image sharing marketplace set to act as a massive online library of... Read More

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Lightricks raises $135 million in Series C Funding, raises valuation to $1 billion

July 31, 2019July 31, 2019 GaryPageau Enlight Pixaloop, Facetune, Lightricks, Photofox, Quickshot, Videoleap

Goldman Sachs Private Capital Investing Joins Existing Investors Insight Partners, ClalTech, and Viola Ventures to Propel Lightricks’ New Products, Acquisitions and Global Reach JERUSALEM, July 31, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — Israeli software company, Lightricks, a leading developer of subscription-based content creation tools, announced today that it has raised $135 million in Series C funding at a $1 billion valuation in a round led by Goldman Sachs Private... Read More

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Rite Aid launches Rite Aid Photo

July 30, 2019July 31, 2019 GaryPageau online photo, Rite Aid1 Comment

CAMP HILL, Pa.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Rite Aid (NYSE: RAD) announced today the launch of Rite Aid Photo, a new one-stop shop photo website designed to provide customers with a seamless shopping experience for all of their photographic needs. The site will enable customers to create photo books, calendars, stationary, greeting cards, canvases and wall décor and of course photo prints and enlargements.... Read More

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Should shareholders vote for Shutterfly sale? Analyst says yes, with reservations

July 25, 2019August 1, 2019 GaryPageau Apollo Global Management, Costco, CVS, Lifetouch, LSC Communications, Quad/Graphics, Shutterfly, Snapfish, Target, Walgreen, WalMart

While most industry watchers have acquiesced that the acquisition of Shutterfly by Apollo Global Management, with the corresponding merger with Snapfish, is a done deal, there are still some steps to be completed by the expected close by the end of the year. First, the merger is subject to government scrutiny under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act, designed to maintain competition. As... Read More

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Industry notes for the week of July 26

July 25, 2019July 25, 2019 GaryPageau

New apps and updates Luminar 4 introduces the first automatic Sky Replacement technology Pixelmator Pro 1.4 Hummingbird update adds Apple Photos extension Google launches Gallery Go, an offline photo organizing tool Archival digital memory service Forever now supports PDF documents across the entire platform of products and services. Fotomerchant HV v1.33 has been released, with updates to digital galleries Rumours and reports from around the Internet Five reasons... Read More

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Google launches Gallery Go, an offline photo organizing tool

July 25, 2019 GaryPageau Gallery Go, Google

Google launched, Google for Nigeria, a photo gallery app called Gallery Go, designed to work offline, that uses machine learning to automatically organize. The company said Gallery Go is designed for “first-time smartphone” owners to easily find, edit, and manage photos without high-speed internet or cloud backup. According to the company, Gallery Go automatically organizes photos by the people and... Read More

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Blast from the Past: Visit the Photo/Image News Network archives

July 25, 2019August 1, 2019 GaryPageau Bill McCurry, Chris Lydle, Chris' Camera Center, Photo/Image News Network

Through the generosity of Chris Lydle, the archives of the former Photo/Imaging News Network (P/INN) website is now archived on the Dead Pixels Society. Click here to relive the heyday of the early digital photography era, when HP was interested in photo specialty dealers, when digital cameras ruled and when cell phones were mostly used for phone calls. (Some links... Read More

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Sony unveils premium compact camera RX100 VII

July 25, 2019 GaryPageau Digital camera, Sony

Newest Addition to RX Series Delivers Alpha 9 Level Speed and AF Performance with Real-time Tracking and Real-time Eye AF Newly developed 1.0-type stacked 20.1 MP Exmor RS™ CMOS image sensor with DRAM chip and latest generation BIONZ X™ image processor Alpha 9 level speed performance with up to 60 AF/AE calculations per second and 20fps blackout-free shooting with AF/AE... Read More

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Photo EVO expands personalization production with Compress UV printer

July 25, 2019July 25, 2019 GaryPageau Compress, Photo EVO, UV printers

Grand Rapids, MI-based imaging lab Photo EVO has expanded its imaging business with the installation of a Compress iUV 1200s LED printer; the first in the region. Photo EVO president Toren Prawdzik says the versatile printer will be used to support photo printing on a variety of substrates, including direct printing on golf balls, tumblers, plexiglass, leather, wood and more.... Read More