Randy Woods
Randy Woods, editor of PhotoMedia, has been in the magazine publishing world for more than 20 years, covering such varied topics as photography, insurance, business startups, environmental issues and newspaper publishing. He is also associate editor for iSixSigma magazine and writes a job—search blog for The Seattle Times called “Hire Ground.”
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Instagram Adds Video Capability Unpublished
The site that made the digital "selfie" portrait infamous has now added a new dimension to the instant sharing of images. Instagram has launched a video feature to its apps for iPhone and Android users.
Video clips of 3 to 15 seconds in length can now be added to...
Chicago Sun-Times Lays Off Entire Photo Staff Unpublished
A few months after the New York Times announced major staff reductions in its news gathering operations, The Chicago Sun-Times newspaper laid off its entire photography staff this week, including one Pulitzer Prize winner.
The Chicago paper said it will replace its...
Adobe Creative Suite Enters the Cloud Unpublished
At Adobe's latest Adobe MAX conference, the company announced that it is no longer offering boxed versions of its popular Creative Suite software and instead will supply new versions through its subscriber-based Creative Cloud service.
The change in policy will affect all Adobe software newer than...
Kodak Sells Last Remaining Film, Imaging Divisions Unpublished
In an epochal shift within the photographic community, struggling Kodak has sold the last of its core film and imaging divisions as part of its Chapter 11 bankruptcy procedures, in a deal worth $2.8 billion.
With the agreement, the Rochester, N.Y.-based company will cede control of its Personal Imaging and Document Imaging divisions to...
PhotoMedia Wins Ninth Maggie Award for Publishing Excellence Unpublished
The Western Publications Association has honored PhotoMedia magazine with a 2013 Maggie Award in the Best Cover in a Trade Magazine category. It is the second time PhotoMedia has won that category, which is considered one of the most competitive and prestigious of all the Maggie Awards.
The winning cover was for the Spring/Summer 2012 25th Anniversary issue of PhotoMedia, which featured Albert Watson's photograph...
Buhl Photos Earn Highest Auction Price for Private Collection Unpublished
A recent Sotheby’s auction of photographic works known as the Buhl Collection beat the expectations of the collection’s private owners by earning more than $12.3 million. The figure represents the highest ever auction price for a private collection of photographs and a third-highest for a single-owner collection.
Before the December 2012 auction, estimates of the auction’s total take ranged from $8 million to $12.2 million. The majority of the proceeds will benefit...
Newsweek Ends 80-Year Run With Hashtag Unpublished
In a poignant statement about the fate of print publications worldwide in the last few decades, the once-venerable Newsweek magazine published its final print edition on Dec. 31, 2012, with a hashtag that read “#LastPrintIssue”.
The final cover also features a historic black-and-white photograph of the former Newsweek Building in New York City, with the tower’s old Newsweek logo...
Buyout Program Radically Changed Times Masthead Unpublished
After a year of cost-cutting and staff reductions in 2012, Jill Abramson, executive editor of The New York Times, began 2013 by telling her staff that the "paper of record" needed to cut 30 newsroom positions, offering in a round of buyouts for senior editors and reporters.
So far, managing editor John Geddes, assistant managing editor Jim Roberts, sports editor Joe Sexton and...
Operation Photo Rescue to Help Hurricane Sandy Victims Unpublished
In the wake of devastation from Hurricane Sandy and the flooding that stretched across much of the New Jersey shore and Long Island last fall, much of the focus has been on restoring the immense property damage and rebuilding lives. Now, months later, one group is reaching out to help save memories from cherished photographs that were once thought to be lost in the flood waters.
The nonprofit organization, called Operation Photo Rescue, was created in 2005 by...
Quentin Bajac to Become Photo Curator at MoMA Unpublished
This month, New York’s Museum of Modern Art will have a new Chief Curator of Photography: Quentin Bajac, who recently held the same position at the Centre Pompidou in Paris.
Some of his notable curations include...