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Pete Souza Named Obama’s Chief White House Photographer

January 05, 2009 - Souza was an official photographer for President Ronald Reagan from 1983 to 1989 and covered Barack Obama’s arrival in the Senate for the Chicago Tribune. (Updated with quotes from Souza and the Obama transition team.) More »

PDN's Top 40 Online Stories of 2008

December 23, 2008 - From politics to gear to business news, here's an annotated list of the most popular stories on PDN’s web site over the last year. More »

Q&A: Gregory Garry, Former Radar Magazine DOP

November 25, 2008 - Radar magazine's top photo editor talks about the magazine's demise, and the hard times that are affecting the entire business. "I think the magazine industry needs a bailout," he says. (Includes a slide show of Radar covers.) More »

'Cottage Living' Falls Victim to Time Inc. Cuts

November 19, 2008 - As a slump in advertising continues to drag down the publishing industry, shelter magazines have been the first titles to collapse. Cottage Living will be discontinued after its November/December issue, which is now on newsstands. More »

LIFE Posts Archive On Google; Says Blogger Infringement A Low Priority

November 18, 2008 - Millions of high-resolution LIFE images are freely available online. While Time Inc. retains the copyright to the images, it is taking a relaxed attitude toward photo sharing. More »

New York Times Closes Play Magazine; Reported To Be Bleeding Cash

November 18, 2008 - A Times editorial director tells The New York Observer the magazine had lost hundreds of thousands of dollars. Play, whose staff was mostly freelance, had been a showcase for good photography. More »

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'O at Home' Becomes Latest Hearst Magazine to Fold

November 10, 2008 - The 'O' spinoff will stop publishing as a stand-alone title after its winter issue. It becomes the third Hearst magazine to cease publication this year. More »

Hundreds of Layoffs Coming at Time Inc.

October 29, 2008 - Time Inc. will group its 24 magazines and related Web sits into three business units, organized by audience. The reorganization is expected to lead to hundreds of layoffs. More »

Bad Economy Sinks Radar Magazine's Third Try

October 27, 2008 - Radar was one of two magazines to announce it was folding on October 24. The other was 02138, an upscale title aimed at Harvard alumni. More »

PhotoPlus Videos: PDN Editors at the Expo

October 24, 2008 - Watch videos from the floor of the PDN PhotoPlus International Conference and Expo in New York. Check out Dan Havlik's interview with photographer Bill Eppridge and see the most talked-about new products and services for professional photographers. More »

PDN's 2008 Editorial Survey Results

October 22, 2008 - How editorial photographers are faring depends upon their experience and specialty. Our survey lays out the details about average assignment fees, average annual income from editorial work, retirement savings, healthcare coverage and other information about how editorial photographers are faring right now. More »

Celeb Agencies Rex Features and Berliner Merge U.S. Operations

October 17, 2008 - The two smaller photo agencies are competing in the celebrity market against bigger players, chiefly Getty Images and its WireImage division. More »

Hearst Shuts CosmoGirl, Prepares To Launch Food Magazine

October 10, 2008 - Hearst said it will close CosmoGirl after its December issue and assign the publisher to the new Food Network Magazine, which publishes its first test issue this month. More »

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Time and Getty Plan To Resurrect LIFE Brand Online

September 23, 2008 - Time Inc. and Getty Images in Joint Venture to Relaunch Life.com in 2009. Story soon.LIFE.com is in development to launch in 2009 with images from the LIFE archive and Getty Images. Aimed at consumers, it will try to make money off advertising and e-commerce. More »

Home Magazine/Cover photo by Grey Crawford

Hachette Will Suspend Home Magazine

August 20, 2008 - The publisher says it will stop publishing of its long-struggling Home magazine after the October issue. (Updated August 25.) More »

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