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Getty Images to Shutter Scoopt Citizen Journalism Service

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on February 3, 2009 - 2:05pm.

Glasgow, Scotland - Online photo agency Getty Images has decided to shutter Scoopt, a citizen journalism site it acquired in 2007, PaidContent reported. The service, which offered a cut of profits from user-uploaded photos sold to news agencies, will cease accepting submissions on Friday, and close down entirely by March 6.

tags: Citizen Journalism | Images | Scoopt | Getty Images | Closures |

Getty Images Acquires Citizen Photojournalism Site Scoopt

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on March 12, 2007 - 10:56am.

Seattle - Getty Images, a provider of stock photography services, announced on Monday that it has acquired Glasgow, Scotland-based Scoopt, an aggregator and distributor of user-generated, newsworthy photos and videos.

tags: Deals | Video | Acquisitions | Citizen Journalism | Images | Scoopt | Getty Images | User-Generated |

Scoopt Offers Flickr Users Revenue from Photo Syndication

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on December 7, 2006 - 3:58pm.
Glasgow, Scotland - Scoopt, a citizen journalism picture agency, has offered users of photo-sharing site Flickr the ability to syndicate their photos for sale to news agencies through its service.
tags: UK | Europe | Commerce | Photos | Revenue | UGC | Scoopt | Flickr | Syndication | Scotland |

U.K.-Based Scoopt Launches "Citizen Journalism" Agency

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on August 4, 2005 - 5:17am.
London -- Scoopt, a U.K.-based Internet firm, claims to have launched the world's first "citizen journalism" picture agency. Using MMS and mobile email technology, Scoopt allows people to send camera phone photographs from any scene in seconds. Scoopt then licenses these photos for publication to the mainstream media, with senders retaining copyright to their photographs and receiving 50% of each licensing and syndication deal. Membership is free. "The shocking events in London on (July 7 and 21) brought citizen journalism into sudden, sharp focus, demonstrating once and for all that images taken by members of the public can be startling and evocative," said Scoopt founder Kyle MacRae. "Citizen journalism is here to stay and set to change the nature of news."
tags: U.K | Citizen Journalism | Scoopt |