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Fotolia gives a hint of all new changes and a major overhaul in their Chirstmas card email today.  Can't wait to hear more about this in the New Year.  Hope everyone has a happy and safe holiday's and we will let you know all the details once they are avalible.  Sign up for Fotolia here ...view the video below. Fotolia Video

Fotolia is getting their members an option to send e-cards with a 1 week free premium subscription to their site.  This is a great opportunity for new members to check out what Fotolia has to offer.  If you are not a member of Fotolia then sign up here .  If you ware a member and want to send those free e-cards click here . Hurry offer ends December 31st, 2010

Zoonar adds another affiliate partner, DDP Images.  Log into your Zoonar account today to set up permissions to the new distributor and get those images selling.  Below are highlights from Zoonar on ddp images background.  Also Zoonar now offers press/event access for professional press photographers through picturemaxx, to find out more about this you must email Zoonar at info@zoonar.com .  This is not for stock photographers, just an FYI. 1. Collaboration with ddp images: Zoonar has got a new distribution partner. ddp images will sell Zoonar photos of all price and license categories. We're very pleased to have this new partner from Hamburg with whom we might cooperate in an additional way in future. ddp images is the photo agency of the renowned news agency ddp with its headquarters in Hamburg. Zoonar will provide ddp images with stock photos as addition to their existing press and event photos which are delivered to editorial departments in Germany, Austria, Switzer

YAY stock photography ups the ante on their affiliates program.  You now get a 20% commission on referrals for life and 5% on second tier referrals.  To find out more information about joining YAY click here .  Also if you post a banner on your site or blog they will add a $5 credit to your account.  Hopefully these changes will increase the volume and sale numbers for them.  Read more below. Today we launch our new, improved affiliate program ! We have tried and tested, added features and paid close attention to feedback from photographers and users. Now we can offer you an affiliate program with: 20% Commission - forever Commission based on sales price 5% Commission on second tier-sales Analytics data and unique-id links Photographer landing page Ready-made banners Photographers get paid the same as before Make your own bonus code $5 bonus for banner placement 20% Discount coupon to give to customers

Cutcaster is getting ready to launch a new redesigned website.  From the sounds of it you can expect to see a complete overhaul of the site.  Top features around to be all about speed, faster browsing, faster results, more time for you.  They are purging their images, getting rid of low quality images to bring high quality stock images to their buyers.  Third item will be working on better pricing of their images.  See the comments below from the team at Cutcaster Change is Coming to Cutcaster . For the last 9 months, our team, armed with your feedback, has been quietly planning, re-designing and writing code for the new and improved version of Cutcaster . (This is when you can picture our team huddled around the drawing board, burning the midnight oil and planning out the re-design). The new site, which is still being tested, should launch by the first of next year. It will drastically improve the sites design, usability, search engine optimization, page load speed, sales

This is part two of my Community blog posting.  If you are just tuning in check out the last post I made.  The Community airs on NBC at 8pm EST / 7pm CST tomorrow night ( Dec 9th ), check your local listing for the channel.  Working with the One2One Network has giving me a chance to view the episode early and spread my opinions to all of you.  First off, if you aren't watching "The Community" now, then you need to start tomorrow night. Each member of the cast makes up a great part of the whole, just like "The Office" for you office fans out there.  Tomorrow nights special episode starts off with Abed discovering everyone has been turned into stop motion animation (think "Nightmare Before Christmas" look).  In an attempt to help Abed with his delusion, the study group goes on a journey to discover the meaning of Christmas.  I don't want to give anything away, but make sure you stay to the end to watch Abed and Troy's typical comments.  The who

I wanted to take a minute out of our regular stock photography blogging to share a great episode of Community on NBC that will be airing this Thursday Dec. 9th at 8pm/ 7 Central.  For those how know me personally I am a huge Community fan on NBC and tomorrows episode is a Christmas special stop animation show.  If you are new to Community I highly recommend that you check it out tomorrow night as it is surly going to be an outstanding episode.  This season so far has only gotten better sense the epic paintball episode from last season to tomorrow nights animation.  The following episode takes place as Abed undertakes the meaning of Christmas.  Each character is turned into a animation piece that relates to their caricatures personality.  The show is full of great stars such as Joel McHale (from the Soup), Chevy Chase, Ken Jeong (from the Hangover) and more.  Below is just a sample video of what is to come.