Service: Image collection as barometer

Getty Images launches a visual trend barometer with its new image collection.Service Image collection as barometer The vehicle for this is a new magazine called Taxi. Cab, with over 400 pages and specially adapted editions in 50 countries, aims to be a "vehicle for ideas to images" and vice versa. Published quarterly, Taxi's concept is to "combine image collection, trend report and magazine." The first issue of Taxi is dedicated to the strongest trends in leisure. Getty Images is the world's leading provider of photography, illustration, type and related services, with more than 70 million images and over 30000 hours of film footage. "The image is becoming our universal language in the 21st century, and the image magazine tells a thousand stories," Getty continues in the promotional text for the book, which can be ordered at www.gettyimages.de/taxi.
APG simplifies reservations Allgemeine Plakatgesellschaft (APG) will start operating its new IT reservation system in spring 2003. The system is designed to offer customers greater flexibility and transparency in the planning and handling of poster campaigns as of Dispatch Week 19. The individual functions are described in detail in the new offer documentation. For weeks 1 to 18, the offer as per the 2002 sales documentation remains unchanged. The documents can be ordered free of charge from the website www.apg.ch.
"Advertising Yearbook": Submissions until October 17
Econ Verlag has extended the entry deadline for the "Advertising Yearbook 2002" competition to October 17. The best German-language campaigns and advertising agencies of the year are being sought. Documents are available from Susanne Kronester, [email protected] or Tel. 0049 89 5148 2284. Further information can be found on the website www.jdw.de.