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In Reply to: This is a bit surprising; Sports Illustrated just layed off its last photographers. posted by free.ranger on January 23, 2015 at 11:58:16:
...that it is simply cheaper to acquire pictures from free-lance photographers than to fly staff ones around the country and putting them up in hotels etc.
In the digital age pictures are available instantly from world-wide sources.
Makes no commercial sense to keep photographers on the pay roll these days.
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- I suspect... - b.l.zeebub 16:42:26 01/23/15 (1)
- Yes! And forcing them to compete against one another so Sports Illustrated gets them for sweet FA! nt - JDK 23:34:47 01/23/15 (0)