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Alexandre Rotenberg, Brutally Honest Guide to Stock Photography, June 2026 earnings report

2 records were read from this source, dated Jun 2026 to 1 Oct 2026.

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Last checked 20 Oct 2026

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Record	Kind	As stated	Dated
Shutterstock AI payment (Contributor Fund) in June 2026 to one contributor (portfolio 12,844 images and 2,787 clips)	Price observation	Shutterstock AI 23 (USD), against Shutterstock 12,844 images in portfolio per fund…	Jun 2026
Stock agencies pass holders a fraction of a cent to a few cents per file held for AI training, and the figure is falling; curated sets sell for about 60 cents an image	Negotiation lever	Contributor statements put agency AI payouts per file held at $0.0015 to $0.035:…	1 Oct 2026

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