Kodak’s last days

AT A time when most people in the developed and developing world own a digital camera or a mobile phone with camera function, it is hard to believe that the company that invented and produced the world’s first digital camera has gone bankrupt.

Fujifilm braces for Olympus takeover snub

Fujifilm Holdings Corp. may get snubbed by cross-town rival Olympus Corp. in its attempt to move further away from the photographic film business that dragged down industry pioneer Eastman Kodak Co. "We aren't too optimistic" that Olympus will welcome a takeover approach or collaboration, CEO Shigetaka Komori said in a recent interview at Fujifilm's Tokyo headquarters. "Olympus will most likely ...

Fujifilm Braces for Olympus Snub in Bid to Duck Kodak Moment

Fujifilm Holdings Corp. may get snubbed by cross-town rival Olympus Corp. in its attempt to move further away from the photographic film business that dragged down industry pioneer Eastman Kodak Co.

Fujifilm Braces for Olympus Snub in Effort to Avert Kodak Moment

Fujifilm Holdings Corp. may get snubbed by cross-town rival Olympus Corp. in its attempt to move further away from the photographic film business that dragged down industry pioneer Eastman Kodak Co.

Fujifilm Braces for Olympus Snub as Komori Tries to Avert Own Kodak Moment

“We aren’t too optimistic” that Olympus will welcome a takeover approach or collaboration, Chief Executive Officer Shigetaka Komori said in an interview at Fujifilm’s Tokyo headquarters. “Olympus will most likely to want to run the business by itself.”

Photographers, Employees Await Fallout From Kodak Bankruptcy

Traditional photographers rely on film, paper and chemicals America’s largest photographic film company has produced since 19th century

Is it final for film? — Some local shooters hope not

For the millions who recorded their family's most important moments and events on Kodak's many varieties of film, the photographic giant's bankruptcy filing this month triggered an understandable wave of nostalgia.[...]

Eastman Kodak’s Slow-Developing Bankruptcy Moment

Eastman Kodak is bankrupt, and nobody should be surprised. The company that more or less invented photographic film and once controlled 90 percent of the market knew the digital revolution was coming. In fact, one of its own employees, a guy named Steve Sasson, invented the digital camera in 1975, and correctly calculated that it would be a marketable product in about twenty years. Yet when ...

Kodak files for protection from its creditors

Eastman Kodak has filed for bankruptcy protection from its creditors. The 130-year-old photographic film pioneer has not made a profit since…

A Not-So-Wonderful Kodak Moment

They've been called "an iconic photographic film pioneer." And a "legendary American photography company." And the "image of film-based photography." Unfortunately, what Kodak can't be called is a 21st century digital image brand. By all rights, the 131-year old company isn't really much of a brand anymore. Not if you expect a "brand" to stand ...