One-time Flickr rival 500px acquired by Visual China Group, the "Getty of China", which had been one of its strategic investors (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)

Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
One-time Flickr rival 500px acquired by Visual China Group, the “Getty of China”, which had been one of its strategic investors  —  500px, the photo-sharing site that once proposed to take on Flickr and Getty, has been acquired by Visual China Group (VCG), a strategic investor in 500px via previous financings.

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