500px Launched Chinese Mirror Site Creating Contributor Outrage

October 15, 2015 Marco | Editor

By Ivanna Attie 500px has today announced the beta launch of their Chinese website at 500px.me, hot on the heels of their new logo launched just yesterday. The new website is being built in partnership with the Visual China Group (VCG), who lead the company’s recent series B funding round. 500px.me The new site, announced via a blog post from CEO Andy Yang, is a separate site, but… …read more

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Marco | Editor

Editor and founder of a bunch of stockphoto businesses

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