Corbis
riot in the pantechnicon! Turn up the estrogen !
>One of the largest photo collections in the world was just sold. Corbis, which is owned by Bill Gates, has sold off its images business to Visual China Group, China’s equivalent of Getty Images. VCG is the same company that led a $13 million investment in 500px in 2015, and which is partnering with 500px to expand into China.
https://petapixel.com/2016/01/22/corbis-images-sold-by-bill-gates-to-china-visual-group/
Why are the Chinese buying image banks?
Update on 1/23/16: It appears that the celebrity photo business Splash News wasn’t included by Corbis as part of the sale. Here’s an email shared with us by a photographer: {img attached}