DPReview isn’t being shut down due to new possession

DPReview has been acquired by Gear Patrol — a writer targeted on assorted product evaluations and shopping for guides. Scott Everett, common supervisor for DPReview, introduced the acquisition on Tuesday, saving the beloved digicam evaluations web site from closure nearly three months after the positioning introduced it was being shut down by its former guardian firm, Amazon. The worth of the acquisition was not disclosed.

“Gear Patrol is a pure dwelling for the following section of DPReview’s journey, and I’m excited to see what we are able to accomplish collectively,” stated Everett. “Thanks in your continued help of our crew and legacy. We respect it and might’t thanks all sufficient.”

DPReview will proceed to function because it did earlier than the acquisition

Everett says in his announcement that present core workers throughout the corporate’s editorial, tech, and enterprise divisions will proceed to work on the positioning. He additionally says that DPReview website options and editorial protection gained’t be impacted by the acquisition and that the web site will proceed to function because it did earlier than the acquisition. Everett isn’t promising that nothing will change underneath the platform’s new possession, nonetheless, including that DPReview will “proceed evolving based mostly on buyer suggestions and the quickly altering state of the publishing trade.”

“DPReview is the web’s authentic heart of gravity for images,” says Eric Yang, CEO and founding father of Gear Patrol. “As a images fanatic, I’ve been an avid reader since its earliest days. We’re honored to obtain the baton from Amazon and assist the unbelievable DPReview crew craft the following section of their story. Editorial integrity and the passionate group are the center of DPReview and we plan to uphold that constitution.”

Given its similarities in publishing gadget evaluations and shopping for guides, Gear Patrol appears like a great match for DPReview. Earlier than this announcement, the DPReview web site and person discussion board had been acquired by Amazon again in 2007. DPReview content material was usually linked to related Amazon product listings underneath its possession, however in any other case, it’s not particularly clear why the retail big wished a images evaluate web site in its portfolio.

Earlier this yr, it was introduced that DPReview could be shut down after 25 years of operation as a part of Amazon’s cost-cutting measures that noticed 18,000 job cuts introduced in January. The web site was solely supposed to stay operational till April tenth, sparking archiving efforts from customers seeking to protect many years’ value of DPReview’s beneficial content material earlier than it vanished for good. The location fortunately remained on-line past this deadline and has continued to publish evaluations and editorial content material ever since.