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DPReview Will Remain Available as an Archive After It Closes

Apr 07, 2023
Jeremy Gray
     

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Digital Photography Review has released an update about its impending
closure, addressing the concerns from its readers about lost content
and announcing an archival effort.

DPReview General Manager Scott Everett writes:

    Dear readers,

    We've received a lot of questions about what's next for the site.
    We hear your concerns about losing the content that has been
    carefully curated over the years, and want to assure you that the
    content will remain available as an archive.

    We've also heard that you need more time to access the site, so
    we're going to keep publishing some more stories while we work on
    archiving.

    Thank you to this community and the support you've shown us over
    the years

    Scott Everett
    General Manager - DPReview.com

PetaPixel learned early on that DPReview's owner, Amazon, planned to
take the website offline. However, that plan has clearly changed in
response to the impassioned feedback from many of its longtime
readers. DPReview's YouTube channel has specifically never been
mentioned through this process and it's still not clear what Amazon
intends to do with it, though at this point it would not be
surprising if the videos remained online as well.

Within days of DPReview's initial closure announcement, archival
efforts by third parties began in earnest. In light of today's
announcement, it appears that external archiving may be unnecessary.
However, DPReview's original article about its closure still includes
text stating that the website "will be available in read-only mode
for a limited period afterwards," leaving space for some speculation.
This remains a developing story.

DPReview Archive Team

Everett also announced plans for additional stories to go live on
DPReview while the team works on archiving the rest of its content, a
move that flies in the face of the original plan to not update the
website again following April 10, 2023.

In the weeks following DPReview's closure announcement, the team has
produced some great content geared toward longtime supporters,
including a March Madness-style bracket, from which Jordan Drake --
who has a new home on PetaPixel starting May 1 -- emerged victorious,
and a "by the numbers" look at DPReview's legacy.

Ultimately, these same supporters are perhaps largely responsible for
Amazon's shift in approach to DPReview's sunset. While the website is
still slated to shutter, its content appears destined for official
preservation. There's even some new, unexpected content on the way to
help the longtime photography website go out with a bang.

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