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Microstock Photography Forum - General => Photography Equipment => Cameras / Lenses => Topic started by: GeoPappas on May 14, 2007, 17:24

Title: Amazon Buys DPREVIEW.COM
Post by: GeoPappas on May 14, 2007, 17:24
We're proud and excited to announce that Dpreview has been acquired by the worlds leading online retailer, Amazon.com. Started as hobby site in 1998, dpreview.com has grown to be the number one destination for anyone interested in digital cameras and digital photography. Each month dpreview.com has seven million unique visitors (over 22 million sessions) who read over 120 million pages. "We've worked very hard over the last eight years to deliver consistently high quality content to our readers", founder Phil Askey said. "It will be fantastic to be able to expand and build on that without compromising our quality or independence. With the support and resources of Amazon we can achieve this."

For more details:
http://www.dpreview.com/news/0705/07051402amazonacquiresdpreview.asp

I'm not sure how this will affect the site, if at all.
Title: Re: Amazon Buys DPREVIEW.COM
Post by: leaf on May 15, 2007, 00:49
i hope it doesn't change too much.  I really like that site.
Title: Re: Amazon Buys DPREVIEW.COM
Post by: CJPhoto on May 15, 2007, 07:29
I can see a few more links appearing in the review sections (all to amazon of course) but hopefully the forums will remain untouched.

Amazon might also start to use the reviews on its sites??
Title: Re: Amazon Buys DPREVIEW.COM
Post by: madelaide on May 15, 2007, 16:11
I like their reviews.  I hope they remain unbiased.

Regards,
Adelaide
Title: Re: Amazon Buys DPREVIEW.COM
Post by: CJPhoto on May 16, 2007, 05:51
I like their reviews.  I hope they remain unbiased.

Regards,
Adelaide
They should do - amazon is still independant of the manufactures so unless they get a good discount to sell a camera, it is unlikely there would be any need to be biased.