Amazon is preparing to shut down leading camera review site DPReview.
The site is the latest casualty of the unprecedented spate of layoffs being carried out by the company as it responds to slowing sales growth and an uncertain macroeconomic environment.
Founded in 1998, DPReview was acquired by Amazon in 2007. Its staff was relocated from England to Seattle.
- Amazon made little effort to integrate DPReview with its other properties and the site continued to operate with little evidence that it had been acquired.
- DPReview is known for providing extremely detailed reviews of digital cameras and camera accessories.
- The website's staff will continue posting content until April 10, at which point the site will be "locked" in a read-only mode.
- It is not yet known if Amazon will keep the site online in a read-only form or remove it from the internet entirely.
