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Former DPReview News Editor (who left after getting news of this back on January 18th) here: There were 8-10 members of the editorial team that were full time and a small group of freelancers. Add in about 8-10 more devs, who cycled in and out for the most part. So, 15-18 people, tops. By my rough math once, our entire operating cost for the year was about 10-12 minutes worth of Amazon revenue.

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gannonburgett|2 years ago

Worth noting this math is based on estimated numbers from what I roughly knew people’s salaries were and what server costs were roughly estimated at. I had no first-hand knowledge of the numbers, as I wasn’t allowed to view that info as a contractor.

codersfocus|2 years ago

Is it true that they're not going to sell the assets, and just shut everything down? If I had connections to an investment banker, I'd be trying to see if there's an in with Amazon...

gannonburgett|2 years ago

I wasn’t privy to that information even before I left (Feb), but from what a few people who were/are privy to that information have told me, it doesn’t appear as though Amazon is at all interested in selling off the IP. So yea. Just shut it all down. Which is a fucking shame.

MR4D|2 years ago

I think they should go to LTT instead. They're both Canadian, and the name is less relevant than the brand.

If they got it ironed out before April 10th, they probably could put a link to it.

codersfocus|2 years ago

It might be intentional then. Instead of having that content out there again where they will presumably have to pay affiliate commissions to the new owner, they must've calculated it's more profitable to just get rid of it.