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Sunday, March 26, 2023

TOP: Selling Out


The Online Photogapher writes that he is selling his blog for great profits real soon now.  Buyer, Spliff Wayzos, will take over the blog for a tidy sum.   Oh, wait, what is the date today?

In a more serious tone, TOP writer, chief bottle washer and owner, Michael C. Johnston, laments the declining revenue for his blog.  Is this a malaise cast over all photography media?  Or just seen of late for <cough>digital</cough> photography media (Mike mentions DPReview - itself being shut down on April 10th).

Hopefully, this is not the end of TOP, but maybe the days of making a living from blogging about photography are short, if that blog is a bellwether.  Perhaps analog photography will be saved this fate?

Your Blogger makes no money from this rag, and so there is little fear of Ag+ Process shutting down due to lack of blog revenues.  Other reasons, sure, but not revenues.  Keep on reading, faithful Readers!

Addenda:

The Online Photographer's Pateron.

The link to the the article on DCRP shutting down in 2012, mentioned in the second TOP posting.