Q&A with Matt Mullenweg on licensing deals with AI companies, putting Tumblr's backend migration to WordPress “on hold”, fediverse, content moderation, and more
In honor of Automattic's 20th anniversary, and also since it's been a few years … Bluesky: Nilay Patel / @reckless : Lots and lots from Matt Mullenweg on Decoder, including some deep discussion of the...
Automattic says it will resume contributing to the WordPress project, after announcing a pause in April
· — After pausing our contributions to regroup, rethink … Bluesky: Ernie Smith / @ernie.tedium.co : Not exactly giving folks a clear idea of what's what [embedded post] X: David Risley / @davidrisle...
Automattic lays off 16% of its staff, CEO Matt Mullenweg says to become “more agile and responsive”; ahead of the layoffs, its website listed 1,744 employees
· — Earlier today, CEO Matt Mullenweg shared … Business Today : WordPress parent Automattic lays off 16% of its employees amid legal and market challenges Emma Roth / The Verge : WordPress.com owner...
Automattic plans to cut its WordPress contributions to ~45 hours per week “due to the lawsuits from WP Engine”, focusing mostly on security and critical updates
Automattic has always been deeply committed to the success of WordPress, dedicating significant resources and talent to its development for almost two decades.
Sources: Matt Mullenweg offered another buyout offer to Automattic staff; Mullenweg appears to have redirected staff's Blind sign-up emails to himself
🍿🍿 🍿 🍿 — https://www.404media.co/... @noellemitchell@mstdn.social : “Instead of Blind, employees have been posting on Anonymattic, an anonymous message board set up on WordPress's own systems that a...
Mullenweg says “WordPress.org just belongs to me personally”, as his WP Engine feud blurs the lines between WordPress.org, WordPress Foundation, and Automattic
The lines between the WordPress open-source project, the nonprofit backing it, and the commercial arm owned by Automattic are blurring.
Matt Mullenweg says 159 Automattic employees, or ~8.4% of staff, took “generous” severance after disagreeing with WordPress' direction and handling of WP Engine
Automattic CEO Matt Mullenweg said on Thursday that 159 employees (roughly 8.4% of staff) accepted a severance package …
In an AMA on Tumblr, Matt Mullenweg spoke about Tumblr's future after shifting the majority of its staff to other areas at Automattic, monetization, and more
It's also worth sharing this note from a former Tumblr employee who hoped to work on the project: https://mastodon.social/... @jtr@fosstodon.org : Matt on Tumblr — “There have been a few staff chang...
Q&A with Automattic CEO Matt Mullenweg on closing the Tumblr deal, profitability, content moderation, Apple's rules, Twitter, lessons for Elon Musk, and more
What can Elon learn from Tumblr? — We have to talk about Twitter, right? Elon Musk bought it. Tweets: @decoderpod , @yoda , @harrymccracken , and @zeldman See also Mediagazer Tweets: @decoderpod : ...
Interview with Automattic CEO on the company's growth, the future of open-source WordPress, Tumblr and Apple's App Store rules, Web3, Bitcoin, Ethereum, more
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