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 ...
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 :...
A California District Court judge orders Automattic to stop blocking WP Engine's access to WordPress.org resources and interfering with WP Engine's plugins
WP Engine just won a preliminary injunction against WordPress.com parent company Automattic. On Tuesday, a California District …
WP Engine files a lawsuit in California against Automattic and WordPress co-founder Matt Mullenweg, accusing them of “abuse of power, extortion, and greed”
Web hosting provider WP Engine has filed a lawsuit against Automattic, and WordPress co-founder Matt Mullenweg, accusing them of extortion and abuse of power.
Automattic demanded an 8% cut of WP Engine's monthly revenue to use the WordPress trademark in a seven-year deal proposed on September 20; WP Engine declined
Automattic, the parent company of WordPress.com, asked rival hosting service WP Engine to hand over 8 percent of its revenue each month …
Matt Mullenweg says WP Engine no longer has free WordPress.org access and directs WP Engine customers having trouble with their websites to WP Engine support
disrupting essential work for #WordPress users, agencies, freelancers, and plugin developers. Please read: https://wpenginestatus.com/... Brian Gardner / @bgardner : My heart is br...
Matt Mullenweg says WP Engine no longer has free WordPress.org access and directs WP Engine customers having trouble with their websites to WP Engine support
WordPress on Wednesday escalated its conflict with WP Engine, a hosting provider, by blocking the latter's servers …
Automattic sends a cease-and-desist letter to WP Engine, alleging unauthorized use of the WordPress trademark, after WP Engine sent a C&D letter on September 23
The brouhaha in the WordPress community looks likely to escalate into a legal battle around trademarks.
Automattic plans to shift Tumblr's backend to WordPress in a bid to make sharing work across the platforms easier, after acquiring Tumblr for $3M in August 2019
Tumblr is making the move to WordPress. After its 2019 acquisition by WordPress.com parent company Automattic in a $3 million fire sale …
Automattic acquires Beeper, a source says for $125M, and absorbs its 27 employees; Beeper co-founder Eric Migicovsky will become Automattic's head of messaging
- Automattic purchases Beeper in $125 million deal; CEO to join — Beeper briefly brought Apple's iMessage to Android devices
Meta, Twitter, Microsoft, Yelp, Reddit, the EFF, and more file amicus briefs backing Google in Gonzalez v. Google, asking SCOTUS to keep Section 230 protections
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Interview with Automattic's Matt Mullenweg on working from his always-connected RV, making “the Berkshire Hathaway of the internet”, and betting on open systems
@photomatt, quoting Camus https://www.protocol.com/... While others go searching for “the decentralized web”, we'll be over here w/ DNS, HTML, & open source. David Pierce / @pierce...
Automattic, owner of Tumblr, buys podcast app Pocket Casts from a public radio collective that includes NPR, which reportedly lost $800K on it last year
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