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Nine months after the announcement of Newspack by WordPress.com, the Chilean news site El Soberano became the first publication to … Continue reading Chilean News Publication El Soberano First to Launch on Newspack →

Automattic, the company behind WordPress.com, WooCommerce, and various other products, announced earlier today that Mark Davies has joined the team … Continue reading Mark Davies Joins Automattic as Chief Financial Officer →

In what began as a heated conversation on Twitter, Automattic CEO Matt Mullenweg and Ruby on Rails creator and Basecamp … Continue reading Matt Mullenweg and David Heinemeier Hansson Discuss WordPress Market Share, Monopolies, and Power in Open Source Communities →

Automattic announced another round of funding today, a $300 million Series D investment from Salesforce Ventures, giving the company a … Continue reading Automattic Raises $300M in Series D Investment Round, Valuation Jumps to $3 Billion →

Automattic has acquired Zero BS CRM, a free plugin with more than 30 commercial extensions that provide deeper integrations with … Continue reading Automattic Acquires Zero BS CRM, Considers Rebranding it as Jetpack CRM →

In this episode, John James Jacoby and I discuss Joost de Valk’s decision to step down as WordPress’ Marketing Lead. … Continue reading WPWeekly Episode 355 – Food Poisoning Is No Joke →

In this episode, John James Jacoby and I discuss Panethon’s acquisition of StagingPilot and why regression visual testing will likely … Continue reading WPWeekly Episode 354 – Pantheon Acquires StagingPilot →

Automattic has released Happy Schedule, the first in a new line of products called “Happy Tools,” created to solve problems … Continue reading Automattic Launches Happy Tools Product Line for Distributed Teams →

Last week Automattic published a video titled “A meditation on the open web” that calls out Facebook as the antithesis … Continue reading Automattic Takes on Facebook with “A Meditation on the Open Web” →

WordPress.com is kicking off 2019 with a new national marketing campaign that features 14 entrepreneurs, writers, and non-profit organizations who … Continue reading WordPress.com Launches New “Do Anything” Marketing Campaign →

If your site is hosted on WordPress.com and you are trying out the new Gutenberg editor, there are currently 24 … Continue reading Full Gutenberg Compatibility Coming Soon to Automattic’s Free Themes on WordPress.org, Including Storefront for WooCommerce →