WordPress Maker Automatic Lays Off 16% of Staff

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AutomatticThe company behind wordpress.com, tumblr, wooCommerce, and a range of other online services, is Reducing Its Workforce. The Layoffs will impact 16% of Staff Across Divisions, An Automattic Blog Post Published Wednsday Reveals. Ahead of the layoffs, automattic’s website listed 1744 employees, which means North of 270 people may have may have lost their jobs. … Read more

Automattic Ceo Matt Mullenweg Talks Succession – ‘I don’t want to pass it to a committee’

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Calls for WordPress Co-Founder and Automatic Ceo Matt Mullenweg to step Down from his Leadership Role Have Increased In Recent Months AMID His Controversial Fight and Legal Battle With hosting company wp engine. Mullenweg Not only intends to stay, he’s also thinking about how he plans to manage success planning. He Doesn’st Want to Pass … Read more

Tumblr Backs Tapestry, A Timeline App for the Open Social Web

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Automattic-Owned Blogging Site and Social Platform TUMBLR Has Financially Backed TapestryThe Newly launched app Designed to Organize Feeds from across the open webIncluding RSS, Mastodon, Bluesky, and Others. Launched As a kickstarter project in January 2024, tapestry went on to raise over $ 177,000 via crowdfunding for its app, which Opened Up to the public … Read more

Automattic-Owned Beeper is releasing redesigned desktop and iOS apps

Automattic-Owned Beeper is releasing redesigned desktop and iOS apps

WordPress.com Owner Automattic Last Year Acquired The Multi-Service Messaging App Beeper for $ 125 Million And said it would merge it with texts.com, An earlier acquisition in the same categoryNow, Beeper is releasing the first set of redesigned apps for iOS and desktop in beta after the merger. In a blog post, beeper said that … Read more