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We have a clarification for the…

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We have a clarification for the item we reported last week regarding accessibility issues people were having with some recent changes to WordPress.com. We linked to a post where Deborah Edwards-Onoro explained how to enable the Classic Editor for WordPress.com…

Upcoming Events 📆 EXPAND 2021 is…

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Dan Knauss

Upcoming Events 📆 EXPAND 2021 is a free virtual event for web designers and developers being hosted by GoDaddy Pro from April 27-28. 🆓 The WordPress London Meetup is happening on April 29th and will discuss the hidden features of…

Speaking of accessibility, Channing Ritter adds…

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Dan Knauss
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Speaking of accessibility, Channing Ritter adds a new perspective to the design team at Automattic on the accessibility features available in the block editor. Channing is also a new core contributor, and her post provides some context for how these…

How Am I Bluehost to Live…

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Dan Knauss
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How Am I Bluehost to Live Without You? POST STATUS SLACK EXCLUSIVE 🗨️ Morten Rand-Hendriksen noticed Bluehost appeared to be violating the WordPress Foundation's Trademark Policy by using the WordPress logo in an ad. A day later, Josepha Haden acknowledged…

POST STATUS SLACK EXCLUSIVE 🗨️ How…

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Dan Knauss
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POST STATUS SLACK EXCLUSIVE 🗨️ How Am I Bluehost to Live Without You? Morten Rand-Hendriksen noticed Bluehost appeared to be violating the WordPress Foundation's Trademark Policy by using the WordPress logo in an ad. A day later, Josepha Haden acknowledged…

Dancing with the Parse WordPress VIP…

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Dancing with the Parse WordPress VIP has acquired Parse.ly, making it another part of the Automattic family. Parse.ly is a "content analytics company" with 50 employees. 🤝 According to Sara Fischer in Axios, this is the first large enterprise software…

🤝 Joining some recent #club conversations…

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Business
🤝 Joining some recent #club conversations in Post Status' Slack, Matt Mullenweg responded to a question involving acquisitions: "Automattic is also an active buyer and investor — happy to bring the entire team on if the best path is acquisition,…

Twitter has acquired Revue, a small…

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Twitter has acquired Revue, a small company whose service lets you build newsletters from your social media, RSS feeds, and other sources. Matt Mullenweg noted that Automattic was the largest investor in Revue. 🗞️

Built by WordPress — .com that is

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Automattic enters the low-end website market Automattic this week announced that its "premium website building service" (which was in beta in fall 2020) is now officially accepting customer applications for "websites starting at $4,900 USD." The announcement describes a turnkey…

Jean-Baptiste Audras shared some fascinating stats…

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Dan Knauss

Jean-Baptiste Audras shared some fascinating stats and colorful charts on core contributions focusing on people and companies who contributed to the WordPress 5.6 release. You may recall it was directed by a 100% female Release Squad. Some highlights: 605 people…

Victoria McCullough announced for Automattic that…

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Dan Knauss

Victoria McCullough announced for Automattic that they've "joined several of [their] peer companies" to launch Internet Works — a coalition dedicated to working with Congress "to promote the benefits of Section 230, a provision of the Communications Decency Act." ⚖️…

🖥️ Over at the Automattic Design Blog,…

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🖥️ Over at the Automattic Design Blog, Filipe Varela covers some tips for looking and sounding a bit more professional on your video calls. Why bother? Filipe gets right to the point: "Elevating the quality of your audio and video is…

🤝 MailPoet and its team of…

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🤝 MailPoet and its team of eleven have been acquired by Automattic to join WooCommerce: "WooCommerce stores can look forward to improved features to reach their customers in the near future. This is a natural continuation of WooCommerce functionality we…

A New P2 Debut WordPress.com has…

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A New P2 Debut WordPress.com has launched an updated new beta version of P2. In the past, P2 was a WordPress theme that has been used for "blogging at the speed of thought." It was adopted for internal communications between…
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