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What is WP Cloud?

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Dan Knauss
BusinessFeatures
WP Cloud has been flying under the radar for a while. At the WP Minute, Matt Medeiros spoke with Jesse Friedman, Director of Innovation at Automattic, to find out what it is. In brief, WP Cloud is a Platform as…
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Putting it together, together

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Dan Knauss
PlanetPost Status Team Blog
By Cory Miller and Dan Knauss • May 13, 2022 🗓️ Estimated reading time: 1 minute The workflow from WordPress content to newsletter campaigns (like this week's) isn’t a great experience without good integration. (See Dan’s post, “It’s Hard to…

The Unsung Hero of Indie Journalism

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Blake Bertuccelli
FeaturesPlanet
Since its arrival in 2019, Automattic's Newspack hasn't attracted much attention within the WordPress community, despite a decent amount of coverage by WP Tavern and some from Post Status. It's been largely unreported on beyond its role as a flashpoint…

Substacking the Deck 🃏 Jared Newman…

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Dan Knauss

Substacking the Deck 🃏 Jared Newman notes over at FastCompany that "writers who crave independence should skip Substack." He refers to several WordPress-powered alternatives, including Newsletter Glue "which lets me instantly send out WordPress posts as nicely formatted newsletters." ✉️…

The Knight Foundation is awarding a…

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Dan Knauss

The Knight Foundation is awarding a total of $2 Million (USD) to 24 newsrooms to upgrade their websites. Almost every winner chose WordPress. As Steve Burge of PublishPress notes, 20 out of 24 recipients of these grants will be moving…

You may recall that Newspack, a…

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Brian Krogsgard

You may recall that Newspack, a "custom news vertical on WordPress.com dedicated to addressing the needs of digital news sites," was announced in February. This week they announced 12 initial publishers to help shape the new platform. 📰 After the…

Automattic has announced Newspack by WordPress.com,…

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Brian Krogsgard

Automattic has announced Newspack by WordPress.com, describing it as a "next-generation publishing platform" that's "aimed at small- and medium-sized news organizations." The main site is accepting applications for charter participants, who will receive free service until January 2020. Beyond that…
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