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Automattic Buys WordPress Spell-Check Plugin After the Deadline

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on September 9, 2009 - 12:04pm.
Los Angeles - Automattic, the developer of the WordPress blogging platform, has acquired After the Deadline, the developer of a spell checker plugin for the WordPress platform. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. WordPress is the platform being used to maintain some 7.5 million blogs.

tags: Deals | Blogs | Automattic | WordPress | Acquisitions | Publishing | After the Deadline |

Yahoo Adds Third-Party App Access to Mail, My Yahoo

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on June 5, 2009 - 10:50am.
Sunnyvale, Calif. - Yahoo (NASD: YHOO) on Friday added new features to its online services like Yahoo Mail, My Yahoo, Yahoo Connected TV and Zimbra that let users access third-party applications such as YouTube, PayPal, Picnik, Mint.com and WordPress. The YouTube integration will allow owners of Internet-enabled TVs from Samsung and LG to access YouTube videos through the Yahoo Connected TV service.

tags: PayPal | Yahoo | WordPress | YouTube | Picnik |

WordPress Releases BuddyPress Social Net Platform

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on May 1, 2009 - 8:37am.
Los Angeles - Automattic, the development team behind the WordPress blogging platform, this week introduced a new platform that enables users to build social networks based on their WordPress sites. WordPress founder Matt Mullenweg said in a blog post that the platform could be useful for a user who "wanted to start something new maybe with more control, friendlier terms of service, or just something customized and tweaked to fit exactly into your existing site."

tags: Blogs | Social Networking | Automattic | WordPress | Publishing | BuddyPress |

Yahoo Sells Blo.gs Ping Service to Blog Firm Automattic

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on April 22, 2009 - 7:51am.
Los Angeles - Automattic, developers of the WordPress blogging software platform, have acquired Blo.gs, a provider of blog ping and trackback technology, from Yahoo (NASD: YHOO) for an undisclosed sum.
tags: Deals | Blogs | Yahoo | Automattic | WordPress | Acquisitions | Publishing | Blo.gs |

WordPress Parent Automattic Buys Ireland-based PollDaddy

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on October 16, 2008 - 7:59am.

Sligo, Ireland - Automattic, the developer of the WordPress blogging platform, has acquired Ireland-based Web polling service PollDaddy.

tags: Deals | Blogs | Automattic | WordPress | Acquisitions | Publishing | PollDaddy |

Automattic Acquires Blog Commenting Platform Intense Debate

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on September 23, 2008 - 10:19am.

Boulder, Colo. - Automattic, the distributor of the open-source WordPress blogging platform, has acquired blog commenting platform Intense Debate for an undisclosed sum, according to a blog post on IntenseDebate.com.

tags: Deals | Blogs | Automattic | WordPress | Acquisitions | Publishing | Intense Debate |

The Pirate Bay Debuts "Baywords" Uncensored Blogging Service

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on April 16, 2008 - 11:59am.

Los Angeles - Notorious Sweden-based file-sharing hub The Pirate Bay has launched an uncensored blogging service, after one of the service's founders saw a friend's blog removed from Wordpress for linking to copyrighted material, TorrentFreak reports. The Baywords service uses Wordpress as its blogging engine. "Many blogs are being shut down for uncomfortable thoughts and ideas," reads a note on Baywords.com. "We will not do that. Our goal is to protect freedom of speech and your thoughts. As long as you don't break any Swedish laws in your blog, we will defend it."

tags: Blogs | P2P | Music | WordPress | The Pirate Bay | Publishing | Baywords |

WordPress Developer Automattic Gets $29.5 Million

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on January 23, 2008 - 8:03am.

New York - Automattic, the developer of the WordPress blog publishing software, has raised $29.5 million in new financing from Polaris Venture Partners, True Ventures, Radar Partners and The New York Times Company (NYSE: NYT), The Times reported.

tags: Deals | VC | Blogs | Automattic | WordPress | Publishing | True Ventures | Polaris Venture Partners | The New York Times Co. | Rader Partners |

Buzz Watch: Beastie Boys Goes Viral With New Instrumental Album

Authored by Jay Baage on June 26, 2007 - 10:13am.
Beastie Boys are back after three years with the new album "The Mix Up" made up of cool instrumental jams. If you have not listed to it yet, I can highly recommend it. Since the Beastie Boys are down with social media, I have embedded a two YouTube videos, “The Rat Cage” and “Off The Grid”. The Boys have also set up a blog and a photostream on Flickr that you can check out (this picture is from that stream, taken in Istanbul).
tags: Internet | Music | WordPress | YouTube | Beastie Boys | Flickr | The Mix Up |

Open Source Blogging Software Firm Automattic Raises Funds

Authored by dmw on April 13, 2006 - 4:45pm.
San Francisco - Automattic, a San Francisco-based developer of open source blogging technologies, said on Thursday that it has raised an undisclosed amount in its first round of funding. Polaris Venture Partners led the round, which also included participation from Blacksmith Capital, CNET and Radar Partners. The company said that it will use the funding for product development and service infrastructure. Founded in August 2005, Automattic is a startup best known as the creator of the WordPress blogging platform and the Akismet blog spam blocking technology.
tags: Deals | Internet | VC | Online Publishing | Blogs | Automattic | WordPress |