An article on Automattic’s trademark enforcement plans on TechCrunch.

Wow! Automattic plans to migrate Tumblr onto WordPress.

Automattic continues its courtship of agencies with a new program offing packages across its lineup of products. It is a 180 tun-around from several years ago when they were focused on competing with agencies.

The other shoe just dropped – Automattic has been selling user data for years from .com and also from .org sites that use JetPack.

Following on the announcement that Automattic is in negotiations to sell user content from Tumblr and WordPress com, Morten Rand-Hendriksen asks 10 pointed questions about data ownership.

Matt Mullenweg shares about a new “game” at Automattic and mentions a shift in focus for WordPress com and Woo Express. It is kind of cryptic, but suggests they are adopting to the ecosystem.

Automattic announced a 100 year hosting plan. Today Matt shared that there have been zero sales. Surprised?

Automattic had big plans for revitalizing Tumblr, but despite burning through a lot of cash, they haven’t been able to successfully monetize it. From a leaked memo it appears that Automattic is pulling back on resources. Here is the discussion on Mastodon.

Automattic acquires the universal messaging app Texts.