WordPress founders raise $33 million (Australian IT)

THE New York Times and others have invested in Automattic, which distributes the popular WordPress blogging software.

WordPress.com to offer 3GB of storage space (Addict 3D)

WordPress.com to offer 3GB of storage spaceAutomattic Inc. has announced their plans to boost the storage space made available to the bloggers on their WordPress blog-hosting site.The service currently provides 50MB of storage space.

WordPress creator pulls in $29.5 million (CNET)

Automattic has raked in considerable Series B funding with the New York Times Co. among its investors, according to the company's founder.

Times Helps Post $29.5M To WordPress (WebProNews)

The popular blogging platform drew a sizable investment from The New York Times Company, which expanded its minority stake in WordPress parent Automattic. read more

WordPress boosts free blog storage to 3GB (Macworld UK)

Automattic plans to boost the free storage capacity available to users of its WordPress blog-hosting site from 50MB to 3GB, according to a blog post by company founder Matthew Mullenweg.

Wordpress takes aim at Typepad with 3GB storage (PC Advisor)

Blogging site ups limit by 60 times Wordpress users are to be given a significant boost in online storage, according to the founder of the company behind the blogging tool, Automattic Inc.

Times Company in Group Investing in Blog Publisher (New York Times)

Automattic, the commercial arm of the WordPress blog platform, has received $29.5 million in financing from four companies, including The New York Times Company.

Automattic Raises $29.5 Million Second Round, After Sale Talks; Includes NYT Investment (paidContent.org via Yahoo! Finance)

Om Malik reports that Matt Mullenweg's Automattic has raised a $29.5 million second round led by True Ventures and including a strategic investment by the New York Times Company . Previous investors Polaris Ventures and Radar Ventures also took part.

Wenceslao: Forcing people to forget Edsa 2 (Sun Star)

THERE'S a lot of revisionism going around as Filipinos recall the second Edsa People Power uprising, the so-called Edsa 2, that toppled the presidency of Joseph Estrada. Civil society types and militants, together with trapos, or all those pushing for the ouster of President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, are leading the revisionist movement.

Quantcast Closes $20 Million Series B with Founders Fund, Polaris Venture Partners (PRWeb)

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