Verizon started looking to offload Tumblr since at least May. Now it's found a taker. Automattic Inc., the software company behind the online publishing platform WordPress, has agreed to scoop up the blogging platform both companies said Monday afternoon. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.... Continue reading >> [ Source: AdWeek | 2019-08-12 21:22:39 UTC ]
Cat Marnell, the madcap former beauty editor who parlayed her drug addiction into a blogging platform at xoJane, didn’t start her memoir until the day it was due. That book, How to Murder Your Life, emerged three years later, but it still feels like something Marnell dashed off in 24 hours while... Continue reading >> [ Source: Slate | 2017-02-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
A handful of big-shot professionals have long had the freedom to express themselves through LinkedIn's blogging platform, but most careerists have had to sit on the sidelines. Starting today, though, just about everyone can have their voices heard --... Continue reading >> [ Source: Engadget | 2014-02-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
Ev Williams talks about designing the newly-launched Medium 1.0, and his vision for the blogging platform's future in online publishing."What is Medium?"Read Full Story Continue reading >> [ Source: Fast Company | 2013-12-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
Gawker Media is welcoming more than just readers into its Kinja ad-free community; now publishers are signing up and distributing content on the open commenting and blogging platform. Continue reading >> [ Source: Folio Magazine | 2013-10-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
Twitter cofounders Biz Stone and Evan Williams today offered a preview of Medium, their new publishing platform. Medium is at heart a blogging service, although right now it's only open to a select few authors. The posts are organized into "collections" that use different layouts depending on... Continue reading >> [ Source: Fast Company | 2012-08-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
Wordpress.com blogs just got ad-friendlier. On the heels of its acquisition of Lijit Networks, Federated Media Publishing has struck a deal to expand its ad network further, offering Wordpress.com bloggers the ability to tap into its monetization tools. The opt-in service will give Federated the... Continue reading >> [ Source: AdWeek | 2011-10-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
Wordpress has released its newest version, Wordpress 3.1. This is the fourteenth version of the blogging platform. Wordpress 3.1 has been dubbed Reinhardt, reportedly after jazz musician Django Reinhardt. New and improved features include a redesigned linking workflow, an admin bar, a... Continue reading >> [ Source: Folio Magazine | 2011-02-24 00:00:00 UTC ]