VIEW EVENT INFORMATION: Wordpress
Automattic Spurns $200 Million Acquisition Offer
OCT
29
Status: Available Now!
Type: News
Date: Monday 29 October 2007, 07:29 AM
Media: Techcrunch

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About the organization Wordpress:
Type: Business
Sub-Types: Website, Computer, Computer Software, Blogging, Blog Hosting Agent, Text Hosting Agent, Application Software, Telecommunication, Telecommunication Software
Notable Organizations: Techcrunch, Wordpress
Automattic, the company that created the WordPress.com blogging platform and oversees the WordPress.org open source project, has rejected a $200 million acquisition offer, say multiple sources. Half the price was to be paid in cash, half in stock in the buyer. The company, which has raised just $1.1 million in capital, has been on a tear lately. They acquired avatar startup Gravatar earlier…
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