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How doing everything wrong turned Automattic into a multibillion dollar media powerhouse

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WordPress, the open source software behind the company, is now estimated to power roughly 42% of all websites on the internet. Automattic founder and CEO Matt Mullenweg at TechCrunch Disrupt 2014. Automattic focused on media at a time when that industry was being demolished by the internet. billion valuation.

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Here’s why CNET co-founder Halsey Minor is bullish on NFTs

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One of the founders of CNET, Minor entered tech media at a time when the closest thing most of us had to the web was a spider spinning cobwebs on an old NES. Since his initial foray into media, Minor has taken to cryptocurrency and blockchain in a big way. Halsey Minor has lived many lives. Everything I did was to build credibility.

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Tiger Global is earning its stripes in Africa

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However, Tiger Global limited its activity in Africa from 2009 to 2014. Tiger Global’s earliest portfolio investments on the continent were in consumer internet companies. This crop of consumer internet startups targeted industries across media and services such as jobs, commerce and travel.

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River, the latest venture from Wander founder Jeremy Fisher, launches with $10.4 million in funding

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River is meant to rethink the way we consume content across the internet. The app pulls stories and content from across the entire internet, including from publishers, Twitter and other social media, etc. adults get their news either “often” or “sometimes” from social media.

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KakaoEntertainment subsidiary acquires fantasy fiction platform Wuxiaworld

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based storytelling platform acquisitions , Radish and Tapas Media. Tapas Media aims to turn digital comics into the next big entertainment franchise. South Korea’s two largest internet giants Kakao and Naver compete in the storytelling platform market. Serial fiction app Radish acquired by Kakao Entertainment for $440M.

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Tech Trends in 2014: Actionable Insights For Your Career

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Drawing from her 20+ years of recruitment experience across financial services, technology, healthcare, biotech, professional services, and the Internet space, Lenzner has some interesting perspectives about top trends. Q: In your opinion what are the Top 5 anticipated tech trends for 2014? As data breaches brought the U.S.

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Watch A New World Of Innovation Launch At O’Reilly Solid Conference 21-22 May 2014 in San Francisco

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No doubt you are already tracking the construct many are calling the “Internet of Things” and you may have been pondering what this connected world might look like. To mark this seachange moment, O’Reilly Media introduces Solid Conference , scheduled for May 21-22 at Fort Mason in San Francisco.