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Matt Mullenweg returns as Automattic CEO two days after getting booted (www.theverge.com)
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Two days after being placed on a paid leave of absence, Matt Mullenweg says he has been reinstated as CEO of Automattic, according to a Slack message seen by TechCrunch. WordPress Executive Director Mary Hubbard confirmed Mullenweg’s return to the CEO role in a Friday post on X, which the official WordPress account shared and Mullenweg reposted.

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[-] tdawg@lemmy.world 5 points 2 days ago

Extortionist?

[-] glowie@infosec.pub 17 points 2 days ago

He was trying to force Wordpress hosts to pay his foundation money to use the WP name and whatnot

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