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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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[-] isVeryLoud@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 day ago

I'm using PayloadCMS now. It's fauxpensource, but eh, so is WordPress in a lot of areas.

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