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Filed under: Asides | Tags: vip (2), wordpress.com (19) | April 22nd, 2008
Thomson Reuters WordPress
After its 17 billion dollar acquisition of Reuters, Thomson decided to put their day 1 announcement site on WordPress.com VIP. ¶
Matt Mullenweg is one of PC World’s Top 50 People on the Web, Inc.com’s 30 under 30, and Business Week’s 25 Most Influential People on the Web. 
Mosh | April 22nd, 2008 @ 10:17 pm |
You know, the first I knew of the acquisition was when I got an email from a mate of mine who works for Thomson. He didn’t say anything – his email domain had changed to “thomsonreuters.com”.
Khairil | April 22nd, 2008 @ 11:32 pm |
WP to rule the mefias (media+mafia).
But why are they using automattic domain?
Matt | April 22nd, 2008 @ 11:35 pm |
I know! We mentioned it to them several times, I guess they never got around to it or didn’t consider it important.
Mike | April 23rd, 2008 @ 3:13 am |
Am well impressed that such a large company is blogging these days. In the UK all the big brands appear to be more scared of blogging than willing to embrace the potential for growth that this can present. Oh and their templates nice too
m@ | April 23rd, 2008 @ 12:28 pm |
That’s weird for them to use a WordPress domain. At our work, we automatically discount people using free email addresses/domains for work as small potatoes.
Tarun | April 23rd, 2008 @ 4:04 pm |
Digress:
This theme has an India feel to it. The design is what one would find on Indian clothes etc.
This is how an India skirt from Jaipur, Rajasthan looks like –
http://www.jaipurplus.com/images/product_images/101.jpg
Brian Gardner | April 23rd, 2008 @ 9:32 pm |
I must confess, I really like the design/theme they are using.
Michael Estate | April 24th, 2008 @ 8:05 am |
On wordpress.com? Interesting choice to make such a huge declaration….