New York Times Takes Direct Stake In WordPress
Automattic, the developers of WordPress - a huge blogging platform - got an infusion of cash from investors, including the New York Times.
The Times Company had previously maintained a business relationship with Automattic. The About.com guide site, which was purchased by the Times Company in 2005, is published using the WordPress platform. The New York Times has also produced more than 50 blogs using the platform.
If a site as huge and deep as About.com can be published using WordPress, then there isn’t any publication that can’t use WordPress.
If the New York Times is using WordPress for their blogs, that speaks volumes. Our newspaper also use WordPress. (see blogroll)
I heard a weekly newspaper editor whining about not being able to keep his website updated because he just doesn’t have staff with the technical know-how. If I thought he would listen, I would have told him about the advantages of using WordPress.