Automattic receives $29.5 million in B-Round funding

Automattic, creators of Wordpress, the blogging platform used here at Halfway To Concord, recently announced new B-Round funding of $29.5 million dollars, after initial venture funding of just over $1-million in 2006. Interestingly, one of the new investors on board this round is the New York Times. Can Dean Singleton, MediaNews chief executive, spell, “ADAPT?”