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Medium the Network, Automattic Buys WooCommerce, Google and the Value of Identity

Posted onFriday, May 22, 2015Wednesday, March 21, 2018

This Daily Update examines Medium’s seeming pivot towards being a network instead of a publisher, which is a contrast to WordPress.com’s latest move towards e-commerce. Finally, a brief examination of why identity matters.

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