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Automattic Is Not an Owner of the WordPress Marks It Asserted in Court, a Judge Rules
The September 24 order brings back four antitrust claims the same judge had dismissed in an earlier ruling. It also holds that Automattic and Mullenweg are neither owners nor registrants of the WordPress marks, so they cannot assert them in their own right.
Automattic Is Not an Owner of the WordPress Marks It Asserted in Court, a Judge Rules
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The September 24 order brings back four antitrust claims the same judge had dismissed in an earlier ruling. It also holds that Automattic and Mullenweg are neither owners nor registrants of the WordPress marks, so they cannot assert them in their own right.
We Ranked Hosting Two Ways. We Resolved 108 GoDaddy Domains: 96 Point at Amazon.
Industry reports #domains#godaddy
Ranked by domains on their nameservers, GoDaddy leads with 73.1 million. Ranked by hosting attribution it falls to 3.5 million, but that column records whose address space a site is served from. We resolved a sample of GoDaddy's domains: 89% land in blocks registered to Amazon.
IONOS Is Cutting 12% of Its Workforce Five Weeks After Raising Its Revenue Outlook.
Stock reports #ai#cloud
IONOS will reduce headcount from about 3,800 to about 3,350, spending around EUR 35 million once to save up to EUR 30 million a year from 2027. IONOS says the savings will be reinvested, including in AI product development and cloud, and its 2026 adjusted EBITDA forecast is unchanged.
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Norton’s Owner Has Approached GoDaddy. The Market Marked the Target Up 8.7 Percent and the Bidder Down 6.1.
Gen Digital, the owner of Norton and Avast, has made a takeover approach to GoDaddy, the Financial Times reported on September 24. Talks are early and terms undisclosed. The target rose 8.7 percent to $13.2 billion and the bidder fell 6.1 percent to $14.7 billion, leaving them close in value.
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Before the Press Release: What We See in Hosting M&A
Many owners who ask what their hosting business is worth have not decided to sell. Beyond the thirty deals announced in the first half of 2026 sit owners testing valuations, buyers with precise criteria, and conversations that run for months before anything becomes public.
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What Is Your Hosting Business Worth? The Smallest Deals Are Back at 2.0x.
A hosting owner reading the private-market data finds a ladder from a median of 2.0 times earnings at the bottom to 5.8 at the top. The lower rungs are quoted on the owner's total benefit and the upper ones on EBITDA, and the bottom is exactly where it stood in 2023.
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DigitalOcean’s Market Cap Is Now Higher Than GoDaddy’s. What Five Public Multiples Say About Hosting Valuations.
GoDaddy is worth less than DigitalOcean on five times the revenue, and OVHcloud's record margin earns the lowest multiple of all. Our arithmetic on five public companies shows what actually moves a hosting valuation, and the logic transfers to private deals.
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Thirty Deals in Six Months: The H1 2026 Hosting Consolidation Map, and the Two Clocks Driving What Sells Next
H1 2026 produced a US$1B Polish hosting-commerce merger, a $450M registrar champion, serial buyers closing two deals apiece within a fortnight, and a $40B data-centre record, while Google's AdSense shutdown forced Sedo and Team Internet to market. The map, the multiples, and the debt walls pushed to 2028-2029.
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HOSTAFRICA Acquires Zanode, Its Second South African Deal in Nine Days
HOSTAFRICA announced the acquisition of Zanode on May 14, 2026, nine days after acquiring Evoweb's hosting division, adding a South African git-driven deployment platform to its African hosting portfolio.
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HostPapa Acquires Hostwinds, Adding Seattle and Amsterdam Infrastructure in Its Second Acquisition This Month
HostPapa acquired Hostwinds on April 29, adding self-owned data centers in Seattle and Amsterdam and a developer and reseller customer base to its portfolio, twelve days after acquiring Tailor Made Servers in Dallas.
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HostPapa Acquires Tailor Made Servers, a Dallas Dedicated Server Provider Operating Since 2003.
HostPapa acquired Tailor Made Servers, a Dallas dedicated server provider operating since 2003, adding its customer base to the ColoCrossing brand as part of an acquisition run that has included more than 17 deals since 2020.
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Your.online is entering the Nordic markets by acquiring Inleed
In early June 2025, your.online announced its acquisition of the Swedish hosting provider Inleed. The transaction is part of your.online’s broader strategy to expand in the Nordic region and reflects the ongoing
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Miss Group prepares for sale. What lies ahead for the Nordic hosting giant?
Miss Group, a leading Swedish web hosting company, is reportedly preparing for a significant ownership change. Founder Mattias Kaneteg and majority shareholder Perwyn are said to be exploring a sale of the
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