There’s a lot that happens in the WordPress ecosystem throughout the course of a year. In this episode, Marcus Couch and I run down our selection of big news stories from January to June.

One trend we noticed is that there were quite a few unsuccessful crowdfunding campaigns. Listen in to find out if any of the services and companies that launched earlier this year are still in business. Part two will record on Wednesday, December 30th.

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