Beeper messaging app that irked Apple is acquired by WordPress.com owner

Automattic is buying the Beeper app and absorbing its 27 employees. That includes Migicovsky (pic), who will become Automattic’s head of messaging. — Bloomberg

Automattic Inc, the Internet company behind popular online blogging service WordPress.com, acquired the messaging app at the heart of a recent dispute with Apple Inc.

In a deal announced Tuesday, Automattic is buying the Beeper app and absorbing its 27 employees. That includes Beeper co-founder Eric Migicovsky, who will become Automattic’s head of messaging.