#421 WP-Tonic Round-Table Show On Friday August 16th at 8:30am PST

What an amazing WordPress news story week plus we have a special guest panelist and friend of the show “Heather Wilde” of Roceteer.com - http://roceteer.com/ #1 - Automattic Acquires Tumblr, Plans to Rebuild the Backend Powered by WordPress https://wptavern.com/automattic-acquires-tumblr-plans-to-rebuild-the-backend-powered-by-wordpress #2 - 8 predictions made by Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos 20 years ago that were right on the money https://www.businessinsider.com/jeff-bezos-predictions-from-20-years-ago-that-were-right-on-the-money-2019-3?utm_source=csp-social-media #3 - WordPress Theme Review Team Scraps Trusted Authors Program Due to Gaming and Inconsistent Reviews https://wptavern.com/wordpress-theme-review-team-scraps-trusted-authors-program-due-to-gaming-and-inconsistent-reviews #4 - What If You and Your Brand Could Break Up with Social Media? https://contentmarketinginstitute.com/2019/08/break-social-media/ #5 - My Final Goodbye to the Tavern From "Jeff Chandler" https://jeffc.me/2019/08/13/my-final-goodbye-to-the-tavern/ https://wpdigitalshop.com/wptavern-then-and-now-with-jeff-chandler/ #6 - WooCommerce vs Shopify: A battle for ecommerce platform dominance " Will Brian Krogsgard be announced, in the near future, as the new chief editor of the WP-Tavern?" https://poststatus.com/woocommerce-vs-shopify-a-battle-for-ecommerce-platform-dominance/ This Weeks Panel Recommendations Jonathan's Heather Wilde's new book "Birth of a Unicorn" https://publishizer.com/birth-of-a-unicorn/