"Both Movable Type and TypePad were originally created by Six Apart, with TypePad being the solution for less technical users who just wanted to create a site and Movable Type being the version you could download and host anywhere and customize to your liking-not unlike the relationship between WordPress.com (the site that hosts other sites) and WordPress.org (the site that hosts the open source software)."
"Movable Type and TypePad diverged in the early 2010s; Six Apart was bought by a company called VideoEgg in 2010, resulting in a merged company called Say Media. In 2011, Say Media sold Movable Type and the Six Apart brand name to a Japanese company called InfoCom while retaining control of TypePad. Forms filed with the SEC indicate that TypePad was acquired in 2013 by Endurance International Group, which also owns Bluehost, among other hosting and hosting-related brands."
TypePad was a hosted blogging service built on Movable Type with customizations aimed at less technical users, while Movable Type is downloadable software for self-hosting. Six Apart originally created both products. Six Apart was acquired by VideoEgg in 2010, forming Say Media; Say Media sold Movable Type and the Six Apart brand to InfoCom in 2011 while retaining TypePad. SEC filings indicate Endurance International Group acquired TypePad in 2013, and TypePad signups now redirect to Bluehost. Movable Type continues development, with major release 8.4.0 in November 2024. Remaining TypePad sites risk being lost and may only be accessible through the Internet Archive's Wayback Machine.
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