Business Maverick: New York Times Buys Wordle in Push to Expand Games Business - Daily Maverick
The New York Times acquired Wordle, adding the popular daily word phenomenon to the newspaper company’s expanding portfolio of games and puzzles.
The price wasnt disclosed, but the Times said it paid in the low-seven figures.
Wordle gives players six tries to guess a five-letter mystery word. It was created by Josh Wardle, a software engineer… [+670 chars]
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