You’re in good company if you use WordPress to publish yourself on the web. Here’s a small sample of well known sites that are powered by WordPress. (information below from WordPress.org)
Famous bloggers:
Flickr keeps in touch with their fans with the Flickr Blog.
Harvard provides free blogs to Harvard, Radcliffe and Harvard Business School students
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NASA’s Ames Research Center uses WordPress to power their site.
Media publishers:
The New York Times publishes over 50 WordPress powered blogs.
WordPress powers CNN.com blogs like the CNN Political Ticker.
Fox News uses WordPress.com to host blogs including GretaWire.
Dow Jones uses WordPress to power their Wall Street Journal blogs and Allthingsd.com.
Reuters is the world’s largest news agency; they run a network of WordPress blogs.
The Financial Times uses WordPress to publish their Alphaville blog.
Rolling Stone Magazine brings you music news and gossip via the Rock and Roll Daily blog.
Big companies:
Yahoo’s corporate blog is called Yodel Anectodal and is powered by WordPress.
About.com, one of the biggest sites on the internet, runs their their guide pages on WordPress.
Download.com blogs, ZDNet blogs, and Help.com are all powered by WordPress.