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Domain Name Wire
NBA, MLB, and NFL apply for top level domains
Are you ready for .baseball? The United States’ three biggest professional sports leagues have applied to ICANN to run their own top level domains. As I predicted, Major League Baseball applied for .MLB. It also applied for .baseball. It will f...
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NBA, MLB, and NFL apply for top level domains
Are you ready for .baseball? The United States’ three biggest professional sports leagues have applied to ICANN to run their own top level domains. As I predicted, Major League Baseball applied for .MLB. It also applied for .baseball. It will f...
Discussion
June 13, 2012, 11:38 am

The Domains
Domain Industry Veteran Jay Westerdal Who Started DomainTools.com Applies For 11 New gTLD’s
Domain industry veteran Jay Westerdal who started DomainTools.com, appears to have applied for 11 new gTLD’s under a couple of company’s Fegistry, LLC, and Top Level Spectrum, Inc. Here are the extensions that Jay applied for: ...
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Domain Industry Veteran Jay Westerdal Who Started DomainTools.com Applies For 11 New gTLD’s
Domain industry veteran Jay Westerdal who started DomainTools.com, appears to have applied for 11 new gTLD’s under a couple of company’s Fegistry, LLC, and Top Level Spectrum, Inc. Here are the extensions that Jay applied for: ...
Discussion
June 13, 2012, 11:23 am

IDN Blog
.COM Has Been Translated Into Several Languages
Verisign has applied for the following transliterations of .COM: คอม / xn--42c2d9a, Transliteration of dot com (Thai) コム / xn--tckwe, Transliteration of dot com (Japanese) קוֹם / xn--hdb9cza1b, Transliteration of dot com (Hebrew) كوم...
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.COM Has Been Translated Into Several Languages
Verisign has applied for the following transliterations of .COM: คอม / xn--42c2d9a, Transliteration of dot com (Thai) コム / xn--tckwe, Transliteration of dot com (Japanese) קוֹם / xn--hdb9cza1b, Transliteration of dot com (Hebrew) كوم...
Discussion
June 13, 2012, 11:16 am

Domain Name News
Only 4 US cities applied for as new gTLDs: .NYC, .VEGAS., .MIAMI and .BOSTON
Surprisingly, only 4 USA cities may become available as their own top-level domains. Dot Boston has been applied for by The Boston Globe Newspaper Company Inc. City of New York wants .NYC. Top Level Domain Holdings applied for .MIAMI, assuming on beh...
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Only 4 US cities applied for as new gTLDs: .NYC, .VEGAS., .MIAMI and .BOSTON
Surprisingly, only 4 USA cities may become available as their own top-level domains. Dot Boston has been applied for by The Boston Globe Newspaper Company Inc. City of New York wants .NYC. Top Level Domain Holdings applied for .MIAMI, assuming on beh...
Discussion
June 13, 2012, 11:11 am

Domain Name Wire
Peter Dengate Thrush’s reaction to today’s top level domain reveals
Former ICANN chairman notes some surprises today, but says he’s still digesting all of the data. Peter Dengate Thrush was chairman of ICANN’s board when it finally approved the new top level domain plan. Now he’s with Top Level Doma...
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Peter Dengate Thrush’s reaction to today’s top level domain reveals
Former ICANN chairman notes some surprises today, but says he’s still digesting all of the data. Peter Dengate Thrush was chairman of ICANN’s board when it finally approved the new top level domain plan. Now he’s with Top Level Doma...
Discussion
June 13, 2012, 11:10 am

Domain Name News
Vistaprint submits two applications for .WEBS as a new gTLD, one as a community application
Vistaprint submitted four applications in ICANN’s new gTLD process as revealed today: VISTA Vistaprint Limited VISTAPRINT Vistaprint Limited WEBS Vistaprint Limited WEBS Vistaprint Limited The interesting part about their applications is that t...
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Vistaprint submits two applications for .WEBS as a new gTLD, one as a community application
Vistaprint submitted four applications in ICANN’s new gTLD process as revealed today: VISTA Vistaprint Limited VISTAPRINT Vistaprint Limited WEBS Vistaprint Limited WEBS Vistaprint Limited The interesting part about their applications is that t...
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June 13, 2012, 10:59 am

The Domains
.WOW: Demand Media, Google & Amazon All Fighting Over This New gTLD
In what maybe a very interesting auction if it comes to that, three public company’s have made application for .Wow Google, Amazon and Demand Media all applied for .Wow. They are the only three applicants for that particular TLD. …
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.WOW: Demand Media, Google & Amazon All Fighting Over This New gTLD
In what maybe a very interesting auction if it comes to that, three public company’s have made application for .Wow Google, Amazon and Demand Media all applied for .Wow. They are the only three applicants for that particular TLD. …
Discussion
June 13, 2012, 10:45 am

Domain Name News
CSC working on 91 .brand and .company new top-level domains; .CADILLAC, .FERRARI, etc.
Corporation Service Company (CSC) has emerged as one of the largest new gTLD service providers in the corporate realm, submitting applications on behalf of many of the biggest brands and companies in the world. The company’s clients include, Be...
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CSC working on 91 .brand and .company new top-level domains; .CADILLAC, .FERRARI, etc.
Corporation Service Company (CSC) has emerged as one of the largest new gTLD service providers in the corporate realm, submitting applications on behalf of many of the biggest brands and companies in the world. The company’s clients include, Be...
Discussion
June 13, 2012, 10:34 am

Domain Name News
Registry Operator Afilias applies for 30 new gTLDs
Here are the 30 new gTLDs Afilias Limited of Ireland submitted applications for, including two IDNs. Five of the applications appear to be submitted under separate companies numbered “Afilias Domains No. [1-5] Limited”: BLOG MAIL WEB DESI...
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Registry Operator Afilias applies for 30 new gTLDs
Here are the 30 new gTLDs Afilias Limited of Ireland submitted applications for, including two IDNs. Five of the applications appear to be submitted under separate companies numbered “Afilias Domains No. [1-5] Limited”: BLOG MAIL WEB DESI...
Discussion
June 13, 2012, 10:33 am

The Domains
Famous Four Media Applies For 61 Generic TLD’s; .Poker; .Bet; .Bingo; .Casino; .Win
A company based in Gibraltar that you probably never heard of, Famous Four Media has turned out to be one of the largest applicants of generic TLD’s. and actually I think my personal favorite list of new gTLD’s. Here is the info abo...
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Famous Four Media Applies For 61 Generic TLD’s; .Poker; .Bet; .Bingo; .Casino; .Win
A company based in Gibraltar that you probably never heard of, Famous Four Media has turned out to be one of the largest applicants of generic TLD’s. and actually I think my personal favorite list of new gTLD’s. Here is the info abo...
Discussion
June 13, 2012, 10:19 am