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The Domains
Business Week Covers Lawley & ICM, Operator of .XXX & Applicant For .Sex & .Porn: “The New Republic of Porn”
BusinessWeek.com just published a cover piece on the ICM registry operator of .XXX and the applicant for the new gTLD’s or .Porn, .Sex, .Adult and its CEO Mr. Stuart Lawley. The story is entitled “The New Republic of Porn”. Its a lo...
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Business Week Covers Lawley & ICM, Operator of .XXX & Applicant For .Sex & .Porn: “The New Republic of Porn”
BusinessWeek.com just published a cover piece on the ICM registry operator of .XXX and the applicant for the new gTLD’s or .Porn, .Sex, .Adult and its CEO Mr. Stuart Lawley. The story is entitled “The New Republic of Porn”. Its a lo...
Discussion
June 22, 2012, 7:30 am
Domain Shane
Friday’s Big List of Names at Auction or Dropping Around the Net 6-22-12
Headed out this weekend to do a short tri called The Bigfoot Tri at Lake Geneva Wisconsin. Going with two friends (of course both doctors) and we going like pros. Have the RV as a home base and parked real close to the finish. It’s ...
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Friday’s Big List of Names at Auction or Dropping Around the Net 6-22-12
Headed out this weekend to do a short tri called The Bigfoot Tri at Lake Geneva Wisconsin. Going with two friends (of course both doctors) and we going like pros. Have the RV as a home base and parked real close to the finish. It’s ...
Discussion
June 22, 2012, 6:28 am
DomainSherpa
Domain Name News: June 22 Week in Review
The Week of Domaining In Review: June 22, 2012.The latest domain name news, hand-picked for you.Religious Groups Bid for New..., Online Land Grab: Groups Taking..., Verisign Working to Fix Hebrew..., Sorry, But This Round of..., Codecademy Beats Code...
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Domain Name News: June 22 Week in Review
The Week of Domaining In Review: June 22, 2012.The latest domain name news, hand-picked for you.Religious Groups Bid for New..., Online Land Grab: Groups Taking..., Verisign Working to Fix Hebrew..., Sorry, But This Round of..., Codecademy Beats Code...
Discussion
June 22, 2012, 3:05 am
Domain Name News
ICANN’s new gTLD Program Director Resigns
As announced by ICANN today, the new gTLD Program Director Michael Salazar has resigned. Kurt Pritz has been appointed to take on direct oversight of the entire New Generic Top-level Domain Program in an interim capacity. He will assume the responsib...
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ICANN’s new gTLD Program Director Resigns
As announced by ICANN today, the new gTLD Program Director Michael Salazar has resigned. Kurt Pritz has been appointed to take on direct oversight of the entire New Generic Top-level Domain Program in an interim capacity. He will assume the responsib...
Discussion
June 22, 2012, 12:09 am
The Domains
iMeeting.com Sells For $15K On NameJet.com; MDLI.com For $9,600 + 16 Three Letter .Com’s
The domain name iMeeting.com sold on NameJet.com today for $15,166 There were 194 bidders in the auction and 5 that were willing to pay $5K or more. The domain name MDLI.com wasn’t far behind selling for $9,605. There were a bunch of three lett...
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iMeeting.com Sells For $15K On NameJet.com; MDLI.com For $9,600 + 16 Three Letter .Com’s
The domain name iMeeting.com sold on NameJet.com today for $15,166 There were 194 bidders in the auction and 5 that were willing to pay $5K or more. The domain name MDLI.com wasn’t far behind selling for $9,605. There were a bunch of three lett...
Discussion
June 21, 2012, 8:30 pm
The Domains
ICANN: Kurt Pritz Appointed to Take On Direct Oversight of the Entire new gTLD Program
ICANN just announced that “Kurt Pritz has been appointed to take on direct oversight of the entire New gTLD program in an interim capacity”. “He will assume the responsibilities of New gTLD Program Director Michael Salazar, who has ...
Discussion
ICANN: Kurt Pritz Appointed to Take On Direct Oversight of the Entire new gTLD Program
ICANN just announced that “Kurt Pritz has been appointed to take on direct oversight of the entire New gTLD program in an interim capacity”. “He will assume the responsibilities of New gTLD Program Director Michael Salazar, who has ...
Discussion
June 21, 2012, 8:20 pm
The Domains
Paul Sloan Writes For Cnet On Amazon New gTLD Applications: “We Want To Own Them All”
Paul Sloan just wrote a piece for Cnet.com about Amazon’s 76 new gTLD applications of which all Amazon plans to run as a closed registries, meaning that no one will be able to register any domain names under any string other than Amazon t...
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Paul Sloan Writes For Cnet On Amazon New gTLD Applications: “We Want To Own Them All”
Paul Sloan just wrote a piece for Cnet.com about Amazon’s 76 new gTLD applications of which all Amazon plans to run as a closed registries, meaning that no one will be able to register any domain names under any string other than Amazon t...
Discussion
June 21, 2012, 6:47 pm
Elliot's Blog
.Org Prices to Increase on July 1
Public Interest Registry (PIR), the domain registry that manages .org domain names, will be raising the wholesale prices for .org domain names on July 1st, 2012. Most domain registrars typically follow suit, and the amount of the price increase gener...
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.Org Prices to Increase on July 1
Public Interest Registry (PIR), the domain registry that manages .org domain names, will be raising the wholesale prices for .org domain names on July 1st, 2012. Most domain registrars typically follow suit, and the amount of the price increase gener...
Discussion
June 21, 2012, 6:45 pm
The Domains
Another Generic, The Spanish Word For Coast; Costa.com Gets Hit With A UDRP
Someone just filed a UDRP against the domain name Costa.com Costa is Spanish for the English word Coast. The domain name belongs to Electric Online, Inc. The domain goes to a parking page where results are showing for Costa Cruise Lines. Costa Cruise...
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Another Generic, The Spanish Word For Coast; Costa.com Gets Hit With A UDRP
Someone just filed a UDRP against the domain name Costa.com Costa is Spanish for the English word Coast. The domain name belongs to Electric Online, Inc. The domain goes to a parking page where results are showing for Costa Cruise Lines. Costa Cruise...
Discussion
June 21, 2012, 6:23 pm
The Domains
Afternic.com Adds China’s Largest Registrar HiChina To Its DLS Network
Afternic.com announced today that China’s largest registrar, HiChina will join the Afternic DLS Reseller Network, listing Afternic’s premium domains for sale on its website, www.net.cn. “This will add millions of high-quality premiu...
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Afternic.com Adds China’s Largest Registrar HiChina To Its DLS Network
Afternic.com announced today that China’s largest registrar, HiChina will join the Afternic DLS Reseller Network, listing Afternic’s premium domains for sale on its website, www.net.cn. “This will add millions of high-quality premiu...
Discussion
June 21, 2012, 5:48 pm
