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ICANN Names Göran Marby New CEO
February 9, 2016 @ 2:40 AMICANN has its sixth CEO in its 18-year history. Swedish telecoms regulator Göran Marby will take on the job in May, two months after incumbent Fadi Chehade leaves. Marby is currently director-general of the Swedish Post and Telecom Authority, which regulates telecommunications and the internet in Sweden. It’s a government job. He’s been in that…
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GodsOfEgypt.movie is The 1st New Domain in a Super Bowl Ad (GodsOfEgypt.com is Parked)
February 8, 2016 @ 11:16 AMDuring yesterday’s Super Bowl coverage, a trailer for the upcoming film Gods of Egypt aired that directed viewers to the domain name GodsOfEgypt.MOVIE. This was a first time that a New TLD domain name was used in a Super Bowl…
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ICANN Taps Göran Marby As New CEO
February 8, 2016 @ 9:13 AMICANN names new Chief Executive Officer to replace outgoing head Fadi Chehadé. ICANN announced this morning that it has hired Göran Marby as its new CEO. Marby is currently the Director-General of the Swedish Post and Telecom Authority. Prior to that, he co-founded security software company AppGate Network Security, where he served as CEO between…
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.club Sells 408 Premium Domain Names for $142,470
February 8, 2016 @ 8:53 AM.Club had another 6-figure month with $142,470.52 in premium name sales for January. While not as dramatic as November and December, the January sales were still over 13% higher than then record breaking October sales. January numbers include the 5…
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ICANN Board Resuscitates .hospital Top Level Domain Name
February 8, 2016 @ 6:49 AMObjection decision will be heard by new panel. ICANN’s board has approved a resolution that breathes new life into Donuts’ application to run the .hospital top level domain name. Back in 2013, an International Chamber of Commerce panel agreed with the Independent Objectors’ limited public interest objection to the .hospital top level domain name. It…
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.EU Domains Increase to 3.87 Million
February 8, 2016 @ 3:08 AMThe latest progress report from the .eu registry, EURid, is out and is showing that during Q4 2015, the number of .eu registrations increased by 7 937 domain names, a net increase of 0.2%, to 3.87 million. During the last…
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ICANN Cancels Panama Due to Zika Virus
February 5, 2016 @ 2:30 PMICANN has cancelled its upcoming meeting in Panama City, Panama, due to the Zika virus. ICANN hasn’t officially announced the move yet, but ICANN insiders and several community members are saying that the meeting venue is being changed to a currently undecided country. Zika is that virus you’ve probably been hearing about on the news…
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Market Recap 2/5/16: Domain Stocks Get Whacked
February 5, 2016 @ 2:25 PMMarket Recap 2/5/16 Godaddy (GDDY) had another rough day today, down close to 10%, the overall markets were down but nowhere near where Godaddy and some of their peers ended. Neustar (NSR) finished down more than Godaddy, falling 10.34% on the day. Robert W. Baird lowered their price target on the stock from $33.00 to…
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CentralNic Co-founder Retires From Board, Instra CEO Joins
February 5, 2016 @ 6:58 AMOne of the founders of CentralNic is stepping down for his board duties. Domain name registrar and new top level domain name registry CentralNic announced two changes to its board today. Executive Director Robert Pooke has retired from the Board of Directors. Pooke was one of the founders of CentralNic and has been involved in…
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Ted Cruz Slams Chehade Over Chinese "Conflict"
February 5, 2016 @ 2:36 AMUS presidential hopeful Ted Cruz has taken time out of his busy primaries schedule to lay into ICANN CEO Fadi Chehade over his new job on a Chinese policy panel. Cruz said in a letter to Chehade that China is known for its terrible track record on freedom of speech, and wondered aloud whether Chehade’s…
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