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The Domains
2 Day Mark Up Session Ends: SOPA Done For This Year
The House Judiciary Committee Markup of SOPA, the Stop Online Piracy Act just ended. The House Judiciary Committee halted its contentious markup of the Sat approximately 1:30 pm this afternoon. The hearing started yesterday around 10 am with a ...
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2 Day Mark Up Session Ends: SOPA Done For This Year
The House Judiciary Committee Markup of SOPA, the Stop Online Piracy Act just ended. The House Judiciary Committee halted its contentious markup of the Sat approximately 1:30 pm this afternoon. The hearing started yesterday around 10 am with a ...
Discussion
December 16, 2011, 2:43 pm
Domain Name Wire
Done deal: KKR, Silver Lake & TCV now part owners of Go Daddy
Largest domain name registrar gets big financial backing. GoDaddy is now (partly) private-equity owned. The company finally closed on its investment from KKR, Silver Lake and Technology Crossover Ventures today. Bob Parsons remains the single largest...
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Done deal: KKR, Silver Lake & TCV now part owners of Go Daddy
Largest domain name registrar gets big financial backing. GoDaddy is now (partly) private-equity owned. The company finally closed on its investment from KKR, Silver Lake and Technology Crossover Ventures today. Bob Parsons remains the single largest...
Discussion
December 16, 2011, 2:01 pm
Domain Shane
Here’s What Advertising Worked for Me This Year in My Brick and Mortar Marketing
It’s one of the toughest things you do when you have a retail business. Deciding where to spend your advertising dollars. You can throw tens of thousands of dollars at many different outlets all while not truly knowing which outlet ...
Discussion
Here’s What Advertising Worked for Me This Year in My Brick and Mortar Marketing
It’s one of the toughest things you do when you have a retail business. Deciding where to spend your advertising dollars. You can throw tens of thousands of dollars at many different outlets all while not truly knowing which outlet ...
Discussion
December 16, 2011, 12:55 pm
Domain Shane
It’s Official: Godaddy’s Partnership with KKR is Complete, Warren Adelman New CEO
News just came out that the partnership between Godaddy and KKR is a done deal with all the employees and people owning options getting their money today. Bob Parsons had very kind words for those that stuck with the company. He stated &l...
Discussion
It’s Official: Godaddy’s Partnership with KKR is Complete, Warren Adelman New CEO
News just came out that the partnership between Godaddy and KKR is a done deal with all the employees and people owning options getting their money today. Bob Parsons had very kind words for those that stuck with the company. He stated &l...
Discussion
December 16, 2011, 12:27 pm
Domain Name Wire
Manwin reminds affiliates not to register its trademarks in .xxx
Manwin changes terms of service of affiliate program. Manwin isn’t going to protect its trademarks in .xxx by paying anything to ICM Registry, so it’s asking its affiliates not to register them, either. A Domain Name Wire reader sent me a...
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Manwin reminds affiliates not to register its trademarks in .xxx
Manwin changes terms of service of affiliate program. Manwin isn’t going to protect its trademarks in .xxx by paying anything to ICM Registry, so it’s asking its affiliates not to register them, either. A Domain Name Wire reader sent me a...
Discussion
December 16, 2011, 11:49 am
Domain Name Wire
Tucows resumes stock buybacks, up to 12.2% of outstanding shares
Company offers to buy up to 6.5 million shares of its stock. Tucows, which owns the world’s third largest domain name registrar, announced a Dutch auction tender offer to repurchase up to 6,500,000 shares of its common stock. That’s up to...
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Tucows resumes stock buybacks, up to 12.2% of outstanding shares
Company offers to buy up to 6.5 million shares of its stock. Tucows, which owns the world’s third largest domain name registrar, announced a Dutch auction tender offer to repurchase up to 6,500,000 shares of its common stock. That’s up to...
Discussion
December 16, 2011, 11:31 am
Elliot's Blog
Bad Inquiry: I Am a Domain Buyer, Not an End User
I want to share a piece of domain buying advice with you based on an inquiry I received on one of my domain names from the Voodoo.com sales form. In the field asking for an offer, the person replied (with spelling and punctuation corrected): “H...
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Bad Inquiry: I Am a Domain Buyer, Not an End User
I want to share a piece of domain buying advice with you based on an inquiry I received on one of my domain names from the Voodoo.com sales form. In the field asking for an offer, the person replied (with spelling and punctuation corrected): “H...
Discussion
December 16, 2011, 11:13 am
Domain Shane
Comedian Louis C.K. Innovates The Way Media Is Sold Online
Louis C.K. is funny. Scratch that. Louis C.K. is f-ing hilarious. If you’ve never seen Louis C.K.’s stand-up comedy, I highly recommend it…and because of his new online experiment, he’s making it easier than ever to see him, ...
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Comedian Louis C.K. Innovates The Way Media Is Sold Online
Louis C.K. is funny. Scratch that. Louis C.K. is f-ing hilarious. If you’ve never seen Louis C.K.’s stand-up comedy, I highly recommend it…and because of his new online experiment, he’s making it easier than ever to see him, ...
Discussion
December 16, 2011, 10:11 am
DomainSherpa
Domain Name News: December 16 Week in Review
The Week of Domaining In Review: December 16, 2011.The latest domain name news, hand-picked for you.ICM Opens Can of Worms..., Ahead of The Bell: House..., Texas Tech Buys Up Dot-xxx..., San Diego Institutions Acquire Domain..., Paychecks, .xxx, and ...
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Domain Name News: December 16 Week in Review
The Week of Domaining In Review: December 16, 2011.The latest domain name news, hand-picked for you.ICM Opens Can of Worms..., Ahead of The Bell: House..., Texas Tech Buys Up Dot-xxx..., San Diego Institutions Acquire Domain..., Paychecks, .xxx, and ...
Discussion
December 16, 2011, 3:05 am
Domain Shane
Friday’s Big List of Domains At Auction or Dropping Around the Net 12/16/11
4.cn is about to put some Big Boy numbers on the weekly sales list. That is , if they were listed on the sales list. 48.com is up and it’s already reached $189,000 and fufu.com is at $25,000. They aren’t at reserve yet b...
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Friday’s Big List of Domains At Auction or Dropping Around the Net 12/16/11
4.cn is about to put some Big Boy numbers on the weekly sales list. That is , if they were listed on the sales list. 48.com is up and it’s already reached $189,000 and fufu.com is at $25,000. They aren’t at reserve yet b...
Discussion
December 16, 2011, 2:49 am
