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Demand Media gains $1.2 million from new TLD “withdrawals”
Demand Media records seven figure gain from new TLD withdrawals. Demand Media recorded a gain of $1.2 million last quarter from withdrawals of its interest in new top level domain name applications. Here’s how it’s worded in the company&r...
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Demand Media gains $1.2 million from new TLD “withdrawals”
Demand Media records seven figure gain from new TLD withdrawals. Demand Media recorded a gain of $1.2 million last quarter from withdrawals of its interest in new top level domain name applications. Here’s how it’s worded in the company&r...
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August 12, 2013, 1:10 pm
Domain Name Wire
Scripps Networks loses second new TLD objection, this one for .diy
Scripps learns that DIY, like the word Food, is generic. Scripps Networks has lost its second legal rights objection against a top level domain name application, this time losing .diy. It previously lost an objection for .food. Scripps, which owns ho...
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Scripps Networks loses second new TLD objection, this one for .diy
Scripps learns that DIY, like the word Food, is generic. Scripps Networks has lost its second legal rights objection against a top level domain name application, this time losing .diy. It previously lost an objection for .food. Scripps, which owns ho...
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August 12, 2013, 12:49 pm
Domain Name Wire
How would you invest $5 million in the domain name business?
Where’s the greatest opportunity right now to invest $5 million in the domain name business? There are a lot of ways people make money in the domain name business. There are people who invest in domain names, people who own service providers (s...
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How would you invest $5 million in the domain name business?
Where’s the greatest opportunity right now to invest $5 million in the domain name business? There are a lot of ways people make money in the domain name business. There are people who invest in domain names, people who own service providers (s...
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August 12, 2013, 12:20 pm
Domain Name Wire
Former GoDaddy General Counsel to run for Arizona Governor
Jones jumps headfirst into politics with gubernatorial bid. Christine Jones, former General Counsel & Corporate Secretary for GoDaddy, announced that she will run for Governor of Arizona. Jones left the company last year after a decade in high pr...
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Former GoDaddy General Counsel to run for Arizona Governor
Jones jumps headfirst into politics with gubernatorial bid. Christine Jones, former General Counsel & Corporate Secretary for GoDaddy, announced that she will run for Governor of Arizona. Jones left the company last year after a decade in high pr...
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August 12, 2013, 10:34 am
Domain Name Wire
TLDH to participate in 4 private domain auctions
Company will challenge three competitors in private auctions. Top Level Domain Holdings announced today that it will participate in 4 private auctions to settle top level domain contention sets. The four auctions will resolve these contention sets: ....
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TLDH to participate in 4 private domain auctions
Company will challenge three competitors in private auctions. Top Level Domain Holdings announced today that it will participate in 4 private auctions to settle top level domain contention sets. The four auctions will resolve these contention sets: ....
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August 12, 2013, 9:19 am
Domain Name Wire
Demand Media successfully defends Motorola challenge for .moto
Google subsidiary loses legal rights objection over .moto. Motorola, now part of Google, has lost its legal rights objection against Demand Media subsidiary United TLD over the .moto top level domain. United TLD plans to offer the domain names for mo...
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Demand Media successfully defends Motorola challenge for .moto
Google subsidiary loses legal rights objection over .moto. Motorola, now part of Google, has lost its legal rights objection against Demand Media subsidiary United TLD over the .moto top level domain. United TLD plans to offer the domain names for mo...
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August 9, 2013, 5:20 pm
Domain Name Wire
A .pro domain name spotted in use in Austin
Audio visual company uses .pro to promote its business. Fellow Austinite and domain name investor Ramiro Canales must have done a double take when he was driving in traffic the other day. He sent me this photo: Yes, that is a .pro domain name on the ...
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A .pro domain name spotted in use in Austin
Audio visual company uses .pro to promote its business. Fellow Austinite and domain name investor Ramiro Canales must have done a double take when he was driving in traffic the other day. He sent me this photo: Yes, that is a .pro domain name on the ...
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August 9, 2013, 12:24 pm
Domain Name Wire
Verisign responds to NTIA: There’s a difference between “ability” and “advisability”
Verisign says it will agree to add lots of new TLDs to the root, but advises against it at this time. Verisign has responded to the U.S. National Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA)’s demand that Verisign verify it will a...
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Verisign responds to NTIA: There’s a difference between “ability” and “advisability”
Verisign says it will agree to add lots of new TLDs to the root, but advises against it at this time. Verisign has responded to the U.S. National Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA)’s demand that Verisign verify it will a...
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August 8, 2013, 9:47 pm
Domain Name Wire
Dish DBS ruled a top level domain cybersquatter
Dish’s .direct application tossed out; Donuts is sole applicant remaining for .direct top level domain name. It’s notable that the two applicants deemed to be attempting to cybersquat top level domain names thus far aren’t nefarious...
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Dish DBS ruled a top level domain cybersquatter
Dish’s .direct application tossed out; Donuts is sole applicant remaining for .direct top level domain name. It’s notable that the two applicants deemed to be attempting to cybersquat top level domain names thus far aren’t nefarious...
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August 8, 2013, 2:03 pm
Domain Name Wire
How applicants selected their new top level domains
Here’s how new TLD applicants decided which strings to apply for. Some new top level domain applicants picked one or two domains to apply for. Others applied for dozens. It would be interesting to be a fly on the wall when these companies debat...
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How applicants selected their new top level domains
Here’s how new TLD applicants decided which strings to apply for. Some new top level domain applicants picked one or two domains to apply for. Others applied for dozens. It would be interesting to be a fly on the wall when these companies debat...
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August 8, 2013, 11:42 am
