ICANN’s much-anticipated new gTLD Reveal Day is tomorrow, October 7, but it’s going to be a much more subdued affair than the 2012 round. In 2012, there was a live, in-person event at a swanky hotel in London, led by
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.bank registry looking for new boss
By Kevin Murphy
fTLD Registry Services, which runs .bank and .insurance as restricted gTLDs for the financial services industry, is looking for a new president and CEO. Craig Schwartz, a one-time ICANNer who has been leading the company for 16 years, said on…
Junk drop hits .my domains hard
By Kevin Murphy
.my domains slumped hard in September, apparently as a result of a junk drop a year after a largely successful promotion. Local registry MYNIC is reporting 693,122 .my domains at the end of the month, down from 826,384 at the…
As GoDaddy loses .us to Identity Digital, some domains may be at risk
By Kevin Murphy
Identity Digital will replace rival GoDaddy Registry as manager of the .us ccTLD, but new contractual terms could put some registrants — and potentially even registrars — at risk. The US National Telecommunications and Information Administration last week said it…
“Time to lawyer up…” Anger grows over Verisign’s .name bloodbath
By Kevin Murphy
When Verisign said it wanted to unilaterally delete 22,000 .name domains from its registry, it assured ICANN that most of them were not in use and seizing them would not cause any security concerns. But “most” is not “all”, and…
stupid.domain.name owner fights Verisign turn-off
By Kevin Murphy
The registrant of the domain name stupid.domain.name has become the second person to formally complain to ICANN about Verisign’s plan to delete his domain. Patrik Fältström has filed a Request for Reconsideration, asking ICANN to reverse its decision to allow…
Unliked — Chinese gTLD calls it quits
By Kevin Murphy
Chinese technology giant Qihoo 360 is abandoning one of its portfolio of gTLDs, a Latinized version of the Chinese word for “to like”. The company has asked ICANN to terminate its registry contract for .xihuan, which never launched despite being…
.phone domain gets launch dates
By Kevin Murphy
The rush to get long-dormant gTLDs on to the market before the 2026 cohort starts to come online continues apace, with Dish Registry announcing launch plans for .phone. The company intends to run its mandatory sunrise period from October 6…
Domainer AI slop crackdown on the cards in Oz
By Kevin Murphy
Startling rule changes have been proposed for Australia’s .au domain, potentially making it much tougher and more expensive to register names to monetize or resell. If implemented, the proposed new rule “effectively limits a registrant to registering a domain name…
Team Internet still expects over $160 million for domains business
By Kevin Murphy
Team Internet is continuing talks to sell off its domain name business and seems confident it could close a deal worth $160 million or more before the end of the year. The company has been talking all year about disposing…