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ICANN has dismissed concerns from the Electronic Frontier Foundation about the recent acquisition of Donuts by Ethos Capital. Responding to a letter from EFF senior attorney Mitch Stoltz, ICANN chair Maarten Botterman said the deal had been thoroughly ...
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June 16, 2021 Kevin Murphy
abry, Domain Registries, eff, ethos
The Electronic Frontier Foundation thinks the acquisition of Donuts by “secretive” private equity group Ethos Capital represents a risk to free speech. The deal, which sees Ethos buy a controlling stake from fellow PE firm Abry Partners, cl...
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April 2, 2021 Kevin Murphy
abry, Domain Registries, eff, ethos
The two top executives at Ethos Capital are due to confront non-profits that want to stymie its $1.13 billion acquisition of Public Interest Registry on a public call tomorrow. The call has been put together by NTEN, a conference organizer that focuses...
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December 4, 2019 Kevin Murphy
abry, Domain Registries, eff, ethos, isoc, nten, price caps
The renewal of Public Interest Registry’s .org contract and its subsequent acquisition by Ethos Capital is the gift that keeps on giving in terms of newsworthy developments, so I thought I’d bundle up the most important into a single articl...
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November 26, 2019 Kevin Murphy
abry, Domain Registries, eff, ethos, isoc, Namecheap, price caps
Donuts alumnus Jon Nevett has been named the new CEO of Public Interest Registry. Non-profit PIR, which runs .org and related gTLDs, said he will start in the role December 17. Nevett was most recently executive VP at Donuts, the new gTLD registry he c...
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December 6, 2018 Kevin Murphy
abry, Domain Registries