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When ICANN’s board of directors voted in late October to let Amazon have its controversial .amazon gTLD, it was not entirely clear what governments in the Amazon region of South America thought about it. Now, it is: they’re pissed. The gove...
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December 4, 2018 Kevin Murphy
acto, Domain Policy, dot-brands, gac, reconsideration
Two more new gTLDs have changed hands, DI has learned. XYZ.com has picked up former dot-brand .monster from recruitment web site Monster.com, while newbie registry Intercap Holdings has acquired .dealer from Dealer.com. Both ICANN contracts were reassi...
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November 14, 2018 Kevin Murphy
.dealer, Domain Registries, dot-brands, ich, intercap, Intercap Holdings
Telecity Group, which used to be a major London-based internet collocation facilities operator, has told ICANN it no longer wishes to run its dot-brand gTLD. .telecity will become the 38th dot-brand gTLD to terminate its registry agreement. The company...
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August 15, 2018 Kevin Murphy
.telecity, Domain Registries, dot-brands, equinix, telecity group
American insurance giant Allstate has dumped one of its two dot-brand gTLDs. The company, which had $38.5 billion revenue in 2017, has told ICANN it no longer wishes to run .goodhands, which is a partial match to its long-time “Are you in good ha...
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August 9, 2018 Kevin Murphy
.goodhands, Allstate, Domain Registries, dot-brands
It seems China’s Draconian licensing program for TLD registries is not limited to foreigners. Chinese internet giant Baidu on Friday became the latest new gTLD registry operator to get the nod to run a TLD by the Ministry of Industry and Informat...
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July 24, 2018 Kevin Murphy
baidu, Domain Registries, dot-brands, miit
Four more dot-brand gTLDs are to disappear after their operators decided they don’t want them any more. These are the latest victims of the voluntary cull: High-priced bling-maker Richemont, an enthusiastic new gTLD early adopter, is dumping .pan...
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July 10, 2018 Kevin Murphy
.flc, .panerai, .vista, Domain Registries, dot-brands, equinor, richemont, Statoil, vistaprint
Neustar has been collecting and presenting an array of global brands that utilize their own top level domains. As a premium sponsor of DomainGang.com, Neustar provided an update to their current dot brand collection. Additions include Sony, Audi, BMW, ...
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March 25, 2018 DomainGang
dot-brands, global brands showcase
Two companies have told ICANN they no longer wish to operate some of their dot-brand gTLDs. First, Sony has decided to junk its .xperia TLD. Xperia is a brand of mobile phones the company sells. The matching gTLD, which entered the DNS root mid-2015, o...
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March 21, 2018 Kevin Murphy
.meo, .sapo, Domain Registries, dot-brands
South American governments are discussing whether to reverse their collective objection to Amazon’s .amazon gTLD bid. A meeting of the Governmental Advisory Committee at ICANN 61 in Puerto Rico yesterday heard that an analysis of Amazon’s p...
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March 11, 2018 Kevin Murphy
Domain Policy, dot-brands, gac, icann 61, Puerto Rico
Neustar has moved its headquarters to Home.Neustar, and the company’s individual services can now be found on several dedicated .Neustar domain names. This effective domain rebranding move is a natural evolution for Neustar, provider of informati...
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December 4, 2017 DomainGang
domain rebranding, dot .neustar, dot-brands, home.neustar