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US not happy with Donuts hiring Atallah

The US government appears to have reservations about Donuts’ recent hiring of ICANN bigwig Akram Atallah as its new CEO. Speaking at a session of ICANN 63 here in Barcelona today, National Telecommunications and Information Administration head Da...

October 22, 2018 Kevin Murphy Domain Policy, icann 63, NTIA

Co-founder Nevett leaves Donuts

Donuts executive vice president of corporate affairs Jon Nevett has left the company, Donuts said yesterday. He’s the last of the four co-founders of the new gTLD portfolio owner to step aside from their original roles over the last couple of yea...

October 18, 2018 Kevin Murphy Domain Registries

Jon Nevett leaves Donuts

Nevett completes co-founder exodus from Donuts. Jon Nevett, one of four co-founders of top level domain name Donuts, has stepped down. He was the last remaining founder in a full-time role at the company. He will remain an advisor to the company. Nevett ran policy for the company and helped it navigate the new top […]

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October 17, 2018 Andrew Allemann Jon Nevett, Policy & Law

Donuts loses to ICANN in $135 million .web auction appeal

Donuts has lost a legal appeal against ICANN in its fight to prevent Verisign running the .web gTLD. A California court ruled yesterday that a lower court was correct when it ruled almost two years ago that Donuts had signed away its right to sue ICANN...

October 16, 2018 Kevin Murphy cep, Domain Registries, irp, last resort, ndc, nu dot co, ruby glen

CentralNic buys .fans for peanuts

CentralNic has acquired the flailing new gTLD .fans for an undisclosed sum. The value of the deal was low enough that publicly traded CentralNic was not obliged to disclose the purchase to the market, CEO Ben Crawford confirmed. The ICANN contract seem...

October 8, 2018 Kevin Murphy Domain Registries

#Domains and coffee : Arby’s acquires Donuts

Mega morning menu makers, Arby’s, is acquiring Donuts, the domain name and gTLD company. According to Paul Stahura of Donuts, Inc., who shared the news on Facebook, the merger “slash” acquisition “slash” personnel thinning...

September 5, 2018 DomainGang Arby's, Parody news, Paul Stahura

Donuts gets bought by former ICANN CEO’s firm

Donuts is to be bought by a private equity firm that has a former ICANN CEO as a partner. The company, which holds the largest portfolio of new gTLDs, has agreed to be acquired by Boston-based private equity firm Abry Partners for an undisclosed sum. N...

September 5, 2018 Kevin Murphy abry partners, Domain Registries

Breaking: Domain name company Donuts Inc. acquired by private equity firm Abry Partners

PE snaps up company that manages nearly 240 top level domain names. Abry Partners, a private equity firm that has completed $77 billion in transactions since it was founded in 1989, is acquiring new top level domain name company Donuts, Inc. Terms of the deal and the expected closing date were not disclosed. Donuts operates […]

September 5, 2018 Andrew Allemann abry partners, new top level domains, topstory

Donuts confirms six-figure .news buyer used a fake name

Mike Texas is in fact noted conspiracy theorist Mike Adams. New gTLD registry Donuts confirmed with DI over the weekend that the buyer of six figures worth of “platinum” .news domain names used a fake name. The company last week said that a...

July 16, 2018 Kevin Murphy Domain Registries, fake news, natural news, webseed

Donuts buys back .fan, ignores plural .fans

Donuts has purchased the unlaunched new gTLD .fan from its struggling owner, just three years after selling it. The company said today that .fan will become its 241st TLD in its portfolio, having inked a deal with Asiamix Digital. Asiamix also runs the...

June 18, 2018 Kevin Murphy Domain Registries

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