domain | domainincite.com |
summary | **Summary:**
- **Private Whois Requests & Tucows:** Private Whois requests hit a low following Tucows' exit from RDS. Zoom alleges GoDaddy took down its service for hours. - **ICANN & ccTLDs:** ICANN considers Soviet Union's (.su) retirement, Google argues against country-code TLDs (ccTLDs), and Facebook criticizes ICANN's practices. - **ICANN Finances & Staffing:** - ICANN spends $365K annually on coffee and alcohol. - Regulator goes after a suicide site even Epik banned, despite .ai seeing high sales. - Pru trims its dot-brand portfolio; UK's Nigel Hickson passes away; Knock Knock Registry ordered to rename. - **gTLDs & Registries:** - WordPress buys Canadian domain registry, swaps CentralNic for CIRA. - ICANN salary revelations; .co sale worth $77M up for grabs after profit warning. - Sales and profits dip at Team Internet; four deadbeat registrars terminated. - **New gTLDs & Applications:** - No timeline to retire Soviet Union from DNS; ICANN plans to kill off 60-day domain transfer lock. - Lancaster bags up its dot-brand; Google prepares next batch of gTLD launches. - Nova announces $45M in new gTLD applications, Registry makes .ai available for Koreans. - **ICANN Board & Policy:** - Amazon lawyer DiBiase elected to ICANN board; NomCom confirms rejected Americans from ICANN board. - ICANN turns to AI and crowdsourcing for new gTLD program; registrar terminates after ignoring Whois transition. - **Domain Industry News:** - Trump inclined to back deal threatening .io; China adds 1.2 million domains as .com shrinks. - Second new gTLD contention set revealed, UK introduces global domain takedown law. - More gloom predicted for .com, PIR joins GlobalBlock but its crown jewel won't follow. - **ICANN & Domain Industry Trends:** - Whois officially died today; typo left MasterCard open to hackers for years. - ICANN eyes more price hikes amidst industry dismal year prediction; defensive dot-brands renewing, making millions for ICANN. - New gTLD Next Round happening as two ICANN programs go live; Verisign thankful for .com contract renewal. |
title | Domain Incite - Domain Name Industry News, Analysis & Opinion |
description | Domain Name Industry News, Analysis & Opinion |
keywords | domain, have, policy, domains, murphy, registry, over, community, meetings, year, million, april, comment, years, more, brand, there |
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realtimeregister.com, twitter.com, 101domain.com, domaining.com, ofcom.org.uk, sched.com, domainnamewire.com |
nslookup | A 92.204.218.48 |
created | 2025-04-11 |
updated | 2025-04-18 |
summarized | 2025-04-18 |
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