Burr joins PIR after leaving ICANN board75 Community lifer Becky Burr has joined Public Interest Registry as senior policy advisor, the company announced today. Burr, who at the ...
Refunds galore as gTLD losers finally bow out115 There’s been a wave of withdrawals of new gTLD applications over the last couple of months after ICANN gave 15 companies their fi...
.goo terminated as search engine closes down85 The .goo gTLD is among a pair of dot-brand gTLDs to recently self-terminate. goo was a 1990s-style search portal focused on the Japanes...
Salesforce to apply for a dot-brand162 Salesforce has become the most significant company to date to announce it plans to apply to ICANN for a new gTLD. Specifically, the com...
Team Internet looking to break up187 The return of CentralNic? Team Internet this week announced that it is seeking to break up the company, selling off its various divisio...
Noss to leave Tucows corner office166 Tucows CEO Elliot Noss has stepped down after over a quarter century in the role. He will be replaced by David Woroch, currently CEO of...
Rubens Kühl has died170 Rubens Kühl, a mainstay of the ICANN community and prolific commentator on the domain name industry, has died tragically young. Accordi...
.io sales almost double over three years156 The .io ccTLD continues to be a cash cow, with sales up 6.70% in 2024, according to the registry’s latest financial filing. The c...