It appears the McCourt Group purchased the two letter domain name MG.com in August 2012. The current registered owner of the domain name is Peter Wilhelm of the McCourt Group. One of the principals of the McCourt Group appears to be Frank McCourt who sold the Los Angeles Dodgers for $2.1 Billion dollars to Magic Johnson's group, Guggenheim Baseball Management in April of 2012. Frank … [Read more...]
Archives for January 2013
Moniker.com & SnapNames.com Are Down
Both Moniker.com and SnapNames.com are down and have been down for a while. I tried accessing SnapNames.com at different times throughout the day. I did get to the front page of Snapnames.com once, earlier today and the front of the site said that some users were reporting having trouble accessing the site and that all auctions that were closing today would be extended to tomorrow. I do … [Read more...]
Kevin.Murphy Looks Like A New gTLD Brand
I was at an opening of a hair salon the other night and saw a bunch of new products that look to be branded like new gTLD's. All of the products carried the name of Kevin.Murphy. Of course inside the domain world Kevin Murphy is the publisher of the blog over at Domainincite.com whom I immediately thought of when I saw that these products that were titled in a very new gTLD type of … [Read more...]
Twitter Goes With A .CO For New Mobile Video Creation Service: Vine.Co
The Tech World has been reporting on Twitter's new mobile video creation service, Vine. The service, allows users to create and share looping videos. "Like Tweets, the brevity of videos on Vine (6 seconds or less) inspires creativity," the company said in an official blog post. "Now that you can easily capture motion and sound, we look forward to seeing what you create." Vine.Co has had a … [Read more...]
Blacknight Asks ICANN Whether They Will Allow Non-TM Generic TLDs To Be Closed
Blacknight an ICANN accredited registrar, sent a second letter to ICANN urging the organization to formally clarify its position on Generic Key Word TLDs. Blacknight and fellow signatories of the letter seek clarification on non-trade marked generic key word TLDs, specifically whether ICANN will allow them to be operated in a “closed” manner. The most recent version of the … [Read more...]
GameTruck.com Just Bought in 2012 For A “Significant Sum” Saved In UDRP
Game Truck Licensing, LLC, of Tempe, Arizona, just lost a UDRP on the domain name GameTruck.com in a decision handed down by the WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center (WIPO) The decision is interesting because although the domain name was originally registered before the complaintant's trademark was applied for, the domain holder just bought the domain name through DomainAdvisors.com in 2012, … [Read more...]
The Age old Question Is Answered: Sin.net Sells For More Than PointSpreads.com
For thousands of years people have argued about things like, Sin and gambling? Now at least in domain name terms we have an answer, not as to which is worse, but to which is more valuable. The domain name Sin.net just sold on Namejet.com for $16,587 The domain name PointSpreads.com got purchased for a mere $12,877. Here are a few other notable sales from NameJet.com: Owl.net just … [Read more...]