Demand Media(DMD) today announced that its board of directors has authorized a plan to explore separating its business into two independent, publicly-traded companies: A pure-play media company with a powerful outsourced content…
Category: New gTLD’s
GM Withdraws Two More new gTLD Applications: .Cadillac & .Chevrolet
After withdrawing its application for .GMC, General Motors has withdrawn 2 more of its new gTLD applications with ICANN. GM has withdrawn its applications for .Cadillac & .Chevrolet which become the 16th…
.GMC Becomes 15th New gTLD Application To Be Withdrawn: General Motors
Add General Motors to the list of companies that have withdrawn their application for a New gTLD with ICANN as .GMC has becomes the 15th withdrawn New gTLD application. The application which…
Forbes Calls New gTLD’s “Rich New Territories For Cybersquatters” & Why Forbes IS Wrong
Forbes just published a story entitled “Cybersquatters Get Rich New Territories With Generic Domains” The Forbes Article of course chats about Donuts which Forbes says “raised $100 million to take control of…
.TheHartford Becomes The 14th WIthdrawn New gTLD Application
.TheHartford has become the 14th new gTLD application to be withdrawn by the applicant according to ICANN’s Site. The applicant for the new gTLD was the Hartford Fire Insurance Company who planned…
ICANN Opens Comment Period On Closed Generic New gTLD’s
Well ICANN is addressing what has become the hottest topic of the new gTLD program by just opened the comment period on the subject of “closed generic” gTLD applications and whether specific…
Microsoft Is Latest to Come Out Against Closed Generic New gTLD’s In Letter To ICANN
ICANN just published a letter it received from Microsoft.com which is objecting to closed generic strings. Here is the letter sent from the Assistant General Counsel , Trademarks Microsoft Corporation, Russell Pangborn:…