We have agreed to acquire Adap.tv for $405 MM, here is what Adap.tv brings AOL: The only complete global programmatic video stack for publishers and advertisers across all screens; A unified yield management platform for advertisers and publishers for planning, targeting, ad-serving and measurement; One of the fastest growing platforms on the internet, with global revenue … [Read more...]
Marchex Details Spin Off Archeo Business: Buying & Selling & Developing Domains; 200,000 Of Them
The Marchex earnings call yesterday reveal some interesting facts about Archeo the business that Marchex is looking to spin off to a separate public company later this year. It appears Archeo is set to become the first publicly traded company whose only business is one of being a domainer: "I'd like to highlight that we're narrowing Archeo's focus on the buying and selling of domains, along … [Read more...]
Verisign Publishes “New gTLD Security, Stability, Resiliency Update: Exploratory Consumer Impact Analysis”
Verisign issued its fifth and last chapter in its five part series "New gTLD Security, Stability, Resiliency Update: Exploratory Consumer Impact Analysis"; issues related to security, stability, and resilience of the DNS ecosystem, particularly as we approach the rollout of new gTLDs. " Bottom line Verisign Concluded with: "The mechanical capability to delegate a vast quantity of new gTLDs … [Read more...]
Afternic.com Sells $1.3MM In Domains Led By MicroBusiness.com For $10K
Afternic.com just released its domain sales for the period of 7/29/13 – 8/4/13. Domain sales including confidential sales and sales under $1000, summed to $1,294,035. The highest sale was MicroBusiness.com which sold for $10,165 followed by Fab.us for $8,995. Here is the full list of reportable sales: .com … [Read more...]
Marchex’s Archeo Sells 70 Domains For $1.3 Million & Spinoff Is Set For 4th Q
Marchex, Inc. (MCHX), a leader in mobile performance advertising, today announced its financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2013. Q2 2013 Financial Highlights: Revenue was $39.0 million for the second quarter of 2013, compared to $34.0 million for the same period in 2012. to $4.6 million for the same period in 2012. Marchex Q2 and … [Read more...]
Sedo.com Transactions Total Over $1MM Led By WaterTreatment.com For $30K
Sedo.com just released their domain transactions for the week 07/29/13 – 08/04/13 totaling over $1MM. The highest priced transaction was watertreatment.com at $30,000 followed by hometests.com at $22,000. Over the past week, 663 transactions took place on Sedo’s marketplace and via SedoMLS, totaling over $1MM. This amounts to $41.2MM in year-to-date sales revenue. Over 44% of total sales … [Read more...]
Breaking: WIPO Upholds 1st Legal Rights Objection On .Delmonte
A WIPO panel has just upheld its first Legal Rights Objection (LRO) after rejecting the first 29 cases it decided. A three member WIPO panel upheld the objection of the Del Monte Corporation of San Francisco to the new gTLD application for .Delmonte The case was decided by a majority with a dissenting opinion filed Here is the discussion of the panel: In order to prevail, the … [Read more...]