.com prices could rise for the first time in eight years
The Verge is reporting that ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers) is close to granting final approval for a a series of price…
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Ethos Acquires Donuts Domains
DomainNameWire is reporting that venture capital firm Ethos has completed the takeover of Abry Partners’ share of registrar Donuts. The move comes after more than…
ICANN69 Concludes General Meeting
ICANN69, ICANN’s regular general meeting, concluded earlier this month. Among the list of topics for the meeting were governance of the ccNSO (country-code names supporting…
Coronavirus delays ICANN decision on .org
Politico is reporting that the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) is delaying its scheduled date for deciding the fate of the .org…
New Proposed .COM Framework Open for Comments
On January 3rd 2020, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) and .com registry Verisign Inc. announced they have reached a proposed agreement…
Private equity firm acquires .org registry
A press release from the Public Interest Registry (PIR), the organization that currently maintains the .org domain, has announced that it has been acquired by…
Price Cap Removals Shake Up The Internet
A recent article on Mashable reviews the early history of ICANN (the Internet Corporation of Assigned Names and Numbers) in light of a recent decision…
SXSW Panel on the Global Internet
South By Southwest (SXSW) is preparing a panel for its 2020 session on regulation of the Global Internet. They have proposed a session organized by…
Upcoming ICANN 2021 meetings
The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) has announced locations for their Public Meetings scheduled in 2021. ICANN70 — March 20-25 2021 will…
Beware malicious emails impersonating ICANN
The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) has issued an alert that they are receiving notifications of phishing scam emails from “sales@icann.org.” This…