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Neustar Registry is now GoDaddy Registry

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Back in April, at the height of the pandemic, GoDaddy announced its acquisition of Neustar's registry business. Any acquisition takes time to finalise and this was no different and in the middle of a pandemic I suspect the entire process may have had extra complications (it's not exactly easy to physically go onsite anywhere and travel restrictions would have added an extra … [Read more...] about Neustar Registry is now GoDaddy Registry

Kelly Hardy Joins CentralNic as Policy Chief

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Domain industry veteran Kelly Hardy is now Head of Policy for Centralnic's Registry Services division. The announcement was made at the end of last week and it sounds like she'll be covering both ICANN's GNSO, the ccNSO as well as several other Internet governance fora: Kelly will head up CentralNic's Policy Consultancy, helping both ccTLD and gTLD registry partners with … [Read more...] about Kelly Hardy Joins CentralNic as Policy Chief

Amazon Registry is Hiring

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Amazon Registry is hiring. The company has multiple top level domains including .bot .aws and others for a total of 52. While some of them are for internal use, others are distributed. The Seattle based company is currently advertising for software development engineers. They operate as a business unit within the giant that is Amazon: We are a small, fast-paced … [Read more...] about Amazon Registry is Hiring

Centralnic and its Companies Reshuffle Leadership

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Centralnic, which is a publicly traded company, is arguably the fastest growing company in the DNS space these days. Sure, GoDaddy and some other companies in the space might be bigger, but Centralnic's growth has been truly impressive. Yesterday they announced a number of changes to their management team. First off, in what might come as a bit of a surprise to … [Read more...] about Centralnic and its Companies Reshuffle Leadership

COVID 19: What Registrars and Registries are Doing to Help

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With the COVID-19 pandemic an ongoing crisis across the globe many businesses are currently closed. Some of them may never open again. While some governments are offering packages of financial assistance the current situation is going to hit many sectors really hard. Against the backdrop of the current pandemic companies in the internet infrastructure have become even more … [Read more...] about COVID 19: What Registrars and Registries are Doing to Help

Radix Did $3 Million in Premium Names in 2019

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Radix, who run the registry for domain extensions like .tech and .online, report premium domain sales of $3 million in 2019. The most recent premium domain report from Radix covers the period from 1 July 2019 to 31st December 2019 (H2 2019). Here's a few key data points: $1.67M in revenue; 22% growth over H1 2019 which was at $1.36MClosed 2019 at $3M in Premium Revenue, … [Read more...] about Radix Did $3 Million in Premium Names in 2019

Save Dot Org Campaign to Picket ICANN HQ

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One of the campaigns that has been working against the sale of PIR and the .org registry under the "Save dot Org" moniker is planning to picket ICANN's headquarters in LA. Save Dot Org are planning on picketing the Los Angeles' offices of ICANN on Friday January 24th: Date: Friday, January 24, 2020 Time: 9 am – 11 am Location: ICANN, 12025 Waterfront Dr., Los Angeles, … [Read more...] about Save Dot Org Campaign to Picket ICANN HQ

ISOC to Hold Webinar on the PIR Sale

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This week at the IGF in Berlin one of the hot topics being discussed both in hallways and various sessions is the sale of PIR by ISOC. Yesterday at lunchtime Access Now organised a "town hall" in the hallway where several current and former ISOC board members were in attendance. Several of the ISOC board members spoke at the event and tried to explain their thinking. … [Read more...] about ISOC to Hold Webinar on the PIR Sale