According to an article over on Market Watch GoDaddy will not be advertising during Super Bowl 50 next February. GoDaddy had been running ads during the Super Bowl for the last 10 years with several of its adverts attracting plenty of controversy. Some of the earlier ads they ran featured the GoDaddy girls, like this one: https://youtu.be/3vWu8SAzQPE Over the years … [Read more...] about GoDaddy Pulls Out Of SuperBowl
Fadi Chehade To Leave ICANN on March 12th
ICANN's current CEO and President Fadi Chehadé has put out a Christmas greeting on behalf of ICANN. It runs to just over 4 minutes and talks mostly about the IANA transition. However he also declares in the video that his last date at ICANN will be March 12th 2016 (around 2 minutes in): https://youtu.be/mW8p2uSQW9g Who will be replacing him? It's not known yet, though … [Read more...] about Fadi Chehade To Leave ICANN on March 12th
WHD Global and WHD USA Dates & Venues Announced
World Hosting Days, or as it's better known, WHD, will be held again next year. In 2016 the "global" event will return to Rust, Germany, as it has done for the last few years, with the event taking place between March 15 - 17. Due to the events location most people tend to arrive on the Monday and leave on the Friday, so it's essentially a full week event. The event venue is, … [Read more...] about WHD Global and WHD USA Dates & Venues Announced
ICANN Multistakeholder Ethos Award Nominations Open
ICANN is again running their "Multistakeholder Ethos Award" The award, which is now in its 3rd year: seeks to recognize long-standing community members who have served in leadership roles in multiple ICANN working groups or committees, and demonstrated collaboration with different Supporting Organizations and/or Advisory Committees. The Multistakeholder Ethos Award will … [Read more...] about ICANN Multistakeholder Ethos Award Nominations Open
IEDR Hire New Staff
IEDR have announced via an email to their registrars two new hires: Customer Operations Manager Financial Controller The roles were previously held by one person, Angela Butler, who not only ran both areas of the IEDR's business, but also acted as the organisation's number 2. Ms Butler announced her departure from IEDR a couple of months ago, which led to IEDR … [Read more...] about IEDR Hire New Staff
Domaining Europe Moves To Holland
Domaining Europe / Domaining Spain has been held for the last 8 years in Valencia, Spain. This year the event expanded with two one day events being held in Madrid and Barcelona. For 2016, however, the event's organizers want to take the "show on the road" and have just announced that the main event of 2016 will be in The Hague! The venue chosen for the event is quite … [Read more...] about Domaining Europe Moves To Holland
Dot London Running Twitter Based Advent Giveaway
The .london domain registry has been working hard over the past year to build on its "local" roots. As you can expect the .london domain name is meant to be for people and businesses in London, so their site is full of examples and testimonies of London based businesses and people and how they use their .london domain name. Earlier this year the registry launched the .london … [Read more...] about Dot London Running Twitter Based Advent Giveaway
DotGlobal Registry Giving Away Premium Names
The guys over at the .global registry are doing something a little different for Christmas. They've giving away premium domain name every day of advent! Every day from December 1st until December 24th you can enter a draw to win a premium .global domain name: We will be giving away one valuable premium domain name every day up to December 24th. We have 24 .GLOBAL premium … [Read more...] about DotGlobal Registry Giving Away Premium Names
Nominet Announces Increase In Wholesale Pricing
Nominet announced yesterday that they would be increasing the wholesale price of *.uk domain names from March of next year. At the moment the following pricing applies: 1 year registration £3.50 Multi-year registration £2.50 / year From March 2016 the cost per year will be a flat £3.75 / year. The registry's rationale for the price increase is that they haven't … [Read more...] about Nominet Announces Increase In Wholesale Pricing
James Bladel Elected Chair GNSO
GoDaddy's VP of Policy James Bladel has been elected as Chair of ICANN's GNSO Council. The GNSO Council returned Bladel as Chair with a unanimous vote with the results being announced this morning. Last month the GNSO Council Chair elections concluded without the body being able to choose a new Chair. Mr Bladel has been with GoDaddy since 2007 and has been the "face" … [Read more...] about James Bladel Elected Chair GNSO