Web Summit founder Paddy Cosgrave announced via Facebook and Twitter that the company had acquired websummit.com for an undisclosed sum. Apparently they’d been negotiating the acquisition for the last 5 years. The domain has been registered since November 2001, which is long before Web Summit’s first event was held in Dublin. The domain had switched… Continue reading Web Summit Acquire The .Com For Undisclosed Sum
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Christine Jones Announces Congress Bid
Former GoDaddy General Counsel Christine Jones announced that she was running for Congress earlier today. Jones sent out an email to her supporters earlier today making the announcement as well as publishing her first campaign video: Jones will be seeking the Republican nomination for Arizona’s Fifth Congressional District. Here’s the email that she sent out… Continue reading Christine Jones Announces Congress Bid
GoDaddy Pulls Out Of SuperBowl
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… Continue reading GoDaddy Pulls Out Of SuperBowl
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… Continue reading James Bladel Elected Chair GNSO
Nike.ie LinkedIn.ie ieDRP Cases
The volume of disputes involving .ie domain names is pretty small. This is probably due in part to three factors: The namespace is pretty small with only 206 thousand names the registry’s rules are very restrictive compared to gTLDs prices are generally higher than for a lot of gTLDs However there are still a number of… Continue reading Nike.ie LinkedIn.ie ieDRP Cases
GoDaddy CEO Blake Irving To Do Reddit AMA
GoDaddy’s CEO, Blake Irving, will be doing a Reddit AMA (ask me anything) this Thursday, April 24th. Irving’s AMA will start at 0930 PST, 1630 UTC or 1730 IST Reddit AMAs have featured pop stars, movie stars, porn stars and a wide variety of other celebrities and you can literally ask them anything you want.… Continue reading GoDaddy CEO Blake Irving To Do Reddit AMA
Christine Jones’ First TV Ad
Christine Jones, who was GoDaddy’s legal counsel, is running for governor of Arizona. Earlier today her campaign team published her first TV ad: The video, which is 30 seconds long, touches on a number of the points she’s campaigning on.
GoDaddy Acquires MediaTemple
GoDaddy has been on an acquisition spree this year, announcing a number of acquisitions in recent months. Today’s announcement is that they’ve acquired Media Temple. Media Temple are a relatively big hosting provider whose focus has always been on serving developers and designers. That GoDaddy should acquire the company while surprising is logical. Media Temple… Continue reading GoDaddy Acquires MediaTemple
GoDaddy’s New CEO Is Blogging
GoDaddy’s new CEO, Blake Irving, has started blogging. It’s a bit of a tradition with GoDaddy’s CEOs to blog, though the company’s first CEO, Bob Parsons, was by far the most flamboyant to date. Irving’s predecessor, Warren Adelman, also blogs from time to time, but hasn’t posted anything since 2011. Blake Irving’s blog so far… Continue reading GoDaddy’s New CEO Is Blogging
Christine Jones Running For Governor of Arizona
Former GoDaddy general counsel Christine Jones is getting into politics. Ms Jones announced over the weekend that she was planning on running for governor of Arizona, where both she and GoDaddy are based. While precise details of Jones’ campaign are not available as yet, they should be announced in the next few weeks. She’s got… Continue reading Christine Jones Running For Governor of Arizona