Former ICANN director could lose control of ccTLD
The government of Ghana has announced plans to nationalize the .gh ccTLD, taking control from a former ICANN director who has run the registry for over thirty years. The Minister…
Two former ICANN directors want back in
Gluttons for punishment? ICANN’s At-Large Community has named the first four candidates standing to join the Org’s board of directors, and two of them have form. Sébastien Bachollet, Justine Chew,…
Sav.com owner takes over .radio gTLD
The .radio gTLD appears to have changed hands, with a young registry affiliated with Sav.com taking over the reins. ICANN documentation shows that Digity, a company led by Sav CEO…
GoDaddy to offer domain blocking to people who don’t have trademarks
GoDaddy’s registry arm wants to offer registrants the ability to block others from registering their brands in other TLDs, even if they don’t own a registered trademark. In what could…
.goo terminated as search engine closes down
The .goo gTLD is among a pair of dot-brand gTLDs to recently self-terminate. goo was a 1990s-style search portal focused on the Japanese market and owned by local incumbent telco…
Refunds galore as gTLD losers finally bow out
There’s been a wave of withdrawals of new gTLD applications over the last couple of months after ICANN gave 15 companies their final notice that it was time to ask…
Burr joins PIR after leaving ICANN board
Community lifer Becky Burr has joined Public Interest Registry as senior policy advisor, the company announced today. Burr, who at the US government was instrumental in the formation of ICANN…
Half of registrar’s domains are abusive, ICANN says
A fast-growing registrar seems to be experiencing its growth spurt due to extremely high levels of DNS abuse, including phishing, according to the latest public breach notice from ICANN Compliance.…
Fifth-largest gTLD not dead after all
ICANN has assured users of its zone file distribution service that the .top gTLD is not dead, after an unspecified snafu earlier this week suggested it was. On Wednesday, users…
No RDAP? No accreditation
ICANN has terminated its contract with another registrar after the company failed to implement RDAP, the Whois replacement protocol. US-based Brennercom will be de-accredited January 28, according to a published…