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What is .art Playing at?

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When new TLDs were being introduced one of the arguments in their favour is that they'd offer more choices to registrants. Earlier today the .art registry made a rather odd announcement: https://twitter.com/Art_Domains/status/1346502397644972039 Apparently they're now offering "3rd level domains" What now? According to the blog post: ART’s third-level domains … [Read more...] about What is .art Playing at?

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

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

Centralnic Acquires Parking Crew

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Centralnic has acquired yet another domain company. This time round it's German domain parking company Team Internet, which is probably better known under the name of its domain parking brand "Parking Crew". The London based company has been snapping up companies on both sides of the Atlantic over the last couple of years, though this is the first company focussed on … [Read more...] about Centralnic Acquires Parking Crew

Centralnic Swallows IWantMyName

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Centralnic has been on an acquisition trail for the last couple of years and has been happily gobbling up as much as possible. Earlier today it was announced that they've just acquired New Zealand based IWantMyName (Ideegeo). The deal is valued at £2.75 million and it looks like it's already closed, as the IWantMyName site is already sporting a Centralnic logo. So who … [Read more...] about Centralnic Swallows IWantMyName

Nominet Loses dotBlog Registry

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The .blog registry informed their registrars earlier today that they're switching their backend to Centralnic from Nominet (There's also a blog post that's public here). The change will probably take place in August, though an exact date hasn't been announced. Since prior to its launch the .blog registry has been using Nominet as their registry service provider. … [Read more...] about Nominet Loses dotBlog Registry

Centralnic Acquiring Key Systems for $35.8 Million

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Centralnic's merger with KeyDrive SA, parent company to Key Systems, was officially announced this morning. The deal will see Centralnic acquire KeyDrive's entire share capital for a total of $36.5 35.8 million. KeyDrive is the parent company of Key Systems, RRP Proxy and Moniker, as well as corporate registrar Brand Shelter. While the companies, with the exception of … [Read more...] about Centralnic Acquiring Key Systems for $35.8 Million

Nominet AGM 2016 [Video]

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Nominet has published the video recording of their AGM from earlier this week. https://youtu.be/3IRuUNhp7pg Nominet's staff got quite a few questions about the organisations finances and plans. What makes some of these exchanges quite intriguing is that not all of those asking questions were registrars, some are also deeply involved in the registry business … [Read more...] about Nominet AGM 2016 [Video]