A top story this year was the sale of .org falling through. This is the third in a series of posts about the domain name industry in 2020. Read the others here. One of my predictions for 2020 was that Ethos Capital's deal to acquire Public ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Is Chehadé why ICANN’s board is reviewing Afilias deal?
· Policy & LawFadi Chehadé is still on Donuts' board. Top level domain name company Donuts announced last month that it is acquiring Afilias. Later this week, ICANN's board of directors will consider a change of control request for Afilias. As Kevin Murphy of ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Fadi Chehadé is now co-CEO of Ethos Capital
· Policy & LawFormer ICANN CEO is now a co-CEO of the private equity firm that tried to buy .org. Former ICANN CEO Fadi Chehadé is currently listed as the co-CEO of Ethos Capital on the firm's website. Ethos Capital tried to buy Public Interest Registry, the ... Continue Reading12 Comments
Top Stories: Private equity company acquires .Org
· Policy & LawEthos Capital acquires .org for $1.135 billion. The biggest shock to many people in the domain industry in 2019 was Ethos Capital acquiring the .org registry contract from Internet Society for $1.135 billion. The deal was announced soon after ... Continue Reading4 Comments
The interesting connection between the .Org deal and ICANN
· Policy & LawFormer ICANN CEO Fadi Chehadé appears to have a connection to the latest big deal in the domain name industry. This morning, Internet Society announced it is selling Public Interest Registry, the non-profit that runs the .org domain name, to Ethos ... Continue Reading43 Comments
Ted Cruz: ICANN CEO is misleading the U.S. Senate
· Policy & LawCruz is unhappy with ICANN CEO's answers. Senator and Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz released a statement today criticizing ICANN CEO Fadi Chehadé's response to Cruz's questions about his involvement with the Chinese government. Cruz ... Continue Reading19 Comments
What Fadi Chehadé should do in his last year as ICANN’s CEO
· Policy & LawHere's what companies and people want to see ICANN's outgoing CEO accomplish before he leaves the post. ICANN CEO Fadi Chehadé made the surprise announcement last week that he would step down from his role as CEO of the organization next March. I ... Continue Reading2 Comments
Chehadé : It was just a misunderstanding
· Policy & LawICANN CEO explains domain "hogging" comments made during the Davos Annual Meeting. ICANN CEO Fadi Chehadé has responded (pdf) to a letter from Internet Commerce Association (ICA) regarding domain "hogging" comments he made in a Huffington Post ... Continue Reading3 Comments
ICA responds to ICANN CEO Fadi Chehadé’s “Hogging” remarks
· Policy & LawICANN boss made questionable comments in Davos last month. Internet Commerce Association has sent a letter (pdf) to ICANN CEO Fadi Chehadé, following remarks Chehadé made at the World Economic Forum's annual meeting in Davos. In a video interview ... Continue Reading18 Comments
ICANN 51 site shows funny tweet from parody Chehade account
· Policy & LawUnfiltered tweet feed on ICANN website pokes fun at .xyz giveways. Like many meetings/conferences, ICANN publishes a tweetstream on its page for each meeting. That includes the site for the upcoming ICANN 51 meeting in Los Angeles, which pulls in all ... Continue Reading3 Comments