Institute will fund research, publish recommended practices, share data, and provide tools to identify and report DNS Abuse. Public Interest Registry, the registry for .org domains, today announced the establishment of the DNS Abuse ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
2020 in Review: .Org sale
· UncategorizedA 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
2020 .Org Impact Awards announced
· UncategorizedPublic Interest Registry announces winners of 2020 awards. Public Interest Registry has announced the winners of the 2020 .Org Impact Awards. In previous years, the awards were presented at an awards ceremony. They were announced online over ten ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
.Org in 2019: $67.5 million to ISOC, $18.3 million to Afilias
· UncategorizedNon-profit that runs .org publishes tax return. Public Interest Registry (PIR), the non-profit organization that runs the .org top level domain, has published its 2019 tax return (pdf). There are two big numbers on the return. First, the Form ... Continue Reading2 Comments
.Org registry names finalists for Impact Awards
· UncategorizedKiva, a local chapter of The Salvation Army, and Rainforest Alliance are among this year's finalists. Public Interest Registry has named the finalists for this year's .Org Impact Awards. The winners will be announced over a ten-day period beginning ... Continue Reading2 Comments
PIR calls for nominations for .Org Impact Awards
· Uncategorized10 organizations that use .org domains will take home a total of $85,000. Public Interest Registry, the registry that manages .org domains, has opened nominations for its 2020 .Org Impact Awards. This year's awards are a bit different from last ... Continue Reading2 Comments
.Org generated $95 million revenue last year
· UncategorizedPublic Interest Registry reveals financials in its annual report. The .org top level domain generated close to $95 million in revenue last year, Public Interest Registry (PIR) disclosed. Public Interest Registry released its 2019 annual report (pdf) ... Continue Reading1 Comment
.Org registry sale officially terminated
· Policy & LawPublic Interest Registry notifies ICANN that the deal is dead. Even though all parties had already said this publicly, Public Interest Registry (PIR) made it official today: the transaction for Ethos Capital to acquire Public Interest Registry has been ... Continue Reading10 Comments
ISOC: .Org no longer for sale
· Policy & LawInternet Society says it doesn't plan to sell .org after ICANN rejects Ethos deal. Internet Society (ISOC) has poured cold water on the idea that Ethos Capital might still be able to pull off a purchase of the .org top level domain. In a post on ... Continue Reading9 Comments
Breaking: ICANN rejects .org sale to private equity company
· Policy & LawICANN denies controversial $1.135 billion sale. ICANN's Board of Directors today decided to withhold consent on the sale of the .org registry to private equity company Ethos Capital. The deal would have seen the .org registry transfer from ... Continue Reading11 Comments
