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Veteran
web designer and audio/video services provider
Danny Pryor
just filled us in on some major changes
underway at his Fort Lauderdale, Florida
company, Rodan
Media. Pryor's company produced most
versions of the T.R.A.F.F.I.C. conference
website that you have seen in recent years and
he has done (and contiues to do) development
work for a number of well-known domain portfolio
holders.
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Pryor
said Rodan Media has signed significant
new development deals with key players
in the domain industry as the company
positions itself to become a key content
provider, domain developer and producer
of high-quality video and audio products
for small business and individual
clients.
To
accomodate its rapid growth, Pryor said
the company he formed in 2001 is
reincorporating as the Rodan Media
Group Corporation. A new President
and CEO, Donnie Goodwin, is
coming on board with Pryor becoming the
Chief Operating Officer and corporate
vice president. Goodwin brings a wealth
of business experience to the
enterprise, having spent 18 years as an
investment banker with Merrill Lynch
and Paine Webber. Goodwin has
also been practicing corporate and
criminal law for the past 10 years.
Pryor
is a former radio news anchor and
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Danny
Pryor at the T.R.A.F.F.I.C.
Silicon Valley Conference in April. |
Associated
Press award-winning journalist who
turned his attention to website
development in 2000. He previously
worked for KNUU radio in Las
Vegas, WINZ and WIOD
radio in Miami and served as news
director for radio stations WGYL
and WTTB in Vero Beach. He
also spent two years at the Metro
Networks Miami operations office
before shifting his focus to the
Internet.
Among
other things, Pryor said Rodan is
currently working on a mass domain
development project that involves
building out nearly 200 domains across a
network-style platform of interlinked
websites. "These domains will
feature news, sports, travel, weather,
finance, science, legal, and volunteer
information," Pryor noted. A gallery
of his company's work can be
reviewed on the Rodan Media website.
Rod
Beckstrom
Will he be ICANN's new
CEO? |
One
other note today - we told you yesterday
that former U.S. cyber
security chief Rod
Beckstrom was
expected to be named the new
CEO of ICANN when the DNS
oversight body ended their
current meeting in Sydney,
Australia today. That in
fact happened
with ICANN Chairman Peter
Dengate Thrush delivering
the official announcement Down
Under. Thrush said, "Rod
Beckstrom has exactly the sort
of strong personal and technical
background that ICANN needs."
Vint
Cert, who is considered to
be the "father" of the
Internet said in a statement,
"Rod Beckstrom is
strikingly well-prepared to
undertake a new role as CEO of
ICANN. His experience in
industry and government equip
him for this global and very
challenging job."
Beckstrom
replace Dr. Paul Twomey
who earlier this year announced
his decision to the leave the
post he had held since 2003. |
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(Posted
June
26, 2009) |
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