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from DN Journal,
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to
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compiled by DN Journal Editor & Publisher Ron
Jackson.
PPX
Invites Domainers to Visit Them in Hong Kong Nov.
14-15...Associated Cities President Fred Mercaldo
Resigns...Castello Brothers Add Country Music Feed to
Nashville.com...Singer/Domainer's Daughter Lizzy Grant
Featured on National TV
Rick
Latona cancelled
his plansto
stage a T.R.A.F.F.I.C. conference in Hong
Kong this month, but domainers who had
planned to go or who would just like to visit
Hong Kong week after next will still get a warm
welcome from Hong Kong based PPX
International and company Chairman Gregg
McNair.
Tessa
Holcomb, PPX's Director of Business
Development and Philanthropy, said several
visitors have already contacted her about
coming, so PPX is getting reading to roll out
the red carpet in their home town November
14th and 15th.
On
the evening of the 14th (a Sunday night) there
will be a dinner cruise through Hong
Kong's harbour aboard a traditional Chinese
junk boat.
Gregg
McNair
Chairman, PPX International
A
traditional Chinese junk boat on Hong Kong
Harbour
A
tour of the PPX office and a day trip to Macau
will also be on the list of activities
planned for November 14-15.
Above:
Macau's central square - the Largo do Senado
Above:
The Ruins of St. Paul's in Macau
Ms.
Holcomb noted that airlines have slashed prices
on flights to China, making it more affordable
to see Hong Kong (PPX style) while meeting
the PPX team and their Chairman - the winner of
the T.R.A.F.F.I.C.'s 2010 Domainer of the
Year Award - Gregg McNair. If your plans
allow you to join the festivities, Tessa asks
that you email her right away at [email protected]
or give her a call at (508) 809-0998
(dial +1 first if calling from outside
the U.S.) to reserve a seat on the boat or have
any questions answered.
Elsewhere
today, I'm sorry to hear (through ElliotsBlog,.com)
that Scotttsdale.com owner Fred
Mercaldo has resigned as President
of Associated
Cities. Fred took the
position five months ago and many hoped
he would be able to help work out legal
and personal issues (that we have
previously reported on) that have had
some of the Associated Cities
co-founders at odds with each other for
several years now.
Fred told
Elliot he wasn't making any headway on
that front and the effort was taking too
much time away from his business so he
had no choice but to step away from the
voluntary role. Despite the turmoil,
Associated Cities has continued to put
on one of my favorite trade shows - the
annual GeoDomain
Expo. I've always felt that
if the outstanding political and
legal issues could be resolved the
sky would be the limit for AC and the
Expo.
Fred
Mercaldo
On
a happier note from the
geodomain scene, the Castello
Brothers, David and Michael,
have just taken another giant
step forward with their Nashville.com
site. Through a new deal with Earbits,
Nashville.com has added a new
streaming commercial free country
music feed that is available
24 hours a day, 7 days a week!
In
addition to being a great city
in its own right, Nashville is synonymous
with country music so this
is a marriage made in heaven for
both Earbits and Castello
Cities Internet Network
(the Castello owned corporate
parent of Nashville.com). The
music feed is instantly
available from a prominent tab
on the upper left corner of
Nashville.com's home page.
While
we are on the subject of
music and domains I have
some other exciting news
to pass along about one
of our favorite singers
- Lizzy Grant
(AKA Lana Del Ray),
the daughter of veteran
domainer Rob
Grant.
One
of Lana's most popular
songs, "Diet
Mountain Dew,"
was featured on last
night's episode ofthe CW
Network's network TV
series 90210
(a re-boot of the
original Beverly
Hills 90210
series). The CW
website
lists the songs played
on the latest episode
(Season 3, #307 - I
See London, I See France).
You can see the music
video of "Diet
Mountain Dew" on Vimeo
if you want to get a
full appreciation of
Lana's talent.
Rob
tells me Lizzy is
currently in London
working on some new cuts
with top producers and
musicians in Britain.
In my opinion (informed
by owning my own record
stores for 12 years)
it's just a matter of
time before Lizzy/Lana
has her first major
label record deal.
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