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Here's the The Lowdown
from DN Journal,
updated daily
to
fill you in on the latest buzz going around the domain name industry.
The Lowdown is
compiled by DN Journal Editor & Publisher Ron
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People
in the News: NameMedia's Jason Miner, ICA's Phil
Corwin, Marc Ostrofsky & Lana Del Rey
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I
want to wrap up another busy week
in
the domain business with some news and
information from or about some well-known
figures in our always fascinating field.
Let's start with well
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Jason
Miner
Chief Operating Officer, NameMedia
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deserved
congratulations to NameMedia's
Jason Miner who was promoted
to Chief Operating Officer Thursday.
Jason
joined the company in 2005 as the Director of
Sales for the company’s domain marketplace (best
known for its AfternicDLS),
and went on to assume responsibilities for
business development, marketing, customer service
and portfolio management.
NameMedia
Chairman and CEO Kelly Conlin noted, "Jason
has been a key leader in developing the
strategy and executing the business plan for
NameMedia. In addition, he has been an excellent
mentor to many people across the company who
join me in congratulating Jason on this well-
deserved recognition.”
Kelly
makes a great point there. I have had people who
report to Jason at NameMedia tell me what an inspirational
leader he is and how much they enjoy working
for him. To hear that
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kind
of unsolicited praise about someone's
boss in casual conversation is not something I
hear every day and it speaks volumes
about Miner - one of the industry's true good
guys in addition to being one of its most
outstanding executives.
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Another guy
the industry is fortunate to have in its
corner, Internet
Commerce Association Legal
Counsel Phil Corwin, went to bat
for domain owners again this week. There
has been a move afoot among trademark
interests to turn ICANN's
proposed Universal Rapid Suspension (URS)
system into a cut-rate ($300) UDRP
- a move, that if successful, would make
it dramatically cheaper and easier
for over-reaching TM holders to try to
take domains they are not entitled to.
They would also like to apply this form
of the URS on .com this
year via contract negotiations.
Corwin
responded with a detailed
article shining a spotlight
on the scheme as well as a letter to
ICANN (that follows the article
linked to above) vehemently opposing
changes that would tilt an already
lopsided system even further against the
interests of domain registrants.
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ICA
Legal Counsel Phil Corwin |
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Industry
pioneer Marc
Ostrofksy made a huge
splash this past year with
the publication of his
book, Get
Rick Click!,
which quickly became a New
York Times bestseller. As
the book shot up the charts Marc
got the opportunity to spread
the "domain gospel"
through a number of mainstream
media outlets - including two
national TV appearances on ABC-TV's
The View.
This
week MarcOmania entered
an even more hallowed corner of
pop culture when the book title
showed up as a question
on the legendary game show Jeopardy!
You can check it out on this YouTube
video clip. While
the question stumped the
panelists, there's no doubt the
unsolicited plug will help sell
even more copies of Ostrofsky's
guide on how to make money on
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Last
but certainly not least, we want
to congratulate new music
superstar Lana
Del Rey (daughter of
Rob
Grant) on her outstanding
live performance (seen by an
audience of around 30 million
people) as a guest on American
Idol last night
(Thursday, March 22, 2012).
Lana, a friend and longtime
favorite of ours, sang her big
hit "Video Games"
and her stage presence continues
to blossom every time she steps
into the spotlight.
Earlier
this week Lana performed live
with Katy Perry at Germany's
prestigious Echo Awards
in Berlin. OK
Magazine has some great
photos of two of the
hottest female singers in the
world together that you will
want to check out. Have a great
weekend and we'll see you back
here Monday! |
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(Posted March
23, 2012)
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