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ICANN Sees Early Success in Application Process for New gTLDs

January 20, 2012 — Internet governing organization Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers announced on Thursday that exactly one week after it began accepting applications for new generic Top-Level Domains, the application system is functioning without a hitch.

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ICANN Names Vice President of Europe, Vice President of Latin America

January 13, 2012 — ICANN announced on Thursday it has named Nigel Hickson has been appointed ICANN’s vice president for Europe, and Rodrigo de la Parra as ICANN’s vice president for Latin America. The appointment news comes a few months after ICANN announced that ICANN president and CEO Rod Beckstrom would be leaving his CEO post at the end of his three-year term in July.

ICANN Finalizes Job Description for CEO Position

December 22, 2011 — Internet organization ICANN reported this week that its CEO Search Committee has now completed a job description, as well as contracted search firm Odgers Berndtson of Brussels to assist the organization in the search process.

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ICANN Details Search for its Next CEO

December 13, 2011 — The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers issued a press release Monday detailing some of the early work the organization has done in seeking a replacement for CEO Rod Beckstrom, who, it was announced recently, will be departing the position after his first term concludes in July of 2012.

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ICANN CEO Calls for Companies to Prep for New Top-Level Domains

December 8, 2011 — Speaking Thursday at a Beijing event aimed at informing and engaging Chinese businesses around the Internet community, outgoing ICANN CEO Rod Beckstrom encouraged companies and organizations around the world (including, but not limited to, China) to prepare themselves for the upcoming application period for new generic Top Level Domains, now just over a month away.

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A Few Questions Leading up to the Launch of the XXX Domain

December 2, 2011 — In the days leading up to its official launch, more than a decade in the making, the .xxx domain remains a bit of a mystery. Quite a few questions remain, about the domain’s intent, its viability, its value and other issues. I thought I’d pose a few of those questions here, in the hopes that they’ll be answered over the next few months.

Domain Registry Afilias Advises Firms Not to Delay dot Brand Application

December 2, 2011 — Afilias announced on Friday it is advising leading brands that the upcoming “dot Brand” application window will take place in some 40 days, and that they should not delay the application process. As previously announced, ICANN will began a 92-day application window on January 12, 2012 where businesses will finally be able to acquire and manage their own “dot Brand” Web extension. 

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Porn Sites Sue ICANN, ICM Registry Over .XXX Domain

November 18, 2011 — According to reports published Friday, a group of large porn website operators has sued ICANN and the ICM registry, the company currently in the process of launching the .xxx domain, on anti-monopoly grounds, filing suit in the US District Court of California on Thursday, November 16.

A Look at Rod Beckstrom's Term as ICANN CEO

November 14, 2011 — Here is a look at some of ICANN’s major moves during Beckstrom’s term, including some key developments in ICANN’s strategy, operations, security, policy and relationships – many of them from the ICANN statement announcing Beckstrom’s departure.

ICANN CEO to Depart, Board Begins Search Process for Successor

October 31, 2011 — The ICANN announced on Friday at its 42nd public meeting in Dakar, Senegal that CEO Rod Beckstrom will be departing at the end of his three year term on July 1, 2012. The ICANN board of directors has put together a search committee to plan and execute a strategy to find deserving CEO candidates for submission to the board.