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On May 8, 2012, During a conference call, Kristen Moore, Demand Media's Vice President for Corporate Marketing & Communications confirmed that the company invested $18 million to become the registry operators of a number of TLDs. Moore did not give any further details about the TLDs because the application process is still on-going. Domain Name Wire reported that Demand Media selected two back-end registry service providers as partners. <ref>
On May 8, 2012, During a conference call, Kristen Moore, Demand Media's Vice President for Corporate Marketing & Communications confirmed that the company invested $18 million to become the registry operators of a number of TLDs. Moore did not give any further details about the TLDs because the application process is still on-going. Domain Name Wire reported that Demand Media selected two back-end registry service providers as partners. <ref>
[http://domainnamewire.com/2012/05/08/demand-media-invests-18-million-in-new-tlds/ Demand Media invests $18 million in new TLDs]</ref>
[http://domainnamewire.com/2012/05/08/demand-media-invests-18-million-in-new-tlds/ Demand Media invests $18 million in new TLDs]</ref>
In June 11, 2012, the company confirmed its application for 26 gTLDs and announced its partnership with [[Donuts]], a start-up registry operator founded and managed by domain industry veterans. Under the agreement, Demand Media has the right to acquire some of the approved gTLDs under Donuts portfolio. The gTLDs pursued by the company represents ecommerce, personal & professional identity, education, entertainment, internet life, sports, small business and social media. In addition, Demand Media's wholly-owned back-end registry services provider will provide technical solutions for its own gTLDs and for Donuts gTLD portfolio. <ref>[http://ir.demandmedia.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=215358&p=irol-newsArticle&ID=1704010&highlight= Demand Media to Participate in Historic Expansion of Generic Top Level Web Domain Name Extensions]</ref>
==History==
==History==