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 was still on going. Domain Name Wire reported that Demand Media selected two backend 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> | 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 was still on going. Domain Name Wire reported that Demand Media selected two backend 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> |