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Featured Topic: Brand TLD bailouts

Last year saw more Brand TLDs head for the exits as companies sent termination notices for a variety of strings. From industry heavyweights to heavy industrial, financial services to consumables, eighteen companies initiated termination of their custom TLDs in 2020. In many cases, only the mandatory NIC domain was active in the abandoned domain space.

On the inception of the .brand TLD program, a large number of companies applied for strings for trademark protection purposes. Companies continue to struggle to find a purpose for their brand TLDs, with .creditunion being a notable exception: the registry has over 500 registered domains serving credit unions, credit union service organizations, and businesses with a significant nexus to credit union activities.

ICW News

Ethos Capital is the latest in a chain of domain industry consolidations, announcing that it was acquiring a controlling interest in Donuts. The acquisition is detailed in their press release.

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-[[ICANN Reviews]] assess the [[Supporting Organizations]] (SOs), [[Nominating Committee]], [[Technical Liaison Group]], [[Advisory Committee]]s and the [[ICANN Board|Board of Directors]]. An independent examiner is charged with measuring the ICANN body's operational efficacy and [[ICANN Accountability|accountability]] to the broader ICANN community.
+Last year saw more [[Brand TLD|Brand TLDs]] head for the exits as companies sent termination notices for a variety of strings. From [[.intel|industry]] [[.symantec|heavyweights]] to [[.newholland|heavy industrial]], [[.metlife|financial]] [[.esurance|services]] to [[.rightathome|consumables]], eighteen companies initiated termination of their custom TLDs in 2020. In many cases, only the mandatory NIC domain was active in the abandoned domain space.
-For an in-depth look at the process, check out [[Root Server System Advisory Committee#2017-19 Independent Review of RSSAC by Interisle Consulting Group, LLC|Interisle Consulting Group's 2017-19 independent review of RSSAC]], which advises ICANN on the operation, administration, security, and integrity of the Internet's Root Server System.
+On the inception of the .brand TLD program, a large number of companies applied for strings for trademark protection purposes. Companies continue to struggle to find a purpose for their brand TLDs, with [[.creditunion]] being a notable exception: the registry has over 500 registered domains serving credit unions, credit union service organizations, and businesses with a significant nexus to credit union activities.
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-*[[J-P Voillequé]] and [[Jessica Alice Rivers]] joined ICANNWiki as Content Editors on December 1, 2020!
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-*J-P has been updating the main page, the [[ICANNWiki:Community portal|community portal]], and the [[RSSAC]] article. To the left, you can read an excerpt from that article about the findings from the most recent [[RSSAC#RSSAC review|RSSAC review]].
+[[Ethos Capital]] is the latest in a chain of domain industry consolidations, announcing that it was acquiring a controlling interest in [[Donuts]]. The acquisition is detailed in their [https://www.ethoscapital.com/news/ethos-capital-to-acquire-controlling-interest-in-donuts press release].
-*Jessica has been working on filling in some of the blanks on [[ICANNWiki|ICW]] by fleshing out articles on some of the newer or lesser-known aspects of ICANN. Check out, for instance, the article on [[ATLAS]].
+*Thanks to everyone for reaching out and helping out as we continue to work through our update list! Feel free to [[ICANNWiki talk:Community portal|introduce yourself]] over on the Community Portal Talk page.
+*Caricatures are returning! Originally conceived as a way to plus up your name badge at in-person meetings, we are going to continue our practice of commissioning caricatures for people in the community. If you don't yet have a caricature, we may be hitting you up for photos soon.
 *If you want to know how you can help, check out [[ICANNWiki:Community portal|Articles Wanted]] and [[Articles needed|Updates Needed]].
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