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In June 11, 2012, the company confirmed its application for 26 gTLDs and announced its rights-sharing partnership on 107 gTLDs 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 Demand Media represent 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 ([[Demand Media Europe Limited]]) will provide technical solutions for its own gTLDs and for Donuts entire gTLD portfolio, which is made up of 307 applications.<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> <ref>[http://donuts.co/images/stories/donuts_launch_release.pdf Donuts Launches Domain Namespace with 307 gTLD Applications, More than 100 Million in Funding]</ref>
In June 11, 2012, the company confirmed its application for 26 gTLDs and announced its rights-sharing partnership on 107 gTLDs 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 Demand Media represent 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 ([[Demand Media Europe Limited]]) will provide technical solutions for its own gTLDs and for Donuts entire gTLD portfolio, which is made up of 307 applications.<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> <ref>[http://donuts.co/images/stories/donuts_launch_release.pdf Donuts Launches Domain Namespace with 307 gTLD Applications, More than 100 Million in Funding]</ref>
===Applications===
Demand Media has filed for the following applications with [[ICANN]] on its own behalf:<ref>[http://domainnamewire.com/2012/06/13/demand-medias-26-tlds-hit-the-armed-forces-democrats-and-republicans/ Demand Medias 26 TLDs Hit the Armed Foces Democrats and Republicans, DomainNameWire.com]</ref>
[[.actor]], [[.airforce]], [[.army]], [[.bar]], [[.cam]], [[.dance]], [[.democrat]], [[.engineer]], [[.fishing]], [[.gay]], [[.gives]], [[.green]], [[.immobilien]], [[.kaufen]], [[.map]], [[.moda]], [[.mom]], [[.moto]], [[.navy]], [[.ninja]], [[.pub]], [[.rehab]], [[.republican]], [[.rip]], [[.social]], [[.wow]]
==History==
==History==