.media
| gTLD | |
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| Type: | gTLD |
| Status: | Proposed |
| Country: | International |
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.media is a proposed TLD in ICANN's New gTLD Program.
Applicants edit
- Donuts (Grand Clen, LLC) - This applicant submitted a Public Interest Commitment, which can be downloaded here.
Previous Applicants edit
- Tucows - WITHDRAWN in July 2013.[1] It withdrew its applications weeks after Uniregistry, due to a buy-out by Donuts. Apparently, Tucows had cut its own deal to remove Uniregistry from the contention set; Uniregistry CEO, Frank Schilling, remarked that he would never have struck the deal with Tucows had he known that it would in turn cut its own deal with Donuts.[2]
- Uniregistry, Corp.[3]
Deal between Tucows and Donuts edit
The Donuts buy-out of .media and .marketing with Tucows was the subject of a comedic video posted to OpenSRS's YouTube channel, featuring both Elliot Noss and Jonathon Nevett: <videoflash>SnKLG0hPPAI</videoflash>
References edit
- ↑ 104 New gTLD Passes One failure Three Withrdrawals, DomainIncite.comPublished 27.7.13
- ↑ Uniregistry Not happy About Donuts Tucows Deal, DomainIncite.comPublished & retrieved 6 Aug 2013
- ↑ Media Status, ICANN.org
Resources
ICANNWiki: Content Guide | Documentation | Development Categories: Articles needing attention | Candidates for deletion Projects: Internet & Digital Governance Library