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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.
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.
- Thanks to everyone for reaching out and helping out as we continue to work through our update list! Feel free to 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 Articles Wanted and Updates Needed.
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ICANN69
ICANN69, the 2020 Annual General Meeting, was virtual due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The 22nd AGM took place online from October 17 to 22, 2020 in the Hamburg, Germany time zone (UTC+2), which was where the meeting was originally scheduled. The policy outlook report for ICANN69 can be found here. ICANN 69 By the Numbers (PDF Download) provides participation statistics and other technical data.