The Internet has passed newspapers and now trails only TV as the most popular source for news according to a new report from the respected Pew Research Center. In just the past year, the web's mindshare among news consumers soared from 24% to 40%. Pew says the web is also rapidly overtaking TV and has [...] Continue reading →

The final weekly domain sales report for 2008 is now out at DNJournal.com. Moniker closed a $275,000 sale that took the lead position on our new Top 20 chart and the AfternicDLS weighed in with a solid 6-figure sale of their own to claim the runner-up spot. Sedo had the most overall chart entries [...] Continue reading →

A new analysis of WIPO cases shows that the number of domain disputes has doubled over the past five years. The reasons are being debated but one of our expert commentators predicted it was coming several years ago. We have his explanation of why it was bound to happen. [...] Continue reading →

According to SEC filings, LiveDeal.com sold YP.com to YellowPages.com for $3.85 million. [...] Continue reading →

Yet another institution from traditional media, the venerable comic strip, is looking to the web for salvation as its current distribution platform, the daily newspaper, continues to crumble. A great generic domain name, Comics.com, is playing a key role in this drama. [...] Continue reading →

The geodomain industry's premier event will be moving to the West Coast in 2009 for a spring time conference that will close the weekend before the next T.R.A.F.F.I.C. conference opens in Silicon Valley. This will allow California visitors to take in two major events in the same week. [...] Continue reading →

Verizon wins the biggest cybersquatting judgment ever - more than $33 million in a suit against registrar OnlineNic.com. Our take on why, even though Verizon was right to sue, this is also a case of the pot calling the kettle black [...] Continue reading →