.Jobs expected to be initial “new TLD” to launch this year -
It’s not really “new”, but .jobs is likely to beat other TLDs to the market later this year.
Forget prioritization draw numbers, new TLD objections, and contention sets: .jobs may be the first “new TLD” to be available for registration this year.
It’s not really a “new” TLD. .Jobs is a sponsored top level domain that was entered into the root in 2005.
But it was initially heavily restricted. Companies could only register domains that matched their ... read more ...
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Fri 5th April 2013
Wed 7th December 2011
.Jobs foes to ICANN: Hurry up, open up, and get a spine -
Coalition calls out ICANN for apparent lack of progress in dealing with Employ Media.
The .Jobs Charter Compliance Coalition, a group of job boards opposed to expansion of the .jobs namespace, has sent a letter (pdf) to ICANN’s CEO and Board of Directors asking it to hurry up, open up, and get a spine.
Hurry Up
The letter admonishes ICANN for an apparent lack of progress in its arbitration proceedings with .jobs registry Employ Media, or at least not updating the ... read more ...
Thu 12th May 2011
Job Boards Launch Another Attack on .Jobs Registry -
Monster, CareerBuilder, and others write open letter to ICANN.
The .Jobs Charter Compliance Coalition, whose membership consists of online job boards, has sent an “open letter” to ICANN regarding Employ Media’s request for arbitration over .jobs.
The Coalition says that its letter is to “address the Request’s numerous inconsistencies, omissions and mischaracterizations” in Employ Media’s request for arbitration.
The letter states:
The Coalition believes ... read more ...
Tue 3rd May 2011
Fight Over .Jobs is About to Cost Domain Name Owners -
Legal bills could start coming in as two sides bicker of .jobs domain name.
An argument between .jobs registry Employ Media and ICANN has already cost some legal dollars, and I have a feeling it’s about to get more expensive.
Although the two parties are technically in a process of “Cooperative Engagement”, recent correspondence is not favorable. In fact, the parties are sending correspondence about correspondence.
On April 22 counsel for Employ Media sent ... read more ...
Mon 28th February 2011
ICANN May Shut Down .Jobs Registry -
ICANN threatens to shut down .jobs, even after approving its “registry service”.
ICANN has notified .jobs registry Employ Media LLC that it is in breach of its contract at ICANN, and the contract is subject to cancellation if the breach isn’t corrected within 30 days.
That this breach letter (pdf) is going out now shows a massive failure on the part of ICANN. (More on that in a bit.)
In a letter dated February 27, ICANN informs Employ Media that it has failed ... read more ...
Wed 14th July 2010
Battle Over .Jobs is Growing -
.Jobs debate “ends” Thursday.
I wrote last month about a move to open up the .jobs domain name. Currently only companies can register .jobs domains, and only with their company name (e.g. ATT.jobs). The group behind this sponsored TLD wants to open it up, with the idea of creating a ton of (million?) job boards using the domains. From Policy.jobs:
Previously, Employ Media [which runs .jobs under contract] began the process of creating a self-managed class of ... read more ...