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Thu 4th February 2016
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Kurt Pritz joins Allegravita - Former ICANN executive teams up with China consultancy. Kurt Pritz has joined Allegravita, a consulting firm led by Simon Cousins that helps companies in the Chinese market. Pritz held a number of positions at ICANN from 2003-2013, including overseeing the new top level domain name program. After leaving ICANN, he was executive director of the Domain Name Association. He left that role last year. Domain Name Association is a client of Allegravita, which is where Allegravita and Pritz became acquainted ... read more ...
Thu 15th November 2012
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Uh-oh: Pritz out during ICANN over dispute of interest - The face of ICANN’s new TLD program abruptly resigns. Kurt Pritz was the face of ICANN’s new top level domain program. Literally. It was Pritz who defended ICANN on Capitol Hill. It was Pritz who spoke to the press and at conferences. Now he’s gone. In a shocking announcement this morning, new ICANN CEO Fadi Chehadé announced that he had accepted Pritz’ resignation. Here’s the full announcement: To the ICANN Community, Regretfully, I have accepted the resignation ... read more ...
Mon 14th February 2011
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.nxt – Like an ICANN Meeting With a Pulse - by Kevin Murphy The inaugural .nxt conference on new top-level domains wound up in San Francisco Thursday, with most participants seeming to agree that it was a success. The two-day meeting attracted 196 sign-ups (about 20 of whom apparently paid but did not ultimately show up to collect their badges) and almost 20 sponsors, not a bad showing for a first-of-its-kind event. The purpose of the conference was to provide a venue to discuss the business of new TLDs without ... read more ...