ISOC will manage .org domains.

[EM @MAJ.com]

The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) Board of Directors voted 11 to 1 (with three abstentions) today to select the proposal submitted by the Internet Society (ISOC) for a new registry operator of the .org top-level domain, to replace VeriSign.

Read more:
http://www.icann.org/announcements/announcement-14oct02.htm

Cheers.
tw

 

[bidawinner]

Pretty much as expected.. Interesting to see if they put any money behind this quote:

Oversight board member David Maher said ISOC would initially focus on marketing efforts to boost the domain’s popularity among nonprofits and cultural organizations.
“It’s really partly a marketing question. It’s been marketed the same as .com or .net,” said Maher, a Chicago attorney.


http://www.msnbc.com/news/821134.asp

 

[EM @MAJ.com]

This is another opportunity to all domain name investor. Thanks for the link.

tw.