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Dot-com Domain Names Now Have a Lot of Company

For Internet users, the domain names that come after the dot are changing big time. Instead of just .com, .net .org and a few others there will soon be hundreds and almost 2000 are in the pipeline. Generic top-level Internet domain names (gTLD) are issued by registries, including Donuts Inc.

By Warren Olney • May 12, 2014 • 1 min read

For Internet users, the domain names that come after the dot are changing big time. Instead of just .com, .net .org and a few others there will soon be hundreds and almost 2000 are in the pipeline. Generic top-level Internet domain names(gTLD) are issued by registries, including Donuts Inc. Today, Donuts went live with seven new domains: .bike, .clothing. guru, .holdings, plumbing, .singles and .ventures. The Internet may never be the same, as we hear from Sarah Needleman, who reports about small business for the Wall Street Journal.

Warren Olney
former KCRW broadcaster
Katie Cooper
Producer, 'One year Later'
Evan George
Director of Content, News
Gideon Brower
Independent Producer
Sarah Needleman
technology reporter for the Wall Street Journal

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Dot-com Domain Names Now Have a Lot of Company

For Internet users, the domain names that come after the dot are changing big time. Instead of just .com, .net .org and a few others there will soon be hundreds and almost 2000 are in the pipeline. Generic top-level Internet domain names (gTLD) are issued by registries, including Donuts Inc.

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Dot-com Domain Names Now Have a Lot of Company

For Internet users, the domain names that come after the dot are changing big time. Instead of just .com, .net .org and a few others there will soon be hundreds and almost 2000 are in the pipeline. Generic top-level Internet domain names (gTLD) are issued by registries, including Donuts Inc.

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