If you watched the Masters golf tournament over the past several days, you may have noticed Phil Mickelson sporting a KPMG hat. Viewers who decided to check out KPMG.com would notice something that a few domain investors emailed me about during the prior few days. KPMG, one of the largest management consulting and accounting firms, shifted its primary url from KPMG.com to Home.KPMG.
KPMG Moves from KPMG.com to Home.KPMG
Constantine Roussos Announces .Music Win
Yesterday morning, Kevin Murphy from Domain Incite predicted that Constantine Roussos’ company (DotMusic) would prevail in the application to operate the .Music domain registry. “it seems to me the balance of evidence right now is strongly pointing to a win for DotMusic over sole remaining rival bidder MMX,” Kevin wrote yesterday. It looks like Kevin’s prediction was on point.
Earlier this evening, Constantine Roussos reported that his company prevailed and will become the operates of .Music:
Jason Calacanis Using 2 .University Domain Names
Someone I follow on Twitter retweeted something from Jason Calacanis that referenced a .University domain name associated with the noted venture capitalist. Angel.University is a “workshop for individuals interested in becoming professional angel investors.” The workshop series is hosted by Jason in various locations:
I am on a mission to teach people how to angel invest 🦄
The https://t.co/P3lqNZAjPK curriculum is designed for everyone, from angels who haven’t done a deal yet to seasoned angels who have done over 100.https://t.co/krnkaCMpAE …
(tweet me if you’re joining) pic.twitter.com/GnLtIzN0ff
— 🦄🦄🦄🦄🦄🦄🦄 (@Jason) April 1, 2019
Jane Domain Change is Fine, But Branding Needs Work
Last week, a NamePros member with the username Maple Dots wrote about how a company called Jane switched urls from JaneApp.com to Jane.App for its website. There was quite a bit of discussion about the domain name change and the company’s branding that followed. In my opinion, the domain name change is totally acceptable and maybe even more memorable; it’s the Jane branding that could use some work.
Google Puts G.CO in Spotlight During March Madness
If you are watching the men’s NCAA basketball tournament (aka March Madness), you may have spotted a Google Cloud television commercial that highlights the company’s G.CO domain name. MarkMonitor VP Statton Hammock took a photo of his television to catch the tail end of Google’s television spot with the url:
Nice domain https://t.co/TRp6GTMYL7 @Google @NeustarTLDs Where is .basketball? #domains pic.twitter.com/QzlynyNaYP
— Statton Hammock (@StattonHammock) March 22, 2019
Donuts Hiring Chief Marketing Officer
Donuts is looking to hire a Chief Marketing Officer, according to a job posting on LinkedIn. The CMO job opportunity was posted about a week ago, and it looks like there are 90 applicants via LinkedIn so far. I believe Jeff Davidoff was the last CMO at Donuts. It looks like he left that position in June of 2016, and I don’t believe it was filled after his departure. The CMO job will be based in the company’s Kirkland, Washington office.
Here’s an excerpt from the job posting that describes the Chief Marketing Officer position at Donuts: