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Exclusive Podcast Interview

Today I published a new podcast interview with Matt Mullenweg, the creator of WordPress and CEO of Automattic, which has raised nearly $200 million in investments.

Mullenweg explains why domain names are "more important than ever" and what his company's plans are for .blog.

Check out the podcast episode now.

June's Top Stories

Let's take a look back at June on Domain Name Wire.

Here are the podcasts you should catch up on:

#90. A frank conversation with Colin Campbell - The .Club CEO talks about the state of new TLDs, how his company lost money last year and the effects of inexpensive domain promos.

#89. Domain leases and options - Attorney Zac Muscovitch explains how to structure domain lease and option agreements.

#88. Boats.com owner on .Boats, .Homes & more - Jim Schrand of Dominion Enterprises discusses his company's restricted top level domains.

#87. Selling a 6 figure domain name - Kate Buckley explains how she sold Rate.com for $725,000.

And here are the top five stories on Domain Name Wire last month, ranked in order of views.

1. Lawsuit ensnares innocent domain name investors - Some people who bought domain names from a court-appointed receiver woke up to find the domains transferred to a different entity.

2. Backpack Girl makes appearance in hilarious UDRP - A lawyer thought Backpack Girl was specifically selected for a domain name, and then doubled down.

3. Phil Bienert out as GoDaddy CMO, Barb Rechterman back in - Barb Rechterman is back in the CMO role at GoDaddy.

4. Google coughs over "New-TLDs-as-SEO-boost" claims - Google explains, once again, that its algorithm doesn't give added weight based on a new top level domain name.

5. Uniregistry: 1.5 million domains in one day - Does Uniregistry scale? It found a stress test with .xyz's one cent promo.

Check in at Domain Name Wire daily for the latest news in the domain name business!

-Andrew