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December's Top Stories

Welcome to 2017! 2016 was a great year for many in the domain name industry, but it was also a year of reckoning for some companies and investors. I love fresh starts, and the New Year is a great opportunity to start anew.

Are you heading to NamesCon this month? Let's connect. Drop me an email at editor (at) domainnamewire.com.

Need something to listen to on the flight to Vegas? Download these podcasts from December:

#113 - Saving Oliver Stone's Domain Name
#114 - Nicole Henderson on Hosting
#115 - Chris Sheridan
#116 - The Annual Predictions Episode

And the top 5 stories on Domain Name Wire last month based on views were:

1. The most surprising new TLDs so far - I opined on which new TLDs have surprised me the most, both good and bad.

2. The Unhappy Decline of Oversee.net - New details about the decline of Oversee.net, which once owned DomainSponsor, have come to light thanks to a lawsuit from one of the company's co-founders.

3. The new domain transfer policy goes into effect today. Here's what you need to know. - Here's how to avoid getting trapped with the new registrant transfer policy.

4. GoDaddy is buying NamesCon - GoDaddy's $1.79 billion acquisition of Host Europe Group will include the NamesCon conference.

5. This is big: China approves .Club, .VIP and .XYZ - Chinese residents can now host websites in China on these domain names. Later in the month, both .shop and .site were approved.

See you at NamesCon this month!

-Andrew