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Here are a few thoughts as we round out the year, as well as the top stories on DNW last month.

NamesCon, the must-attend event for people in the domain name industry, takes place next month in Las Vegas. The event will be in its final year at the Tropicana Hotel from January 27-30. It will move to a different venue in 2020.

A quick tip: starting the past couple of years, the conference has shifted so that more content is on Sunday. It basically starts Sunday morning and ends Wednesday morning rather than starting Monday and ending Thursday. Keep that in mind when you book your travel.

Also, congratulations to Jon Nevett, who was just named the CEO of .org operator Public Interest Registry. This seems like a great fit. Nevett co-founded Donuts.

One other note: if you work for a domain name, security, marketing or other business, let's talk about how we can work together in 2019, whether that's advertising or something else. Just respond to this email and we'll set up a call.

Now, getting to the news from last month. The top stories on DNW were mostly about Verisign and .com price hikes. Be sure to check out last month's podcasts as well. I'm getting lots of great feedback from the interview with Mark Levine.

Here are the top stories on DNW last month, as ranked by pageviews:

1. Who wins, who loses from Trump Admin decision on domain names - I reviewed the winners and losers from the decision to let Verisign increase prices on .com domain names.

2. Holy sh!t…Verisign just called out "Domain Scalpers" and its biggest customers - Just a day after getting U.S. approval to raise prices, Verisign threw domain investors under the bus. It was a shocking move.

3. U.S. Gov Grants Verisign .Com Price Hikes - If you don't know the background for the first two stories, read this one.

4. Pennsylvania Attorney General subpoenas Epik over Gab.com domain name - Epik decided to accept Gab.com at its registrar and was repaid with a subpoena.

5. Domains suggest which cities might get XFL football teams - Domain names tipped off which cities were in the running for football teams.

And here are the DNW podcasts from October

#209 - Going Global with Rolf Larsen

#210 - Brewing up Brew.com

#211 - 48 domains, $114k sales on $3400 investment

#212 - All about naming with Eli Altman

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Andrew