Kieren McCarthy

Kieren McCarthy

Internet consultant, journalist and author
Joined on July 9, 2006 – United States
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About

I am the General Manager for .nxt - a company that provides cover the Internet policy and governance fields with information, advocacy and direct meetings and conferences.

Aside from that, I am a freelance Internet consultant, journalist and author. For three years I was ICANN's general manager for public participation. I wrote a book about the fascinating battle over the domain sex.com, and I called it Sex.com. It's a good read, I recommend it.

Except where otherwise noted, all postings by Kieren McCarthy on CircleID are licensed under a Creative Commons License.

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What ICANN is Doing Wrong

ICANN's Internet Users Representatives Decry New Top-Level Domain Implementation

Removing Principle of Confidentiality in ICANN's NomCom is a Bad Idea

ICANN Finds Its Voice

Does ICANN Need to Evolve Its Code of Conduct?

The gTLD Boondoggle

The ICANN Accountability and Transparency Review Team Recommendations: To Implementation, And Beyond

Why ICANN Isn't Being Very Sensible: Part I - .brands

Concerns About ICANN's Bylaws Shouldn't Bog Down Board/GAC Discussions

New gTLD Program to Be Finalized After June ICANN Meeting

San Francisco is the Best Place to Kick Off the New gTLD Program

Insight: .JOBS and New TLD's - Are You Paying Attention?

New gTLDs Differentiation: Do Good

Come to the First Ever Dedicated New gTLD Conference: .nxt

Openness and Transparency: ICANN Takes an Important Step in the Right Direction

New gTLDs and Their Hidden Costs: Part 1

ICANN Reloaded - Will They Ever Learn?

Nominet Passes Governance Test With Flying Colours

XXX Saga Continues

Will Stonewalling on .xxx Be Beckstrom's First Big Mistake?

Top Three Reasons to Just Say No to ICANN’s Current EOI gTLD Proposal

When It Comes to gTLDs, Follow the Money (Part 2)

When It Comes to gTLDs, Follow the Money (Part 1)

How is ICANN Spending Your Money?

Twitter and Web Globalization

ICANN's New gTLD Timetable: the Good, the Bad & the Ugly

ICA to ICANN: The IRT Must Open Up Or Be Stripped of Official Status and Support

ICANN's President and CEO Announces Resignation

Your Comments Front and Center in ICANN New gTLD Process

I Am Not an IP Address, I Am a Free Man... and a Potential Customer

ICANN Uses For-Profit Companies as "Comparables" in Its Employee Compensation

ICANN's gTLD Proposal Hits a Wall: Now What?

ICANN Uses For-Profit Companies as "Comparables" in Its Employee Compensation

ICANN's gTLD Proposal Hits a Wall: Now What?

ICANN Uses For-Profit Companies as "Comparables" in Its Employee Compensation

Will VeriSign Be Able to Engage in Tiered Pricing for .com Soon?

Cluck, Cluck... ICANN and Contract Compliance Enforcement

Will VeriSign Be Able to Engage in Tiered Pricing for .com Soon?

Cluck, Cluck... ICANN and Contract Compliance Enforcement

How Can ICANN Improve Institutional Confidence?

Cluck, Cluck... ICANN and Contract Compliance Enforcement

Vint Cerf on the Diminishing Novelty of Internet

Splitting the Root: It's Too Late

Researchers Explore Redesigning Internet Infrastructure from Scratch

ICANN Asked to Adopt Specific TLD for Banks

The Real Problem with dot-XXX

Internationalizing the Internet

What Will Be the Outcome of the Internet Governance Forum Meeting in Athens?

Spamming the News Cycle: Spamhaus Non-Story Goes Viral

ICANN Sacrifices Privacy for Shot at Independence

Another View of the New ICANN-DoC Agreement

The GNSO Review

The Blurr-Cade Proposal on Root Zone Oversight

Tom Cruise Wins TomCruise.com, Hardly Unpredictable

The Blurr-Cade Proposal on Root Zone Oversight

Why I'm Standing for the ICANN Board and Why I've made My Statement Public

Topic Interests

DNSIPv6Domain NamesInternet GovernanceRegional RegistriesICANNTop-Level DomainsPolicy & RegulationRegistry ServicesInternet ProtocolLawWhoisPrivacySpamMultilinguismSecurityDNSSECCensorshipIP AddressingCybersquattingCybercrimeMalwareBroadbandIPTVWeb

Recent Blogs

.Nxt - You Are All Cordially Invited

Come to the First Ever Dedicated New gTLD Conference: .nxt

Why ICANN Doesn't Need to Go Back to the GAC Over Dot-XXX

The ICANN Board by the ICANN Board

Nominet Passes Governance Test With Flying Colours

Popular Posts

Who is ICANN and Where Does it Fit With Internet Governance?

ICANN Board to Vote on Domain Tasting Measure

Why I'm Standing for the ICANN Board and Why I've made My Statement Public

Why ICANN Nairobi Security Concerns May Be a Blessing in Disguise

Nominet Passes Governance Test With Flying Colours