ICANN completes first sponsored TLD agreement; .museum to go live in November.

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M2 PRESSWIRE-18 October 2001-ICANN: ICANN completes first sponsored TLD agreement; .museum to go live in November (C)1994-2001 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:18102001 Marina del Rey, California, USA -- The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) announced the signing of an agreement with the Museum Domain Management Association (MuseDoma) to oversee the operation of the first "sponsored" top level domain, ".museum".

This new TLD is targeted to meet the needs of the international museum community. It will allow museums and other qualified organizations and individuals to register domain names ending in ".museum." "This is the first of several such specialized TLDs authorized by the ICANN Board of Directors," stated M. Stuart Lynn,...