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InternetNews September 30, 2005 Jim Wagner	U.N. Management of Internet 'Unacceptable' The U.S. is flatly opposed to any proposal that cedes control of the Internet to the United Nations, despite a shift in support from the European Union.
InternetNews July 1, 2005 Roy Mark	U.S. To Keep Control of Internet DNS The Dept. of Commerce reverses the policy of ceding governance control to ICANN.
InternetNews November 15, 2005 Jim Wagner	House to Vote on 'Net Governance The U.S. House of Representatives plans to ease any doubt the United Nations may have regarding Internet governance.
PC Magazine August 3, 2005 Sebastian Rupley	Who's in Charge? While the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) oversees many technical aspects of the Net, the U.S. government made clear that it will continue to provide oversight of ICANN.
InternetNews October 2, 2006 Clint Boulton	ICANN Beginning to Smell Control The U.S. Department of Commerce agreed to relax its control over the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers as part of a new contract to replace the "highly prescriptive" one that expired Saturday.
InternetNews September 22, 2006 Roy Mark	ICANN to Stay American For Now The United States will continue its oversight of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers after the current Memorandum of Understanding expires next week.
InternetNews July 15, 2005 Jim Wagner	U.N. 'Net Plan Could Stall ICANN's U.N. proposals could stymie ICANN's global ambitions. Plans range from replacing ICANN to building an inter-governmental council alongside or within ICANN.
InternetNews November 17, 2005 Jim Wagner	House Votes For U.S.-Governed Internet Lawmakers unanimously approve resolution to keep Internet control in U.S. hands.
InternetNews November 9, 2005 Jim Wagner	ICANN Working to Resolve U.N. Issue The board of directors at the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers wants to hold a special meeting with their governmental members to discuss ways to head off the threat of United Nations intervention.
InternetNews July 19, 2004 Jim Wagner	ICANN Moves Toward Self-Rule Executives say they have completed nearly one-third of the requirements necessary to break off from the Department of Commerce and self-govern.
InternetNews November 16, 2005 Jim Wagner	U.N. Backs Off Internet Governance An 11th hour agreement potentially resolves the United Nations' hopes for Internet governance control.
InternetNews December 6, 2005 Jim Wagner	ICANN's Small Step Toward .Asia ICANN's board of directors gave a a provisional thumbs-up for .asia, but is saving the final word on .xxx and its proposed .com agreement for another day.
InternetNews July 27, 2006 Roy Mark	U.S. Still Has Keys to ICANN The United States will eventually transfer oversight of the Internet domain naming system to the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers.
InternetNews August 17, 2006 Clint Boulton	ICANN, DoC Hit Refresh on Net Contract The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers and the U.S. Department of Commerce inked a five-year contract, renewing a deal in which the nonprofit group had managed technical details of the Internet since 1998.
CIO November 15, 2005 Ben Worthen	World vs. U.S. for Web Control Debate during a United Nations conference this month will highlight a growing rift between the United States and the rest of the world over Internet governance that could result in changes to how the World Wide Web can be used.
Information Today November 14, 2005 Dick Kaser	WSIS Still Clouded by Governance Debates--Fate of ICANN Awaits Nearly 4 years in the making, the World Summit on the Information Society is ready to start this Wednesday. But in the days preceding the summit, the world's diplomatic corps is meeting again to see if it's possible for the world to develop a consensus on how the Internet should be governed.
InternetNews October 1, 2009	ICANN's Affirmation Agreement Wins Praise Hailed by many in the Internet community, the split of ICANN from the U.S. government could also be one huge "monkey wrench."
InternetNews May 11, 2006 Sean Michael Kerner	ICANN Bans Adult TLD The group votes down .xxx top level domain.
InternetNews September 30, 2009	U.S. Cedes ICANN Control to the World New agreement takes direct oversight from the U.S. and makes it international. But don't call it Independence Day just yet.
Entrepreneur July 2002 Mike Hogan	The Pull for Pull ICANN is tightening its grip on uncontested control over Internet domains.
InternetNews May 8, 2009 Kenneth Corbin	ICANN Heading to a Fork in the Road With its agreement with the U.S. government expiring in September, Internet governance body could be headed for a shakeup.
InternetNews June 26, 2009 Sean Michael Kerner	ICANN Appoints New CEO Former director of U.S. National Cybersecurity Center takes the lead of the Internet's top governing body.
InternetNews January 28, 2010	ICANN Chief Tweets to Inform Rod Beckstrom says he's determined to keep the Internet organization's plans transparent, despite criticism that he's sharing too much via Twitter.
Information Today November 21, 2005 Dick Kaser	WSIS: Internet Governance Forum Endorsed by World Leaders The World Summit on the Information Society endorsed a new Internet Governance Forum which will discuss global public policy matters and other issues related to the Internet worldwide.
InternetNews March 14, 2011	ICANN To Vote on .XXX Domain After years of delay, the domain oversight board may finally vote on an adult-only domain, amid larger agenda items pertaining to generic top level domains.
InternetNews March 25, 2005 Jim Wagner	ICANN Approves .eu Domain Space The European Union gets a domain name space of its own after ICANN's board of directors approval.
InternetNews March 8, 2004 Jim Wagner	ICANN Says Yes to WLS The board of directors at the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) has approved the next implementation of VeriSign's Waitlisting Service (WLS), a controversial domain name service that has sparked a number of lawsuits.
Salon.com July 25, 2002 Farhad Manjoo	Esther Dyson defends ICANN The founding chairwoman of the Internet's governing institution explains why we have to work with what we've got, even if it isn't perfect.
Search Engine Watch July 27, 2000 Danny Sullivan	New Domain Names Coming Yes, it looks like new top level domain names may finally be coming -- but what they will be, how they will be assigned, and whether they will actually be used remains undecided. So, don't panic.
InternetNews May 8, 2009 Sean Michael Kerner	Economy Is Down but Domain Business Is Up VeriSign reports that its revenues rose on the strength of increasing domain and SSL registrations.
InternetNews September 16, 2005 Jim Wagner	ICANN Approves .cat, Delays .xxx The board of directors tables the proposed Internet red-light district and gives final approval to a domain space for Catalans.
InternetNews March 2, 2004 Jim Wagner	ICANN Fleshes Out Global Ambitions The Internet's governing body lays out the organization's plans for the future.
InternetNews March 3, 2004 Jim Wagner	GoDaddy Floats ICANN $100K for Defense Last year the company was suing ICANN. Now, it's helping it fight off other suits.
InternetNews March 27, 2006 David Miller	ICANN Tackles Future of Internet The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers' 25th International meeting officially opened on Monday in Wellington, New Zealand.
InternetNews April 7, 2011	ICANN Revenues Grow Non-profit Internet governance group expands its revenue during 2010 as new Top Level Domains are set to debut.
Reason December 2001 Rhys Southan	Web Playgrounds Some congressmen have decided that one top-level domain rejected by ICANN should is a moral (or at least political) imperative: .kids...
InternetNews December 8, 2006 Ed Sutherland	ICANN Gives Asia Its Dot In a move reflecting the growing Asian flavor of the Internet, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers yesterday approved the first top-level domain registry based in the Asia-Pacific region.
InternetNews October 25, 2005 Jim Wagner	VeriSign, ICANN Settle Dispute VeriSign reached an agreement with the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers over a lawsuit filed by the company in 2004.
InternetNews February 27, 2004 Jim Wagner	VeriSign Files Suit Against ICANN The lawsuit contends ICANN broke its contract with VeriSign when it prohibited and delayed the registrar from providing valuable Internet services like its SiteFinder and waiting-list service (WLS), according to the suit filed at the U.S. District Court, Central District Court of California, Los Angeles.
Salon.com July 2, 2002 Damien Cave	It's time for ICANN to go John Gilmore, original "cypherpunk" and all-around Internet supergeek, explains why the organization that runs the Internet is broken.
Salon.com March 14, 2001 Damien Cave	A Web of Babel Former ICANN chairwoman Esther Dyson says a new domain name system threatens to disrupt the Internet...
InternetNews August 13, 2004 Jim Wagner	Tom Barrett, CEO and President, PW Registry As the owner of both a registry and registrar, Barrett provides a unique perspective on who should foot the bill for the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers' (ICANN) ever-increasing budget.
PC Magazine March 7, 2008	A Month Of Tasting Tasting, the quasi-legal act of registering a domain name for a few days to see whether it can boost revenues, is a tremendous problem for ICANN.
InternetNews December 1, 2005 Jim Wagner	Domain Group Gets Injunction Hearing The Coalition for ICANN Transparency will get its day in court to try and stop ICANN and VeriSign from signing a .com agreement.
Entrepreneur July 2003 Mark Henricks	Where's Big Brother? Orwell's nightmare won't be coming to the Internet anytime soon.
InternetNews July 5, 2004 Jim Wagner	ICANNot Pay Those Dues The Internet governing body wants registrars to pay up to 475 percent more in annual dues; 75 of them form an alliance to respectfully decline.
InternetNews August 27, 2004 Jim Wagner	VeriSign Loses Round Against ICANN VeriSign lawyers vow the federal judge's ruling won't stop them from filing the same lawsuit against Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) in state courts.
InternetNews February 15, 2006 Sean Michael Kerner	Opposition to ICANN/VeriSign Proposal Grows Leading domain registrars have sent an open letter to ICANN Chairman Vint Cerf, stating their formal opposition to the revised proposition with VeriSign for continued control of the Internet registry.
InternetNews March 30, 2007 Sean Michael Kerner	ICANN Again Nixes .xxx Domain ICANN votes against .xxx election, but one board member says the group is bowing to government pressure in the process.
InternetNews June 4, 2009 Kenneth Corbin	Lawmakers Press ICANN Chief on Accountability Paul Twomey is on the defensive as lawmakers, industry executives blast ICANN for lack of accountability and transparency.