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<h2>News Alert</h2>
<p style="margin: 0px 0px 10px 0px; font-family: arial; font-size: small;"><a href="https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-3-2014-12-17-en">https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-3-2014-12-17-en</a></p>
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<h2 style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 0px;">Results Available for 17 December 2014 New gTLD Program Auction</h2>
<p style="margin: 15px 0px 0px 0px;">17 December 2014</p>
<p>On 17 December 2014, <a href="http://www.powerauctions.com/">Power Auctions LLC</a>, ICANN's authorized auction service provider, conducted a New gTLD Program Auction to resolve string contention for two new generic top-level domain (gTLD) strings: .BABY
and .MLS. Applicants for these strings were unable to resolve contention among themselves; thus their contention sets proceeded to auction, which is the method of last resort to resolve string contention as prescribed in Module 4 of the
<a href="http://newgtlds.icann.org/en/applicants/agb">New gTLD Program Applicant Guidebook</a>. Subject to payment of the winning price and meeting all other criteria for eligibility, the winner will enter ICANN's contracting process to sign a Registry Agreement
to operate the respective gTLD.</p>
<p>Six applicants participated in the auction for .BABY. Johnson & Johnson Services Inc. prevailed with a winning price of $3,088,888.</p>
<p>Two applicants participated in the auction for MLS. The Canadian Real Estate Association prevailed with a winning price of $3,359,000.</p>
<p>All proceeds from the Auction are being segregated and withheld from use until ICANN's Board of Directors define a plan for an appropriate use of the funds through consultation with the community.</p>
<h4>More Information</h4>
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<li><a href="https://gtldresult.icann.org/application-result/applicationstatus/auctionresults">Auction Results webpage</a>: Auction reports on this page on the New gTLD Microsite provide additional information on bidding.
</li><li><a href="http://newgtlds.icann.org/en/applicants/auctions/proceeds">Auction proceeds and costs</a>: A detailed summary of the proceeds and costs of all auctions conducted through November 2014. This information is updated at the end of each month.
</li><li><a href="http://newgtlds.icann.org/en/applicants/auctions/schedule-12dec14-en.pdf">Auctions schedule</a> [PDF, 253 KB]: Subsequent auctions are scheduled to occur on a monthly basis throughout 2014 and into early 2015. Auction events are intended to resolve
multiple contention sets simultaneously. </li><li>General <a href="http://newgtlds.icann.org/en/applicants/auctions">New gTLD Program Auctions</a> information.
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