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Veteran web designer and audio/video services provider Danny Pryor just filled us in on some major changes underway at his Fort Lauderdale, Florida company, Rodan Media. Pryor's company produced most versions of the T.R.A.F.F.I.C. conference website that you have seen in recent years and he has done (and contiues to do) development work for a number of well-known domain portfolio holders.

Pryor said Rodan Media has signed significant new development deals with key players in the domain industry as the company positions itself to become a key content provider, domain developer and producer of high-quality video and audio products for small business and individual clients.

To accomodate its rapid growth, Pryor said the company he formed in 2001 is reincorporating as the Rodan Media Group Corporation. A new President and CEO, Donnie Goodwin, is coming on board with Pryor becoming the Chief Operating Officer and corporate vice president. Goodwin brings a wealth of business experience to the enterprise, having spent 18 years as an investment banker with Merrill Lynch and Paine Webber. Goodwin has also been practicing corporate and criminal law for the past 10 years.

Pryor is a former radio news anchor and 

Danny Pryor at the T.R.A.F.F.I.C. 
Silicon Valley Conference in April.

Associated Press award-winning journalist who turned his attention to website development in 2000. He previously worked for KNUU radio in Las Vegas, WINZ and WIOD radio in Miami and served as news director for radio stations WGYL and WTTB in Vero Beach. He also spent two years at the Metro Networks Miami operations office before shifting his focus to the Internet.

Among other things, Pryor said Rodan is currently working on a mass domain development project that  involves building out nearly 200 domains across a network-style platform of interlinked websites. "These domains will feature news, sports, travel, weather, finance, science, legal, and volunteer information," Pryor noted. A gallery of his company's work can be reviewed on the Rodan Media website.

Rod Beckstrom
Will he be ICANN's new CEO?

One other note today - we told you yesterday that former U.S. cyber security chief Rod Beckstrom was expected to be named the new CEO of ICANN when the DNS oversight body ended their current meeting in Sydney, Australia today. That in fact happened with ICANN Chairman Peter Dengate Thrush delivering the official announcement Down Under. Thrush said, "Rod Beckstrom has exactly the sort of strong personal and technical background that ICANN needs."

Vint Cert, who is considered to be the "father" of the Internet said in a statement, "Rod Beckstrom is strikingly well-prepared to undertake a new role as CEO of ICANN. His experience in industry and government equip him for this global and very challenging job." 

Beckstrom replace Dr. Paul Twomey who earlier this year announced his decision to the leave the post he had held since 2003.

(Posted June 26, 2009) 

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