<h4 style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 0px;">New Monthly Magazine Provides the Inside Scoop on ICANN</h4>
<p style="margin: 0px;">All the latest news and developments in your inbox</p>
<p style="margin: 15px 0px 0px;">3 August 2007</p>
<p> <strong>MARINA DEL REY, Calif.</strong>: ICANN today launched a new
magazine that will provide all the latest news and developments within
the organization to online subscribers. </p>
<p> Produced monthly, each issue will review recent developments in policy
topics, provide details of recent Board meetings, the latest news from
around the world, and other developments within the organization, complete
with links to further resources. </p>
<p> "We want people to understand what issues are pending before ICANN, how
interested stakeholders can contribute and when decisions will be made.
This magazine will help that understanding" said Paul Levins, ICANN's Executive
Officer and Vice-President Corporate Affairs . "This is the latest in series
of improvements to accountability and transparency at ICANN. Some of these
changes include improved Board reporting, a blog, an annual report, an
improved website, a public participation site and extensive consultation
on our budget and strategic and operating plans." Levins said </p>
<p> The magazine will also feature interviews. This first edition includes
interviews with ICANN President and CEO Dr Paul Twomey and ICANN Governmental
Advisory Committee chair Janis Karklins, There are also stories about online
developments and details of how to participate in ICANN's processes. </p>
<p> It is written in an informal style to interest people who are new to
ICANN but should also prove informative and interesting to those with greater
experience and knowledge of the organization. </p>
<p> The magazine has its own page on the ICANN website at <a href="http://www.icann.org/magazine/">http://www.icann.org/magazine</a> where
you can sign up to automatically receive each issue direct to your inbox.
The page will also feature the most recent issue and an archive of previous
issues. </p>
<p> ICANN welcomes feedback on the magazine. Please send any comments to
our general manager of public participation, Kieren McCarthy, at <a href="mailto:kieren.mccarthy@icann.org">kieren.mccarthy@icann.org</a>. </p>
<p align="left"><strong>About ICANN: </strong></p>
<p> ICANN is responsible for the global coordination of the Internet's system
of unique identifiers like domain names (like .org, .museum and country
codes like .uk) and the addresses used in a variety of Internet protocols
that help computers reach each other over the Internet. Careful management
of these resources is vital to the Internet's operation, so ICANN's global
stakeholders meet regularly to develop policies that ensure the Internet's
ongoing security and stability. ICANN is an internationally organized,
public benefit non-profit company. For more information please visit: <a href="http://www.icann.org/">www.icann.org</a>. </p>
<p><strong>Media Contacts: </strong></p>
<p>Jason Keenan <br>
Media Adviser, ICANN (USA) <br>
Ph: +1 310 382 4004 <br>
E: <a href="mailto:jason.keenan@icann.org">jason.keenan@icann.org</a> </p>
<p>International: Andrew Robertson <br>
Edelman (London) <br>
Ph: +44 7921 588 770 <br>
E: <a href="mailto:andrew.robertson@edelman.com">andrew.robertson@edelman.com</a> </p><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>Anne-Rachel Inne