You go to your computer or pull out your phone, fire up the browser of choice, type in marketplace.org, and magically our website shows up (and you’re here, so case in point.)
Except… it’s not magic. The internet is a deeply complicated and completely essential system, the architecture of which has been run under contract with the United States Goverment by a group known as the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN).
For now.The Commerce Department announced it’s going to get out of the internet business just as soon as a replacement group is set up to keep an eye on things.
We called up the CEO of ICANN, Fadi Chehade, to see how that might work.
If you’re a member of your local public radio station, we thank you — because your support helps those stations keep programs like Marketplace on the air. But for Marketplace to continue to grow, we need additional investment from those who care most about what we do: superfans like you.
Your donation — as little as $5 — helps us create more content that matters to you and your community, and to reach more people where they are – whether that’s radio, podcasts or online.
When you contribute directly to Marketplace, you become a partner in that mission: someone who understands that when we all get smarter, everybody wins.
