Ron Jackson
Ron Jackson is the founder, editor and publisher of Domain Name Journal, the domain industry’s trade magazine at www.DNJournal.com. When mainstream media outlets want to know what is happening in the domain business, they call Ron. DN Journal has been quoted in the Wall Street Journal, ABC News, BBC News, Newsweek Magazine, Forbes Magazine, USA Today, the New York Times, MSNBC and in many local and regional publications. Ron is also an active domain owner himself. With a portfolio of more than 6,000 domains he has intimate knowledge of how this industry works as well as direct contacts with many of the pioneers who built it.
Ron began his professional journalism career as News Director of an Ohio radio station before moving on to TV. He spent 17 years as a news and sports anchor/reporter at ABC and CBS television stations in Tampa, Florida. An entrepreneur at heart, Ron decided to open his own business in 1989 when he rolled out the first in a series of successful record stores. His mail order division became known worldwide as a leading source for music memorabilia. During this time he discovered the power of the Internet when he was able to replace his expensive national magazine ads with a website in 1997. Business exploded while his advertising costs dropped to a fraction of what they had been before.
Just a few years later, when file sharing and downloading started causing problems for music retailers, he recognized that the Internet would permanently change his industry and most others forever. Sensing a new opportunity that dwarfed everything he had seen before, Ron walked away from the music business and entered the domain industry in 2002. As he began acquiring domains (the key components of the most important communications medium of all time) he was surprised to find that this vital industry did not have it’s own trade magazine. Ron filled that void by debuting DNJournal.com on New Year’s Day 2003. The unique combination of professional writing with his insider’s perspective resulted in an award-winning* publication that has been embraced by individuals and companies operating in the space. DN Journal is now regarded as one of the “institutions” in this dynamic young industry.
Claims to Fame:
- Influential Domainer of August 2009 – Domainers.US
- 2008 Name Intelligence Award – Best Industry Coverage
- 2008 Domainers Choice Award – Best Domain Publication
- 2007 Name Intelligence Award – Best Industry Coverage
- 2006 Name Intelligence Award – Best Industry Coverage
- 2006 T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Domain Hall of Fame (one of the first two inductees)
- 2005 T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Public Awareness of Domains Award
This month’s Influential Domainer was sponsored by InForum.in.
Ron Jackson
Ron Jackson is the founder, editor and publisher of Domain Name Journal, the domain industry’s trade magazine at www.DNJournal.com. When mainstream media outlets want to know what is happening in the domain business, they call Ron. DN Journal has been quoted in the Wall Street Journal, ABC News, BBC News, Newsweek Magazine, Forbes Magazine, USA Today, the New York Times, MSNBC and in many local and regional publications. Ron is also an active domain owner himself. With a portfolio of more than 6,000 domains he has intimate knowledge of how this industry works as well as direct contacts with many of the pioneers who built it.
Ron began his professional journalism career as News Director of an Ohio radio station before moving on to TV. He spent 17 years as a news and sports anchor/reporter at ABC and CBS television stations in Tampa, Florida. An entrepreneur at heart, Ron decided to open his own business in 1989 when he rolled out the first in a series of successful record stores. His mail order division became known worldwide as a leading source for music memorabilia. During this time he discovered the power of the Internet when he was able to replace his expensive national magazine ads with a website in 1997. Business exploded while his advertising costs dropped to a fraction of what they had been before.
Just a few years later, when file sharing and downloading started causing problems for music retailers, he recognized that the Internet would permanently change his industry and most others forever. Sensing a new opportunity that dwarfed everything he had seen before, Ron walked away from the music business and entered the domain industry in 2002. As he began acquiring domains (the key components of the most important communications medium of all time) he was surprised to find that this vital industry did not have it’s own trade magazine. Ron filled that void by debuting DNJournal.com on New Year’s Day 2003. The unique combination of professional writing with his insider’s perspective resulted in an award-winning* publication that has been embraced by individuals and companies operating in the space. DN Journal is now regarded as one of the “institutions” in this dynamic young industry.
Claims to Fame:
This month’s Influential Domainer was sponsored by InForum.in.