Did you order your new gTLD study?

First of all, I want to wish a happy new year to my readers and inform on a few things that I am launching:

1. A new gTLD study which answers that question: "why would I create my .BRAND new gTLD?"
2. A new "Tools" page at Jovenet Consulting: this is a page that I will keep filling with new documents and tools for future new gTLD applicants;
3. A French version of Jovenet Consulting: this is not a very funny thing to do but there is an increasing demand in France for .BRAND info and since Jovenet Consulting is based in Paris...it makes sense. I am working on this at the moment.

I am also looking for a new major sponsor: I have a preference for a back-end registry solution provider or a registry but I am also interested in being sponsored by a corporate registrar or a law firm.

Objectives for future round(s):

• Create the best .BRAND new gTLD offer on the market;
• Make the Jovenet Consulting network the #1 new gTLD information provider;
• Find a partner to work with: working alone ".sucks".

What you missed in our previous Newsletters:

1. .AFRICA could go live after court refuses injunction;
2. Interesting - More new gTLD predictions for 2017:
1. Predictions #3: Opportunities to hand-register liquid new gTLDs will continue;
2. Prediction #4: Some new gTLDs will crash and burn.
3. NewG talk #19: MIIT-approved NewG extensions;
4. Security experts say ICANN should address collisions before approving more new TLDs;
5. French - Fin d’année mouvementée pour les noms de domaine:
1. Etat statistique des nTLDs au samedi 31/12/16 (données publiées);
2. Des temps incertains;
3. Les .BRAND à l’honneur;
4. A la conquête de la Chine;
5. La stratégie de gratuité: info ou intox? 
6. Remous autour de la nouvelle procédure de transfert des noms de domaine (LegacyTLDs et nTLDs).
6. Brand Innovators = 108 Brands;
7. Vitality.BIO;
8. 14 comments to "Confusing New gTLDs": the list of confusing new gTLDs is gaining traction as more people are commenting and criticizing the article. Participate here and check the final list here;
9. Interesting - My predictions for new gTLDs;
10. Donuts extends DPML Plus and delays price hike;
11. .COM Registrations Loses Another 1 Million Domains In Less Than 2 Weeks;
12. Caveat Emptor Domain Name Registrants re: ICANN Base New gTLD RA;
13. Your Domain Name Ends in Dot What?
14. First .GOOG website is live (Google Trust Service);
15. ICANN Litigation Update (.AFRICA, IRP & CEP Status Report .WEB);
16. .SHOP and .SITE get Chinese approval;
17. Independent review of the ICANN ASO: Deadline announcement of the selected bid: 31 January 2017;
18. French - Comment défendre la protection des indications géographiques lors de l’attribution des New gTLDs?
19. In Praise of .XYZ.