<story><title>Putting the Times’s First Email Address to Bed</title><url>https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/20/insider/putting-the-timess-first-email-address-to-bed.html?_r=0</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>comex</author><text>In the article&amp;#x27;s comments section, a notable comment from the Peter Lewis mentioned in the article:&lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;John, let the record show that The Times also initially turned down my free offer of the nytimes.com domain, which I had registered. A couple of years later they decided this internet thing was perhaps more than a fad, and demanded that I transfer ownership, which I willingly did. They still haven&amp;#x27;t reimbursed me for the registration fee :-)&lt;/i&gt;</text></comment>
<story><title>Putting the Times’s First Email Address to Bed</title><url>https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/20/insider/putting-the-timess-first-email-address-to-bed.html?_r=0</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>passivepinetree</author><text>I&amp;#x27;ve always wondered why the Times&amp;#x27; domain was nytimes.com rather than nyt.com or newyorktimes.com. nytimes.com seems like an odd mix of initials and spelling the words out.&lt;p&gt;This was a fascinating look into early internet history.&lt;p&gt;Also, it was pretty cool of Markoff to give the domain up in exchange for keeping his old email address, rather than holding the paper hostage for a bunch of money.</text></comment>