Did Rolling Stone Forget to Renew its Domain Name? [PIC]

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Typically, this is the type of page you see when someone has registered a domain name but not yet created a website for it. It's also what you'll see if a domain name has expired but has not yet officially been put back on the open market for anyone to register.

This has some speculating that Rolling Stone forgot to renew its domain name, though WHOIS records indicate that its registration is valid through September of next year. One of our commenters notes that it could also be a DNS problem or Akamai issue.

We imagine the problem will likely be resolved fairly quickly (though it typically takes time to resolve on everyone's connection), but here's a screenshot of the page that will live in DNS admin infamy and might get someone fired:

Meanwhile, we've contacted the DNS admin for parent company Wenner Media and will update when we hear something.

img credit: Hanady Kader