Oops, didn't realize others have already posted this. Looks like NYTimes as well:
https://twitter.com/jaesonschultz/status/372456943312330753/...
FIRST DISCUSSION: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6286251
RELATED: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6286308 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6286302
The whois is correct. Whether they can make DNS changes is whole other question. I doubt they have taken over ownership of the domain.
Oops, didn't realize others have already posted this. Looks like NYTimes as well:
https://twitter.com/jaesonschultz/status/372456943312330753/...
FIRST DISCUSSION: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6286251
RELATED: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6286308 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6286302