Sorry if it's been posted already but I didn't hear about this one and I don't know how it escaped the mainstream news since it's a pretty big ticket domain sale for recent times. Interesting that it was bought by a Japanese company - I wonder if they wanted to binge spend some of their yen cash before it got devalued by further QE measures.
I'm not sure if there is any logic in that proposition or even in what i'm suggesting. Anyhow, here's the craik:
GMO Internet Reveals Re-branding Plans; Z.Com Coming Soon
Z.com Sold for Nearly $6.8 Million | DomainInvesting.com