Apex domains cannot have CNAME records.
Question and response
Question
dig ns2.compellingmedia.net. NS
Answer
ns2.compellingmedia.net. 5 NS ns1.57-128-188-221.cprapid.com.
ns2.compellingmedia.net. 5 NS ns2.57-128-188-221.cprapid.com.
Authority
The response has no authority records.
Additional
. 0 OPT ; payload 1232, xrcode 0, version 0, flags 0