Apex domains cannot have CNAME records.
Question and response
Question
dig you-read-it-here-first.com. NS
Answer
you-read-it-here-first.com. 5 NS ns2.you-read-it-here-first.com.
you-read-it-here-first.com. 5 NS ns1.you-read-it-here-first.com.
Authority
The response has no authority records.
Additional
ns1.you-read-it-here-first.com. 5 A 216.108.232.38
ns2.you-read-it-here-first.com. 5 A 216.108.232.140
. 0 OPT ; payload 1232, xrcode 0, version 0, flags 0