Tokyo Weekender Pirates

[GomiGirl]

[color="RoyalBlue"]Weekender dogged by Trademark Pirate[/color]



Has anybody seen the English magazine released sometime this month calling itsef the "Tokyo Weekender - the First Reissue"?

This is apparantly an illegal use of the Tokyo Weekender trademark by a group called "Cosmopolis Inc."

They have been issued with cease and desist letters from the publisher of the revamped Weekender, Caroline Pover, who was granted the use of the original Trademark via a transfer agreement in 2004 from Mary Alexander, widow of Corky Alexander - the original founder of Tokyo Weekender in 1970.

Apparantly legal action is being taken.

Interesting stuff.
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[Taro Toporific]

They have been issued with cease and desist letters from the publisher of the revamped Weekender

The real Weekender is now at http://www.weekenderjapan.com/


The site with the old dead Tokyo Weekender is at weekender.co.jp. That old dead site has always been there---I am guessing that a URL squatter grabbed the domain name and copied the site. What I cannot guess is: Why did they copy the 3-year out-of-date site illegally? The pirates aren't using it for advertising.

[GomiGirl]

Not a web-site - a magazine.

[Sorry for the wrong links. I have fixed them now. ]

[Taro Toporific]

Not a web-site - a magazine.

[Sorry for the wrong links. I have fixed them now. ]

A fake Weakender magazine--WTF?!?! Ya gotta be kidding? Who would bother with the terrible reputation that the Weekender has delevoped in its last years?

So why the FSM does the Weekender keep up their absurd Spammer forums open? There is no redirect page from the old site to the new site, no mention that it's an archive, no nothing. Very dodgy.

THIS WEEK: 'the best place to take respite from the beat in Tokyo'
by Taro, December 08, 2004 09:0
I bet you all didn't know, but according to the Weekender website, Tokyo is having a heat wave for Christmas, hee, hee.
[INDENT]THIS WEEK
By John Domokos, Weekender ***ociate Editor
About the best place to take respite from the summer heat in Tokyo is your local cineplex. And while the air-con may be on inside, this summer blockbuster season is hotter than ever...[/INDENT]

[GomiGirl]

That old site caught me out too!! I hope they get a redirect organised. Not helping their cause any.

[Captain Japan]

Where can I get a copy of the Weekender knockoff?

[maninjapan]

I just love the huge advertorial for Shane at the back every month and that sanctimonious Bill Hersey going on about his social life every issue. Christ almighty give it a rest love.

[igor]

I heard that there was this thing called Weekender, but never saw it, but somebody later said it disappeared. Then I heard about the "new Weekender" about how it was continuing the great tradition. I guess I have continued the great tradition of never having seen that one either. Is this real, or just some silly frat joke around Gaijin circles (Oh, yes I was covered in the Weekender... didn't you see?). Another interesting part is that those pictures say "Weekender" - where's the Tokyo bit? Anyone got a pic of the "other Weekender" or are you just laughing your asses off at my naivity?

[Captain Japan]

I just love the huge advertorial for Shane at the back every month and that sanctimonious Bill Hersey going on about his social life every issue. Christ almighty give it a rest love.

And that's why I'd love to find the knockoff.

[Mulboyne]

[Taro Toporific]

[SIZE="3"]Like a zombie....It's baaaack.[/SIZE]

http://weekenderjapan.com/#issue:2/page:42


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Contributors for Established English Tokyo Publication
Reply to: submissions@weekenderjapan.com [?]
Date: 2009-01-26, 10:21AM JT
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Japan's oldest English magazine, recently re-vamped and re-launched is currently looking for freelance feature, dining, and travel articles.

-Please send professional/published writing samples (minimum 2) with inquiry. Blog/online samples accepted.
-Looking for innovative, pitches on Tokyo and Japan with a twist that will appeal to a wide demographic of readers.
-Writers with a focused knowledge on a particular industry, niche market or culture with a Japanese element most sought.

* Compensation: First published article uncompensated. Subsequent contributions 15-20cents/word.
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Caroline Pover writes in the Feb 3-16th edition of Weekender:

[Doctor Stop]

* Compensation: First published article uncompensated.

I've got a better idea. Why don't they simply just charge people to write articles for them.

[sublight]

I remember seeing a copy in the waiting room at the Tokyo Medical Clinic across from Tokyo Tower several years ago. It featured an Easter message from Kenny Joseph welcoming people of all faiths to join together in fighting the evil of Islam.

Man, that guy was a class-A fruit loop and a bitter little con artist. Is he even still around? His son (Kenny Jr.) seems perfectly rational in his Japan Times column.

[Bucky]

Jeez, Bill Hersey has been writing his society column for decades. I remember his stuff from 1979.

[Sentakki Fried Chicken]

The best thing I ever saw about this magazine was back in about 1997 when The Alien (now Japanzine) was in its heyday and did a parody it called The Reekender.
Poor old Corky was apoplectic and raved about the parody, with its reporting from Bill Cadbury, for weeks.
I miss The Alien and will be forever grateful to it for giving us Charisma Man, IMHO the greatest comic about Japan ever!

[Taro Toporific]

Damn, The Tokyo Weakender is like a zombie cat with 9 lives.

Tokyo PR firm picking up English magazine to broaden its reach
asia.Nikkei.com | September 25, 2015
A public relations company will acquire a Tokyo publisher of an English-language magazine in hopes of expanding the readership beyond the usual expatriates to include foreign visitors.
Sunny Side Up, whose marketing and communication services include consulting and event planning, plans to acquire all shares in BC Media as early as mid-October for an undisclosed sum. BC Media's Tokyo Weekender provides event listings and other information in English...
...Sunny Side Up aims to expand the audience to foreigners visiting Japan, hoping to reap synergies with its other businesses.
The company launched the Omotenashi Nippon business with such partners as Microsoft Japan last year to introduce Japan's unique products and services to the world...more...

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[wagyl]

That article reads like a PR press release....

I only ever saw the Weekender because it was a supplement to the paper I used to get delivered (before there was easy internet). I would not have picked it up otherwise, because it only ever seemed to have relevance to the twenty people who appeared each week in Bill Hersey's party column.