Close Encounters

For many of our readers, there’s only one Chris Weekly: this, the publication you turn to when you need Chris news and want it now. But some readers have found through bad information or clumsy typing that there is indeed another Chris Weekly out there in cyberspace: http://chris.weekly.org. It’s a rivalry of which we’ve been aware for some time here at CW but the e-rag business can be cutthroat so we kept quiet about it due to seemingly competitive formats. Turns out Mr. Weekly comes in peace, and is not a threat to our mission in any way.

Upon closer inspection, chris.weekly.org is a personal MySpace-style page maintained by a guy named Chris Weekly. And he made contact with us today:

“I found this email address via http://chrisweekly.blogspot.com. Chris didn't have an obvious contact e-mail, but "Ruby Vino" did so I thought I’d say hi. My (real) name is Chris Weekly, http://chris.weekly.org is my site. I don't have an agenda, but I never met anyone w/ my name before so I thought I'd reach out.”

And we're glad you did, Chris. Allow us to consider you a "silent partner" of sorts. CW's chief financial officer, Max "Maximillion" Goldfarb, explains:

“With this recession looming, we were unsure how to commit to our usual advertising package without having to cut out staff bonuses or downsize holiday events. Just before I was about to move the CHRIStmas party to the Route 1 Famous Dave’s, I get a call from editorial about this Chris Weekly character. Now, I can completely eradicate our ad budget! Mr. Weekly’s existence alone is saving us thousands in marketing. Every time he signs his name we can throw a few bucks back into the annual bonus fund. The CHRIStmas party's back on at MiniBar! Thanks, Chris Weekly."