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| Company type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Publishing : Internet |
| Founded | Tokyo, Japan (1993) |
| Headquarters | Omotesando, Tokyo |
| Key people | Mark Devlin CEO & Publisher Mary Devlin, Deputy CEO, Co-founder |
| Products | Metropolis : Crisscross News |
| Website | www.crisscross.com |
- This article is about the company; for other meanings, see Criss Cross.
Crisscross K.K. is a privately-held company based in Tokyo, Japan, founded in 1993 by Mark and Mary Devlin.
The company publishes Metropolis, the largest distribution English magazine in Japan. Formerly known as Tokyo Classified, the magazine is a free distribution full-color 72 page weekly city guide and classified ads magazine for Tokyo's English-speaking community. Crisscross distributes 30,000 copies of Metropolis each week throughout Tokyo, Yokohama and Chiba. Metropolis is the only English magazine in Japan that has its circulation certified by Japan's Audit Bureau of Circulations.
In June 2000, Crisscross started Japan Today, an interactive news site that was the first news site in the world to allow users to post comments under any news story. According to Alexa.com, Japan Today (combined with Metropolis) was the largest news and information site about Japan in English (both sites now inhabit separate domains, so the individual Alexa totals are now lower).
In December 2005, the Company expanded its news coverage to include U.S. and world news and renamed the site "Crisscross News". The news site name reverted back to Japan Today in October 2006.
The Company also launched Crisscross Network, a social networking service that lets users compare and link profile information such as their life goals and favorite items. The site makes use of tags.
Crisscross KK also operates a boutique creative agency, called Crisscross Creative.
Criticism
Owner Mark Devlin was also involved in the controversy of convicted drug smuggler Nick Baker. From the Misplaced Pages entry on Nick Baker we read of a possible libel suit against Devlin… “In November 2004, after Devlin had emailed a 30-page document entitled "The Nick Baker Deception" to other media and supporters, Iris Baker called him a spammer and claimed he had harvested emails from the support site. Since Devlin claimed she had "suppressed information"; "deceived the media and the public" and made "anti-Japanese statements" she also invited Devlin to make these claims whilst in the UK so that she may proceed with a libel action. Devlin said Iris Baker's claims were "ludicrous". To date no libel suit has been filed.”
External links
- Article about Metropolis' history
- Mark Devlin speech to Tokyo Entrepreneurs' association
- Metropolis website
- Crisscross News
- Crisscross Network
- Crisscross Creative