What is the URL of the Internet website that City Publications maintains?
City_Publications Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
Franchisor has established and maintains an Internet website at the uniform resource locator ("URL") www.citypublication.com that provides information about the CITY PUBLICATIONS System and the services that Franchisor and its franchisees provide. Franchisor shall establish a website for the Franchised Business and a link between such website and the CITY PUBLICATIONS website. Franchisee is solely responsible for the maintenance of the website for the Franchised Business. Franchisor may (but is not required to) include at the CITY PUBLICATIONS website an interior page containing information about the Franchised Business. If Franchisor includes such information on the CITY PUBLICATIONS website, Franchisor may require Franchisee to prepare all or a portion of the page, at Franchisee's expense, using a template that Franchisor provides. All such information shall be subject to Franchisor's approval prior to posting. Franchisor retains the sole right to market on the Internet, including all use of websites, domain names, URL's, linking, meta-tags, marketing, auction sites, e-commerce and co-branding arrangements. Franchisee may be requested to provide Franchisor content for Franchisor's Internet marketing and shall be required to follow Franchisor's Intranet and Internet usage rules, policies and requirements. Franchisor retains the sole right to use the Marks on the Internet, including on websites, as domain names, directory addresses, search terms, meta-tags, and in connection with linking, marketing, cobranding and other arrangements, as well as social media and any digital marketing platform, Franchisor retains the sole right to approve any linking or other use of the CITY PUBLICATIONS website. Franchisee may not establish a presence
Source: Item 23 — RECEIPT (FDD pages 39–129)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to City Publications' 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document, the URL for the Internet website that City Publications maintains is www.citypublication.com. The website provides information about the City Publications system and the services that City Publications and its franchisees provide.
City Publications will establish a website for the franchisee's franchised business and create a link between that website and the main City Publications website. However, the franchisee is responsible for maintaining their own website. City Publications may also include an interior page on its main website with information about the franchisee's business, and if they do, they may require the franchisee to prepare all or part of the page using a template, at the franchisee's expense. All information is subject to City Publications' approval before posting.
City Publications retains the sole right to market on the Internet, including all use of websites, domain names, URLs, linking, meta-tags, marketing, auction sites, e-commerce, and co-branding arrangements. Franchisees may be asked to provide content for City Publications' Internet marketing and must follow City Publications' intranet and Internet usage rules, policies, and requirements. City Publications also retains the sole right to use its marks on the Internet, including on websites, as domain names, directory addresses, search terms, meta-tags, and in connection with linking, marketing, co-branding, and other arrangements, as well as social media and any digital marketing platform. Franchisees may not establish a presence on, or market using, the Internet, including social media, in connection with the franchised business unless they have obtained City Publications' express prior written consent and are subject to City Publications' specifications.
City Publications also retains the sole right to approve any linking or other use of the City Publications website. Franchisees are prohibited from establishing an Internet site using a domain name or URL containing any of the marks or the words "CITY PUBLICATIONS" or any variation thereof without prior written consent from City Publications. City Publications retains the sole right to advertise on the Internet and create a website using the "CITY PUBLICATIONS" domain name or using any other domain name City Publications designates in the Manual or any domain name containing any of the marks. Franchisees acknowledge that City Publications is the sole owner of all right, title, and interest in and to such domain names as City Publications designates in the Manual.