Royal Television Society award winner and multiple BAFTA award nominee Ben Faulks—best known for co-creating and starring in the much-loved CBeebies brand Mr. Bloom’s Nursery—is launching his own production company, called Egg Power Productions. Making… . . . read more
Google Gives Ground in War Over Who Pays For News
February 11, 2021
By Gary Symons TLL Editor in Chief US tech giant Google has announced a new policy to pay for some licensed news content in the UK, after coming under intense fire in Europe and Australia… . . . read more
Penguin Random House Lands Netflix Deal For Redwall
February 10, 2021
Publishing giant Penguin Random House has inked a potentially lucrative deal with Netflix for the rights to all 23 books in the popular Redwall series, by author Brian Jaques. The world’s dominant streamer is now… . . . read more
Outdoor Life Boots Up Licensing Deal With SLC Footwear
February 4, 2021
Outdoor Life is one of America’s most venerable magazines, offering hunting tips and gear guides for well over a century … and now the magazine will also produce its own line of outdoor footwear in… . . . read more
Sarah Weisinger Takes Key Role at Disney Publishing
January 31, 2021
Sarah Weisinger, a veteran at The House of Mouse, has taken on a new role as Senior VP and Group Publisher of Disney Publishing Worldwide. Weisinger has been with Disney since 2000, and most recently… . . . read more
Licensing Monster “Mobile Suit Gundam” Airing on Crunchyroll
January 25, 2021
The anime network Crunchyroll began airing “Mobile Suit Gundam,” the original series within the iconic Gundam franchise, as one of its library of more than 1,000 Gundam titles, opening up more opportunities for licensees. The Crunchyroll… . . . read more
Wright’s in New Collaboration with NYT’s Wirecutter
January 22, 2021
Wright’s Media, an industry-leading global content licensing agency, will collaborate with Wirecutter, a product recommendation service acquired by The New York Times Company as its official content licensing partner. Wirecutter is now a division of the… . . . read more
French Comic Asterix Licensed for TV, Film, Video Games
January 21, 2021
The iconic and internationally popular French/Belgian comic book Asterix is seeing a resurgence in popularity which is likely to grow, as the brand launches new licensing deals and a live action film. Asterix launched as… . . . read more
Marvel Launches Year Long Product Campaign for 2021
January 12, 2021
The wildly successful Disney superhero franchise Marvel is giving its fans plenty of reasons to celebrate the New Year, announcing a full year of new Marvel Studios inspired product reveals spanning toys, games, books, apparel, home… . . . read more
Jay-Z’s Roc Nation Gets Into Book Biz With Random House
December 16, 2020
Recording artist and producer Jay-Z is getting into the book publishing business, and in a big way, thanks to a deal with Random House. The publishing giant announced this week the launch of a new publishing… . . . read more