Are you hiring—or being promoted, changing jobs, retiring, launching a new company, or otherwise changing your employment? Email Jen at jen@plainlanguagemedia.com and we'll announce the news in our next issue of Who's News. Mattel appoints Lisa Weger to the role of Regional Head Consumer Products Europe. Based in the U.K., Wagner joins the toyco from Turner Broadcasting in New … [Read more...] about Who’s News—6/4/2018
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Deal Sheet — 6/6/2018
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Mobile & More Content Licensing
Universal partners with mobile-game developer Ludia for AR mobile game app, Jurassic World Alive. Players collect, discover, and create a variety of dinosaurs while exploring their own neighborhoods and cities around the world. Starting June 6 through July 31, select Walmart and AMC locations will allow players to collect branded supply drops and resources. Hasbro parters with … [Read more...] about Mobile & More Content Licensing
Experiential Activations
A new cross-media fitness campaign from Disney and Aspics features a series of "super work-out" videos, in-store activations, and a footwear collection all meant to celebrate the release of Incredibles 2. Mixed martial arts organization UFC and AirAsia, its sponsor and presenting sponsor of UFC Fight Night Singapore, launch the first UFC-branded livery on an AirAsia Airbus … [Read more...] about Experiential Activations
Deal Sheet — 5/30/2018
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Expo Wrap-up: Fighting FOMO With Innovation
We are back from another year of Licensing Expo at Las Vegas! Thanks to our regular TLL subscribers as well as our new members for stopping by our booth. We are currently processing all new newsletter subscriptions, so please keep an eye on your inbox for updates! Please note that the 10% Show Discount is still available through the end of June—contact Jen at … [Read more...] about Expo Wrap-up: Fighting FOMO With Innovation
Retail: Shifting Towards 360 Degree Distribution
From the floor of Licensing Expo Las Vegas, Amazon is demanding an outsized role in the licensing business. Its VP Nicholas Denissen, this year’s keynote speaker, opened the show with the claim that the ecommerce giant will balloon licensed retail sales to $1 trillion over the next 10 years. The online retail giant is pushing its Merch Collab service to licensors, licensees, … [Read more...] about Retail: Shifting Towards 360 Degree Distribution
Ask Us About Guarantees
This year at Licensing Expo Las Vegas and earlier in the year in connection with TLL's Annual Licensing Business Survey, we had a lot of people asking about the $1 million guarantee—by most measures, an astronomical and abnormal amount to be demanded in consumer products licensing agreements. Even some major licensees that are paying out multi-million dollar royalties eschew … [Read more...] about Ask Us About Guarantees
Who’s News—5/21/2018
Are you hiring—or being promoted, changing jobs, retiring, launching a new company, or otherwise changing your employment? Email Jen at jen@plainlanguagemedia.com and we'll announce the news in our next issue of Who's News. Kathy Ireland Worldwide names healthcare entrepreneur Bialik Benjamin as its VP Business Development as well as its ambassador for international and … [Read more...] about Who’s News—5/21/2018
Deal Sheet — 5/23/2018
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