By Gary Symons TLL Editor in Chief Mattel is launching a publishing program for its Monster High franchise with publishers ABRAMS and IDW. The Monster High publishing program will launch with two novels from ABRAMS and a comic book series by IDW, following years of demand from the brand’s dedicated fan base. Founded in 1949, ABRAMS was the first company in the … [Read more...] about Mattel Partners with ABRAMS, IDW for ‘Monster High’ Novels and Comics
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Who’s News: August 2020
Are you hiring—or being promoted, changing jobs, retiring, launching a new company, or otherwise changing your employment? Contact the Editor at karina@plainlanguagemedia.com to announce the news in our next issue of Who's News. Direct contact information is made available through TLL's Licensing Sourcebook Online (subscription required). Update: Aug. 18, 2020 Foot Locker … [Read more...] about Who’s News: August 2020
Who’s News—8/21/2018
Are you hiring—or being promoted, changing jobs, retiring, launching a new company, or otherwise changing your employment? Contact the Editor at karina@plainlanguagemedia.com to announce the news in our next issue of Who's News. Mattel shareholders elect Adriana Cisneros, CEO of Cisneros Group of Companies, and Roger Lynch, President & CEO of Pandora Media, to the … [Read more...] about Who’s News—8/21/2018
Who’s News—8/6/2018
Are you hiring—or being promoted, changing jobs, retiring, launching a new company, or otherwise changing your employment? Contact the Editor at karina@plainlanguagemedia.com to announce the news in our next issue of Who's News. Hasbro's Board extends the employment of Chairman & CEO, Brian Goldner, two additional years through Dec. 31, 2022. In addition, John Frascotti’s … [Read more...] about Who’s News—8/6/2018
Who’s News—5/7/2018
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. Centa IP hires Gail Mitchell as CEO and Val Fry as VP Licensing. Mitchell is based in Australia; she formerly worked at Hasbro and The Fusion Agency. Fry … [Read more...] about Who’s News—5/7/2018
Publishing Driven by Kids; General Market Softens
Retail sales of licensed publishing—including books, comics, and magazines—reached over $3.7 million in the U.S./Canada for 2016. Meanwhile, the general sector has relatively soft performance that continued into 2017. Unit sales of print books were up 1.9% in the U.S. in 2017, continuing the modest single-digit growth book sales have seen over the past few years, according to … [Read more...] about Publishing Driven by Kids; General Market Softens
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Open call Looking to hire or be hired? Contact our business development team to feature your listing on TLL. Just want to feature your new hires? Contact editorial. One Animation hires Anabel Higgin as Marketing Director and Pauline Hiu as VP Consumer Products Asia. The Brand Liaison brings Cory Waisner on board as Chief Entertainment Officer to lead manufacturer … [Read more...] about Who’s News
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Open call Looking to hire or be hired? Contact our business development team to feature your listing on TLL. Just want to feature your new hires? Contact editorial. John Louie is Warner Bros. Consumer Products' new SVP Intl.; he is responsible for development and management of Asia-Pacific, Latin America, and Canada across all categories of business. Ben Pyne, Disney’s … [Read more...] about Who’s News
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Genius Brands Intl. promotes Stone Newman to President Global Consumer Products, Worldwide Content Sales & Marketing and hires Jo Kavanagh-Payne as SVP Global Distribution. PBS promotes Dawn Ciccone to VP Brand Licensing, where she leads PBS KIDS brand licensing. Amanda Hill is elevated to CMO of A+E Networks. Chris Heatherly is now EVP Worldwide Games & Digital … [Read more...] about Who’s News
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Pam Lifford has been named President of Warner Bros. Consumer Products starting Feb. 1. Lifford succeeds Brad Globe, who will step down in after more than a decade overseeing WBCP. Barry Ziehl has been named EVP Public Affairs & Strategic Initiatives for Warner Bros. Entertainment. IDW Publishing is taking management of its foreign rights catalog for global publishing … [Read more...] about Who’s News