Allison Dunfield
C’est What?
NEWSAs you cruise the booths at this year’s licensing show, keep your eyes peeled for KidScreen’s June ‘bizarre concept’ picks. They are, in order of curiosity:…
Link drumming up support for Hamilton Mattress
NEWSU.K.-based Link Licensing is working with Denmark’s Egmont Imagination and Bristol-based Harvest Films to bring the story of an aardvark and his caterpillar companion to life with a wide-ranging, worldwide licensing and merchandising program….
Bringing back the property that sizzled, then fizzled
NEWSAn established trend in the licensing world in the past few years is bringing back a retro property. Wherever you look, old properties such as Universal Studios’ upcoming Rocky and Bullwinkle flick are being introduced to new audiences, because those in…
Smiley gains legs, arms and a whole new audience
NEWSReviving properties isn’t limited to those born of television series. In the case of U.K.-based Smiley Licensing, which took over the licensing of the happy face from French company License Smile three years ago, relaunching a property often means pretty much…
Artisan Consumer Products seeks licensees for unusual bear
NEWSArtisan’s newly formed licensing division is hoping to make new property The Tangerine Bear, based on a book published by HarperCollins in 1997 and written by mother and son Betty and Michael Paraskevas, a seasonal licensing sensation….
JAKKS Pacific unleashing Pound Puppies program
NEWSThe Pound Puppies are another property loping down the comeback trail, in hopes of leveraging the popularity of an original toy that still exists in recent memory and possibly still haunts the clearance bins of some discount toy chains. JAKKS Pacific…
Merger mania leaves mid-tier licensors scrambling for platforms
NEWSThe year 2000 may well go down in history as the pinnacle of merger-madness. Right before the turn of the century, the world’s largest entertainment company was formed with the US$167-billion Time-Warner/AOL deal, followed by Viacom’s merging with CBS. Meanwhile, over…
Licensing business hits the Web
NEWSNo longer just a way to waste time in on-line casinos or chat rooms, the Internet is quickly becoming a meeting place for licensors and licensees to meet and do business via special sites….
Nick grants worldwide master toy to Mattel
NEWSIn a surprising move last month, Nickelodeon and Mattel entered into a multiyear exclusive agreement giving Mattel master toy status for all new Nick properties outside of the U.S. and in any new markets for existing Nickelodeon properties….
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