Andrea Haman
New spin-offs intensify teen girl mag competition
NEWSThe landscape of the tween and teen girl mag market shifts as quickly as its target demo changes their clothes. KidScreen checks in on some new teen market entrants-spin-offs of popular women’s lifestyle mags-drawing on the brand equity of their parent…
MH-18 flexes teen male market muscle
NEWSMen’s Health mag’s younger brother title MH-18 is venturing into uncharted territory. ‘We’re the only service magazine targeting teen guys,’ says MH-18 editor Jeff Csatari, who describes the publication’s voice as irreverent and informative.
Despite the fact that the leading teen…
Uncovering new opps in kids educon
NEWSSince expanding international reach is the name of the game going into MIP-TV, we dish up the ingredients for creating edutainment that travels, the lastest in regional versioning techniques and what’s on global buyers’ wishlists….
FCC rules up educational programming levels
NEWSThree and a half years after the Federal Communications Commission’s revised rules requiring U.S. broadcasters to air three hours a week of educational children’s programming came into full effect, the regulations appear to have achieved their desired outcome.
This past January,…
Cable keeps up growth for kids upfront
NEWSThe annual spree of ad space buying in the highly competitive U.S. kids TV market is approaching, and this year’s market is, in many ways, keeping pace with the events of the last three years. Media buyers and network execs forecast…
Syndication drops off the dial
NEWSNo matter how you look at it, the once-active kids syndication biz is barely even registering a blip on the kids TV radar. ‘Syndication’s really gone away completely-I don’t think anybody’s left,’ says Tom Horner, senior VP of media services at…
Cartoon Network adds more laughs and action
NEWSTwo new comedies and two new action-adventure series will be hitting Cartoon Network’s airwaves this year….
Alien, pranster, secret agents and Olsen twins for Fox
NEWSFox Kids has high hopes for a DIC Entertainment series hitting the air this fall just weeks after its predecessor, feature film Evolution, debuts in July. DIC has picked up the animation rights to the release starring David Duchovny and Orlando…
New kids theatrical players take the stage
NEWSOver the last five years, theaters and arenas across the U.S. have been opening curtains to a rising number of new live theatrical productions spun off kids properties. Bear in the Big Blue House, Franklin, Blue’s Clues, Scholastic’s The Magic School…
Card, gift and stationery stores quadruple share of toy biz
RETAILThe fact that traditional toy retailers such as Toys `R’ Us have seen their lead position stolen by the big boxers is well-known in the retail biz, but another significant shift in the sector has been all but ignored: As a…
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