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Licensing Hotline: November 2022
Read on for news about Studio Fun's Blippi books, Abrams’s middle grade and graphic novels tied to the classic Nickelodeon horror series 'Are You Afraid of the Dark?,' 80th anniversary tie-ins for 'The Little Prince,' and more.
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Mercer Mayer Co-Founds New Entertainment and Licensing Company
Mercer Mayer, author of 300 books including the long-running Little Critter series, has partnered with digital media developer John Sansevere to form a new company, Twelve/30.
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Licensing Hotline: October 2022
Read on for news about Ebony Jr.'s partnership with Little Golden Books, a subscription 'Star Wars Encyclopedia' from Fanhome; Cottage Door Press's new partnership with ChopChop Family, among other licenses; new publishing programs from PI Kids tied to properties ranging from Peter Rabbit to Spellbound; the launch of Wimpy Kid licensed products; and more.
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Movie Alert: 'The School for Good and Evil'
Something evil this way comes to Netflix this month: 'The School for Good and Evil,' based on the 2013 novel of the same name by Soman Chainani, which launched a bestselling book series.
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Robb Pearlman's Year of 'Star Trek'
On October 4, Smart Pop is publishing two Star Trek board books under license from Paramount Consumer Products; together, the two books teach STEAM concepts to the youngest readers, with plenty of Easter eggs for adults.
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Licensing Hotline: September 2022
Read on for news about Mad Libs' Weird Al tie-in books; Rebel Girls’ expanding consumer products program; Random House's new publishing programs with Netflix, Disney, and DC Comics; and more.
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Little Golden Books Plans 100th-Anniversary Disney Set
Random House is adding a number of notable new products to its Little Golden Books franchise.
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Penguin Acquires Rights to 'Super Sema'
Penguin Young Readers Licenses has secured the trade publishing rights for 'Super Sema,' an animated series from licensor Kukua Education Limited that began its second season as a YouTube Original in June.
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Licensing Hotline: August 2022
Read on for news about Bendon's new licensing properties from popular streaming series, Insight Editions' Pokémon publishing program, HarperCollins's licensing representation deal with WildBrain CPLG, and more.
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Licensing Hotline: July 2022
Read on for news about Kids Can Press's new titles tied to the PBS Kids show 'Elinor Wonders Why,' the success of HarperCollins's My Little Pony program, a licensing effort based on Raúl the Third's World of ¡Vamos!, and more.
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Photo Highlights from Licensing Expo 2022
Licensing Expo, held May 24–26 in Las Vegas, always features lots of interesting and sometimes odd sights and sounds, and this year's back-to-in-person event was no exception.
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Licensing Expo Returns in Person
Interest in publishing as a core category within licensed consumer products programs remains strong, as was evident from a walk through the aisles of Licensing Expo, which ran May 24–26 in Las Vegas.
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Smaller Licensing Expo Generates Steady Traffic in Live Return
Though the number of exhibitors was down from the last in-person Licensing Expo held in 2019, most exhibitors said they had productive meetings throughout the first day of the conference.
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Licensing Hotline: May 2022
The Magical Tales expands its line of Disney tie-ins, new licensing program tied to Eloise, Highlights' expanded licensed publishing program, HarperCollins's virtual reality deal with Peeka, and more.
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Movie Alert: 'Along for the Ride'
'Along for the Ride,' based on the 2009 novel of the same name by Sarah Dessen, is coming to Netflix.
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Licensing Hotline: April 2022
Read on for news about DK's 'The Very Hungry Caterpillar' encyclopedia, Random House's picture book with Ellen DeGeneres, new Harry Potter publishing from Insight Editions, lucha libre books from Future House and Masked Republic, a Spawn trade publishing program, and more.
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Random House Goes Retro with 'The Cuphead Show!'
Random House Children's Books is the new master publishing licensee for 'The Cuphead Show!' from Netflix Animation; the TV series debuted in February 2018 and is based on Studio MDHR’s video game 'Cuphead,' which has sold more than eight million units since its debut in 2017.
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Licensing Hotline: March 2022
Read on for news about HarperCollins Children’s Books' new trade publishing line tied to seven-year-old YouTube phenomenon Diana, a new set of National Hockey League activity books, DK's growing publishing program with the Met, and other recent happenings in licensed publishing.
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Licensing Hotline: January 2022
Read on for news about Disney's original, publishing-driven stories, Dr. Seuss's entry into NFTs, a range of literary paper construction kits from Cubles, a new licensing program tied to the book-based PBS series 'All Creatures Great and Small,' and more.
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HarperCollins Goes Blue with New Smurfs Deal
HarperCollins Children's Books has become the master trade publisher in the U.S. and Canada for the Smurfs.