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{{Infobox Company | |
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company_name = Cookie Jar Entertainment | |
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company_type = [[Privately held company|Private]] | |
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company_logo = [[Image:Cookie Jar Group logo.svg|120px]] | |
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foundation = [[1971]] (as DIC Entertainment)<br>[[1976 in Canada|1976]] (as Cinar)<br>[[2004 in Canada|2004]] (current ownership) | |
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location = {{flagicon|CAN}} [[Toronto, Ontario]], [[Canada]]<br>{{flagicon|USA}} [[Burbank, California]], [[United States]]| |
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key_people = '''Co-founder & CEO''':<br>[[Michael Hirsh (producer)|Michael Hirsh]]<br>'''Co-founder & President''':<br>[[Toper Taylor]] | |
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industry = [[Animation]], [[Production]] | |
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products = Children's animation | |
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parent = [[Midway Games]]| |
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homepage = [http://www.thecookiejarcompany.com/ thecookiejarcompany.com] |
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'''The Cookie Jar Group''' (also known as '''The Cookie Jar Company''') is a [[Canada|Canadian]] producer of children's educational and entertainment programs and materials. It is headquartered in [[Toronto, Ontario]], with offices in [[Paris, France|Paris]], [[Montreal, Quebec, Canada|Quebec]], [[Los Angeles, California|Los Angeles]] and [[Tokyo, Japan|Tokyo]] among other places. Cookie Jar Group, made up of two divisions, '''Cookie Jar Entertainment''' (which also serves as the company's children's television arm) and '''Cookie Jar Education''', develops, produces, distributes and markets to children, their caregivers, parents and teachers. |
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In its previous incarnation as '''Cinar''' (pronounced seh-NAR), the company enjoyed an illustrious existence that ultimately ended in scandal.<ref name= "swift">{{cite news | title= Cinar Co-Founders Fined $1 Million Each, Banned From Company For Five Years | last= Swift | first= Allan | date=[[March 15]], [[2002]] | publisher= [[Canadian Press]] Newswire | url= http://securities.stanford.edu/news-archive/2002/20020315_Headline14_Swift.htm }}</ref> Cinar was an integrated entertainment and education company involved in the development, production, post-production and worldwide distribution of family entertainment programming and educational products. |
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The '''Norteños''' (''[[Spanish language|Spanish]]'': for ''"Northerners"''), also '''Norte''', are affiliated with [[Nuestra Familia]] (Our Family), are a coalition of traditionally [[Latino]] [[gang]]s in [[Northern California]]<ref name="Press Democrat">{{cite web|url = http://www.pressdemocrat.com/pelican/0421_main.html| title = Federal indictments crack vast prison crime ring|publisher = The Press Democrat|accessdate = 2001-02-21}}</ref>. A member of these gangs is a '''Norteño''' (male) or '''Norteña''' (female); based on Spanish usage. Northern Californians who are not gang members, but feel a strong cultural affiliation with others in Northern California, may also refer to themselves as Norteños/Norteñas or simply "Northerners." |
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The traditional rivals of the Norteños are the [[Sureños]] ("Southerners")<ref name="LA Times">{{cite web|url = http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/california/la-adme-gangs24feb24,0,2583830.story| title = Small towns, big gang issues|publisher = LA Times|accessdate = 2008-02-24}}</ref>. The statewide dividing line between Norteños and Sureños has roughly been accepted as the rural community of [[Delano, California]]<ref name="LA Times">{{cite web|url = http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/california/la-adme-gangs24feb24,0,2583830.story| title = Small towns, big gang issues|publisher = LA Times|accessdate = 2008-02-24}}</ref>. Norteños may refer to Northern California as ''Norte'', Spanish for "north". |
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==History== |
==History== |
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===Cinar=== |
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In the late [[1960s]], [[Mexican-American]] (Chicano) inmates of the [[California]] state [[prison]] system began to separate into two rival groups, Norteños (''northerners'')<ref name="Press Democrat">{{cite web|url = http://www.pressdemocrat.com/pelican/0421_main.html| title = Federal indictments crack vast prison crime ring|publisher = The Press Democrat|accessdate = 2001-02-21}}</ref> and [[Sureños]] (''southerners''), according to the locations of their hometowns (the north-south dividing line is near [[Delano, California]]). |
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====20th century==== |
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[[Image:CINAR.PNG|right|thumb|The 1994–2005 Cinar logo. The 1976–1994 logo had the "N" and "A" connected.]] |
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After their 1976 meeting in [[New Orleans, Louisiana|New Orleans]], future spouses [[Micheline Charest]] and Ronald A. Weinberg organized an event for a women's film festival, and worked at distributing foreign films to US theatres. The couple moved to New York and formed '''Cinar''', a film and television distribution company. |
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In 1984, Cinar changed their focus from media distribution to production, and moved operations to [[Montreal, Quebec|Montreal]], where they concentrated on children's television programming (including ''[[Animal Crackers (TV series)|Animal Crackers]]'', ''[[Emily of New Moon (TV series)|Emily of New Moon]]'', ''[[Mona the Vampire]]'', and ''[[The Wombles]]''), as well as the English and French dubs of the [[anime]] series ''[[Adventures of the Little Koala]]'' and ''[[The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1986 anime)|The Wonderful Wizard of Oz]]'' and the [[Spain]]-originating TV series ''[[The World of David the Gnome]]''. As a production company, Cinar was also involved in the work of ''[[Are You Afraid of the Dark (TV series)|Are You Afraid of the Dark?]]'', ''[[The Busy World of Richard Scarry]]'', ''[[Madeline#Madeline on TV|Madeline]]'', ''[[Space Cases]]'' and, its most famous work, ''[[Arthur (TV series)|Arthur]]'' and ''[[Zoboomafoo]]''. The firm became a [[public company]] in [[September 1993]]. By 1999, Cinar boasted annual revenues of $150 million ([[Canadian Dollar|CAD]]) and owned about $1.5 billion (CAD) of the children's television market. In the late 1990s, Cinar bought the rights to all the shows owned and made by British animation company [[FilmFair]]. The company had become known for its children's programs, broadcast in more than 150 countries. |
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Norteños affiliated with Nuestra Familia were prison enemies of the Southern Latinos who comprised La Eme, better known as the [[Mexican Mafia]]. While the Mexican Mafia had initially been created to protect Mexicans in prison, there was a perceived level of abuse by members of La Eme towards the imprisoned Latinos from rural farming areas of Northern California<ref name="Herald">{{cite web|url = http://nuestrafamiliaourfamily.org/pages/MCHhennessey.html| title = AN END TO THE CYCLE|publisher = Monterey County Herald|accessdate = 2003-11-23}}</ref>. The spark that led to the ongoing war between Norteños and members of the Mexican Mafia involved a situation in which a member of La Eme allegedly stole a pair of shoes from a Northerner. This event put into motion the longest-running gang war in the state of California.<ref name="Herald">{{cite web|url = http://nuestrafamiliaourfamily.org/pages/MCHhennessey.html| title = AN END TO THE CYCLE|publisher = Monterey County Herald|accessdate = 2003-11-23}}</ref> |
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====Scandal==== |
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The success of Charest, Weinberg, and Cinar ended in March 2000, when an internal audit revealed that about $122 million ([[US Dollar|US]]) was invested into [[The Bahamas|Bahamian]] bank accounts without the boardmembers' approval.<ref name="swift" /> Cinar had also paid [[United States|American]] [[screenwriting|screenwriters]] for work while continuing to accept [[Canada|Canadian]] federal [[grant (money)|grants]] for content. The names of Canadian authors were credited for the work, allowing Cinar to benefit from Canadian [[tax]] credits. While the [[province]] of [[Quebec]] did not file criminal charges, Cinar denied any wrongdoing, choosing instead to pay a settlement to Canadian and Quebec tax authorities of $17.8 million ([[Canadian dollar|CAD]]) and another $2.6 million (CAD) to [[Telefilm Canada]], a Canadian federal funding agency. The value of Cinar [[stock market|stock]] plummeted, and the company was soon delisted.<ref>{{cite news | url = http://www.cbc.ca/news/background/charest_micheline/| title = In Depth: Micheline Charest | work = [[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation|CBC News Online]] | date=2004-04-14 | accessdate=2006-09-07 }}</ref> |
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In 2001, as part of a settlement agreement with the Société des Valeures Mobilières du Québec (Quebec Securities Commission) Charest and Weinberg agreed to pay $1 million each and were banned from serving in the capacity of directors or officers at any publicly traded Canadian company for five years. There was no admission of guilt and none of the allegations have been proven in court. |
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In September 2008, William A. Urseth published an insider's book called Death Spiral. It details the CINAR scandal and how it tied into two other companies called Norshield and Mount Real. |
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===DIC Entertainment=== |
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{{Split2|DiC Entertainment|date=October 2008}} |
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[[Image:1983diclogoinspector gadget.jpg|frame|left|The DIC logo with [[Inspector Gadget]] used from 1983-1985.]] |
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[[Image:1983 diclogolittles.jpg|thumb|right|The DIC logo with [[The Littles]] used from 1983-1985.]] |
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[[Image:1985diclogo.jpg|thumb|left|150px|The DIC logo used from 1985-1987.]] |
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[[Image:1987diclogo.jpg|right|thumb|The DIC "Kid in Bed" logo used from 1987-2002.]] |
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[[Image:DiC.jpg|frame|left|The DIC logo used from 2002-2008.]] |
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[[Image:Dicentertainmentheadquarters.jpg|right|thumb|DIC headquarters in [[Burbank, California|Burbank]], [[California]], [[United States]]]] |
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'''DIC Entertainment''' (pronounced "deek") was an international [[film]] and [[television]] [[production company]] which was founded in 1971 as '''DIC Audiovisuel''' by [[Jean Chalopin]] in [[Luxembourg]], as a subsidiary of [[Radio-Television Luxembourg]] (RTL). The company's name was originally an acronym for '''Diffusion, Information et Communication.''' The company's [[United States]] headquarters, established in 1982 and headed by Andy Heyward, Robby London and Michael Maliani, are in [[Burbank, Los Angeles County, California|Burbank, California]]. |
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In 1986, [[Andy Heyward]] bought the company, thus making the US headquarters the main base of operations. In 1993 the company was purchased by [[Capital Cities/ABC]] and in 1995 became a subsidiary of [[The Walt Disney Company]]. In 2000 with an investment by [[Bain Capital]], Heyward re-purchased DIC Enterprises (as it was then known). He purchased [[Bain Capital]]'s interest in 2004 and took the company public the following year. |
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In addition to animated (and occasionally live-action) television shows, DIC produced live-action feature films while under Disney, including 1998's ''[[Meet the Deedles]]'' and 1999's ''[[Inspector Gadget (film)|Inspector Gadget]]''. One current project of DIC's Heyward is an animated series starring [[billionaire]] [[Warren Buffett]], ''The Secret Millionaire's Club''.<ref>"[http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,184241,00.html Warren Buffett Gets Animated]," ''[[Fox News]]''</ref> |
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In early 2006, DIC Entertainment and [[CBS Corporation]] signed a multi-year deal to unveil a new 3-hour long programming block for Saturday mornings on [[CBS]]. The resulting ''[[KEWLopolis|KOL Secret Slumber Party on CBS]]'' was launched the following fall. <ref>"[http://www.dicentertainment.com/press/details.php?72 CBS AND DIC ENTERTAINMENT PARTNER TO LAUNCH BRANDED KIDS PROGRAMMING BLOCK, "CBS'S SECRET SATURDAY MORNING SLUMBER PARTY"]," ''DIC Entertainment''</ref> On September 15, 2007, a new programming block: ''[[KEWLopolis]]'' premiered, a joint venture between DIC, [[CBS]], and [[American Greetings]]. |
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In April 2007 DIC Entertainment, [[Corus Entertainment|Corus Entertainment's]] [[Nelvana]] and [[Sparrowhawk Media Group]] announced plans to launch [[KidsCo]] a new international children's entertainment network. |
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On [[June 20]], [[2008]], it was announced that DIC would be acquired by '''Cookie Jar Group'''.<ref>[http://www.dicentertainment.com/press/details.php?148 DIC TO MERGE WITH COOKIE JAR]''DIC Entertainment''</ref> On [[July 23]], [[2008]], the studio has completed the acquisition of DiC Entertainment,<ref> [http://www.thecookiejarcompany.com/news2.php?id=130]''Cookie Jar Group''</ref> and the company was then absorbed into '''Cookie Jar Entertainment'''. |
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===Purchase and rebranding=== |
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In March 2004, Cinar was purchased for more than [[Canadian dollar|CA$]]190 million by a group led by [[Nelvana]] founder, [[Michael Hirsh (producer)|Michael Hirsh]].<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.cbc.ca/story/business/national/2003/10/31/cinar311003.html| title= Cinar sold for $143.9 million US; new owner outlines growth strategy| publisher=[[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation|CBC News Online]]| date=[[October 31]], [[2003]] |accessdate=2006-09-07}}</ref> and former Nelvana President, Toper Taylor. Charest and Weinberg reportedly received $18 million (US) for their company shares. |
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The Company was subsequently rebranded under new management as '''The Cookie Jar Group'''. |
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===Recent activity=== |
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On [[July 23]], [[2008]] it was announced that Cookie Jar is in negotiation with [[American Greetings]] to buy the [[Care Bears]], [[Strawberry Shortcake]], and [[Sushi Pack]] franchise. The deal is expected to finalize in late [[2008]].<ref>{{cite press release |
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| title = Cookie Jar Entertainment to Acquire American Greetings' Strawberry Shortcake and Care Bears Properties |
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| publisher = Cookie Jar Group |
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| date = 2008-07-23 |
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| url = http://www.thecookiejarcompany.com/news2.php?id=129 |
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| accessdate = 2008-07-29 |
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}}</ref><ref>{{cite newspaper |
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| title = American Greetings 2Q profit falls 73 pct on costs |
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| publisher = San Francisco Chronicle |
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| date = 2008-09-26 |
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| url = http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2008/09/26/financial/f080122D51.DTL&feed=rss.business |
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| accessdate = 2008-10-10 |
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}}</ref> |
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Cookie Jar and [[Weigel Broadcasting]] will provide childrens' and [[E/I]]-oriented programming for the new US digital television network [[This TV]], which is scheduled to launch in Fall 2008. |
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== Television programs == |
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See [[List of Cookie Jar Entertainment programs]] |
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==See also== |
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*[[CinéGroupe]], another animation studio from Quebec. |
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* [[List of California street gangs]] |
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* [[Nuestra Familia]] |
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* [[Mexican Mafia]] |
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==References== |
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==External links== |
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*[http://www.thecookiejarcompany.com/ Official site (in English and French)] |
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*[http://www.dicentertainment.com/ Official DIC Entertainment website] |
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*[http://www.nuestrafamiliaourfamily.org/ "Nuestra Familia, Our Family," the documentary Center for Investigative Reporting, 2005] |
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*[http://www.kewlcartoons.com/ Streaming Episodes] |
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*{{imdb company|0026175|Cinar}} |
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*{{imdb company|0138327|Cookie Jar Entertainment}} |
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*{{imdb company|id=0112669|company=DIC Entertainment}} |
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*[http://www.canadianencyclopedia.ca/index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=M1ARTM0011755 A history of the studio (1998) from the Canadian Encyclopedia] |
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*[http://www.bcdb.com/cartoons/Other_Studios/D/DiC_Entertainment/index.html DIC Entertainment Cartoons] at the [[Big Cartoon Database]] |
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Revision as of 00:52, 11 October 2008
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| File:Cookie Jar Group logo.svg | |
| Company type | Private |
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| Industry | Animation, Production |
| Founded | 1971 (as DIC Entertainment) 1976 (as Cinar) 2004 (current ownership) |
| Headquarters |  Toronto, Ontario, Canada Burbank, California, United States |
Key people | Co-founder & CEO: Michael Hirsh Co-founder & President: Toper Taylor |
| Products | Children's animation |
| Parent | Midway Games |
| Website | thecookiejarcompany.com |
The Cookie Jar Group (also known as The Cookie Jar Company) is a Canadian producer of children's educational and entertainment programs and materials. It is headquartered in Toronto, Ontario, with offices in Paris, Quebec, Los Angeles and Tokyo among other places. Cookie Jar Group, made up of two divisions, Cookie Jar Entertainment (which also serves as the company's children's television arm) and Cookie Jar Education, develops, produces, distributes and markets to children, their caregivers, parents and teachers.
In its previous incarnation as Cinar (pronounced seh-NAR), the company enjoyed an illustrious existence that ultimately ended in scandal.[1] Cinar was an integrated entertainment and education company involved in the development, production, post-production and worldwide distribution of family entertainment programming and educational products.
History
Cinar
20th century
After their 1976 meeting in New Orleans, future spouses Micheline Charest and Ronald A. Weinberg organized an event for a women's film festival, and worked at distributing foreign films to US theatres. The couple moved to New York and formed Cinar, a film and television distribution company.
In 1984, Cinar changed their focus from media distribution to production, and moved operations to Montreal, where they concentrated on children's television programming (including Animal Crackers, Emily of New Moon, Mona the Vampire, and The Wombles), as well as the English and French dubs of the anime series Adventures of the Little Koala and The Wonderful Wizard of Oz and the Spain-originating TV series The World of David the Gnome. As a production company, Cinar was also involved in the work of Are You Afraid of the Dark?, The Busy World of Richard Scarry, Madeline, Space Cases and, its most famous work, Arthur and Zoboomafoo. The firm became a public company in September 1993. By 1999, Cinar boasted annual revenues of $150 million (CAD) and owned about $1.5 billion (CAD) of the children's television market. In the late 1990s, Cinar bought the rights to all the shows owned and made by British animation company FilmFair. The company had become known for its children's programs, broadcast in more than 150 countries.
Scandal
The success of Charest, Weinberg, and Cinar ended in March 2000, when an internal audit revealed that about $122 million (US) was invested into Bahamian bank accounts without the boardmembers' approval.[1] Cinar had also paid American screenwriters for work while continuing to accept Canadian federal grants for content. The names of Canadian authors were credited for the work, allowing Cinar to benefit from Canadian tax credits. While the province of Quebec did not file criminal charges, Cinar denied any wrongdoing, choosing instead to pay a settlement to Canadian and Quebec tax authorities of $17.8 million (CAD) and another $2.6 million (CAD) to Telefilm Canada, a Canadian federal funding agency. The value of Cinar stock plummeted, and the company was soon delisted.[2]
In 2001, as part of a settlement agreement with the Société des Valeures Mobilières du Québec (Quebec Securities Commission) Charest and Weinberg agreed to pay $1 million each and were banned from serving in the capacity of directors or officers at any publicly traded Canadian company for five years. There was no admission of guilt and none of the allegations have been proven in court.
In September 2008, William A. Urseth published an insider's book called Death Spiral. It details the CINAR scandal and how it tied into two other companies called Norshield and Mount Real.
DIC Entertainment
 | It has been suggested that this article should be split into a new article titled DiC Entertainment. (discuss) (October 2008) |
DIC Entertainment (pronounced "deek") was an international film and television production company which was founded in 1971 as DIC Audiovisuel by Jean Chalopin in Luxembourg, as a subsidiary of Radio-Television Luxembourg (RTL). The company's name was originally an acronym for Diffusion, Information et Communication. The company's United States headquarters, established in 1982 and headed by Andy Heyward, Robby London and Michael Maliani, are in Burbank, California.
In 1986, Andy Heyward bought the company, thus making the US headquarters the main base of operations. In 1993 the company was purchased by Capital Cities/ABC and in 1995 became a subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company. In 2000 with an investment by Bain Capital, Heyward re-purchased DIC Enterprises (as it was then known). He purchased Bain Capital's interest in 2004 and took the company public the following year.
In addition to animated (and occasionally live-action) television shows, DIC produced live-action feature films while under Disney, including 1998's Meet the Deedles and 1999's Inspector Gadget. One current project of DIC's Heyward is an animated series starring billionaire Warren Buffett, The Secret Millionaire's Club.[3]
In early 2006, DIC Entertainment and CBS Corporation signed a multi-year deal to unveil a new 3-hour long programming block for Saturday mornings on CBS. The resulting KOL Secret Slumber Party on CBS was launched the following fall. [4] On September 15, 2007, a new programming block: KEWLopolis premiered, a joint venture between DIC, CBS, and American Greetings.
In April 2007 DIC Entertainment, Corus Entertainment's Nelvana and Sparrowhawk Media Group announced plans to launch KidsCo a new international children's entertainment network.
On June 20, 2008, it was announced that DIC would be acquired by Cookie Jar Group.[5] On July 23, 2008, the studio has completed the acquisition of DiC Entertainment,[6] and the company was then absorbed into Cookie Jar Entertainment.
Purchase and rebranding
In March 2004, Cinar was purchased for more than CA$190 million by a group led by Nelvana founder, Michael Hirsh.[7] and former Nelvana President, Toper Taylor. Charest and Weinberg reportedly received $18 million (US) for their company shares.
The Company was subsequently rebranded under new management as The Cookie Jar Group.
Recent activity
On July 23, 2008 it was announced that Cookie Jar is in negotiation with American Greetings to buy the Care Bears, Strawberry Shortcake, and Sushi Pack franchise. The deal is expected to finalize in late 2008.[8][9]
Cookie Jar and Weigel Broadcasting will provide childrens' and E/I-oriented programming for the new US digital television network This TV, which is scheduled to launch in Fall 2008.
Television programs
See List of Cookie Jar Entertainment programs
See also
- CinéGroupe, another animation studio from Quebec.
References
- ^ a b Swift, Allan (March 15, 2002). "Cinar Co-Founders Fined $1 Million Each, Banned From Company For Five Years". Canadian Press Newswire.
{{cite news}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ^ "In Depth: Micheline Charest". CBC News Online. 2004-04-14. Retrieved 2006-09-07.
- ^ "Warren Buffett Gets Animated," Fox News
- ^ "CBS AND DIC ENTERTAINMENT PARTNER TO LAUNCH BRANDED KIDS PROGRAMMING BLOCK, "CBS'S SECRET SATURDAY MORNING SLUMBER PARTY"," DIC Entertainment
- ^ DIC TO MERGE WITH COOKIE JARDIC Entertainment
- ^ [1]Cookie Jar Group
- ^ "Cinar sold for $143.9 million US; new owner outlines growth strategy". CBC News Online. October 31, 2003. Retrieved 2006-09-07.
{{cite news}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ^ "Cookie Jar Entertainment to Acquire American Greetings' Strawberry Shortcake and Care Bears Properties" (Press release). Cookie Jar Group. 2008-07-23. Retrieved 2008-07-29.
- ^ "American Greetings 2Q profit falls 73 pct on costs". San Francisco Chronicle. 2008-09-26. Retrieved 2008-10-10.