Genius Brands International Announces Marc Rosenberg as President of Global Brands and Chief Marketing Officer
September 22 2020 - 9:15AM
Genius Brands International, Inc. (“Genius
Brands” or the “Company”) (Nasdaq: GNUS), a global brand management
company that creates and licenses multimedia entertainment content
for children, announced today that
Marc Rosenberg,
one of the most well-respected marketers in the children’s space,
has been appointed President of Global Brands and Chief Marketing
Officer.
Former Head of Marketing at Hasbro Toys and
Tiger Electronics, Rosenberg is best known for his role in
leading global marketing teams for brands such as Furby, GigaPets,
and Hit Clips. More recently, Marc Rosenberg was the Chief
Marketing Officer at Zizzle, where he helped lead product launches
for several extremely successful licensed toy lines,
including Disney’s Pirates of the Caribbean, Disney’s
High School Musical, and a number of extremely successful licensed
toy lines.
“I have known Marc for 20 years and have
witnessed his extraordinary achievements and energy, firsthand. He
is one of the most respected executives in the kid’s licensing
industry and joins a team of proven achievers at Genius Brands now,
who are known for their successes over and over again, across the
entertainment food chain,” stated Genius Brands’ Chairman & CEO
Andy Heyward. “With Rainbow
Rangers, Stan Lee’s Superhero Kindergarten, Llama
Llama, Stan Lee Universe, and new properties shortly to
be announced, Marc’s pedigree and leadership will ensure that we
maximize revenue generation from the powerful brands we will be
bringing to market. His reputation is that of an innovator in
the product and marketing arenas. In putting our marketing and
global revenue under Marc’s remit, I know we will see all of these
important properties flourish. He brings not only his
marketing and sales expertise to the company, but also
relationships across retail, entertainment, consumer products and
more, all of which Genius Brands will showcase across the company’s
growing portfolio of brands.”
“I have been fortunate to be a part of and lead
teams with both tremendous products and incredible people.
The central theme of everything that I’ve had the opportunity to be
a part of is directly related to the story for each brand and
creating a dialogue with each audience in timely and relevant
ways,” said Rosenberg. “That is particularly
the case at Genius Brands where there is a cross-company commitment
to bring positive enriching stories for children, and we have so
many incredible tools to work with to reach kids today, including
our own recently launched Kartoon Channel!”
Rosenberg will continue to own his current Edge
Desk business, with the current management operating the day-to-day
business with his oversight.
About Genius Brands
InternationalGenius Brands International, Inc. (Nasdaq:
GNUS) is a leading global kids media company developing, producing,
marketing and licensing branded children’s entertainment properties
and consumer products for media and retail distribution. The
Company’s award-winning ‘content with a purpose’ portfolio includes
the upcoming Stan Lee’s Superhero Kindergarten, starring Arnold
Schwarzenegger and in partnership with Alibaba; Rainbow Rangers for
Nick Jr.; Llama Llama, starring Jennifer Garner, for Netflix;
award-winning toddler brand Baby Genius; adventure comedy STEM
series Thomas Edison's Secret Lab; and entrepreneurship series
Warren Buffett's Secret Millionaires Club. Through licensing
agreements with leading partners, characters from Genius Brands’ IP
also appear on a wide range of consumer products for the worldwide
retail marketplace. The Company’s new Kartoon Channel! is available
in over 100 million U.S. television households via a broad range of
distribution platforms, including Comcast, Cox, DISH, Amazon Prime,
Sling TV, Apple TV, Roku, Amazon Fire and more. For additional
information, please visit www.gnusbrands.com.
Forward Looking Statements: Certain statements
in this press release constitute "forward-looking statements"
within the meaning of the federal securities laws. Words such as
"may," "might," "will," "should," "believe," "expect,"
"anticipate," "estimate," "continue," "predict," "forecast,"
"project," "plan," "intend" or similar expressions, or statements
regarding intent, belief, or current expectations, are
forward-looking statements. While the Company believes these
forward-looking statements are reasonable, undue reliance should
not be placed on any such forward-looking statements, which are
based on information available to us on the date of this release.
These forward looking statements are based upon current estimates
and assumptions and are subject to various risks and uncertainties,
including without limitation, our ability to generate revenue or
achieve profitability; our ability to obtain additional financing
on acceptable terms, if at all; our ability to repay our
outstanding debt; the potential issuance of a significant number of
shares to our convertible note holders which will dilute our equity
holders; fluctuations in the results of our operations from period
to period; general economic and financial conditions; our ability
to anticipate changes in popular culture, media and movies, fashion
and technology; competitive pressure from other distributors of
content and within the retail market; our reliance on and
relationships with third-party production and animation studios;
our ability to market and advertise our products; our reliance on
third-parties to promote our products; our ability to keep pace
with technological advances; our ability to protect our
intellectual property and those other risk factors set forth in the
“Risk Factors” section of the Company’s most recent Annual Report
on Form 10-K and in the Company's subsequent filings with the
Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC"). Thus, actual
results could be materially different. The Company expressly
disclaims any obligation to update or alter statements whether as a
result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as
required by law.
MEDIA CONTACT:pr@gnusbrands.com
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