The enthusiasm among dedicated Kooky collectors is also evident by their many videos posted on YouTube showcasing their Kooky collections.
“The Kookys brand is the most innovative, fun and unique property in the marketplace today,” added Michael Fineberg, Vice President of Marketing and Business Development for Courage International. “With strong dual gender appeal, kids are fully connecting with the brand and the characters, and have turned The Kookys into a social networking phenomenon. This connection with The Kookys has led to huge demand for new products, and has helped develop the property into a true lifestyle brand.”
About 4Kids Entertainment, Inc.
With U.S. headquarters in New York City, regional offices for its trading card business in San Diego, California and international offices in London, 4Kids Entertainment, Inc. (NYSE: KDE) is a global organization devoted to the creation, development, production, broadcasting, distribution, licensing and manufacturing of children’s entertainment products.
Through its subsidiaries, 4Kids produces animated television series and films, distributes 4Kids’ produced or licensed animated television series for the domestic and international television and home video markets, licenses merchandising rights worldwide to 4Kids’ owned or represented properties, operates Web sites to support 4Kids’ owned or represented properties, and produces and markets collectible trading card games. Additionally, the Company programs and sells the national advertising time in a four-hour “4KidsTV” block which airs on nearly 200 affiliated FOX television stations Saturday mornings. Beginning in September 2008, the Company will also program and sell the national advertising time in the five-hour Saturday morning block on The CW television network.
Additional information is available on the www.4KidsEntertainment.com corporate web site and at the www.4Kids.tv game station site.
About Courage International
Founded in 1989 and based in Los Angeles, CA, Courage International is the manufacturer and marketer of The KookysTM brand of collectible, novelty pens. Part of the Ultra*Pro Corporation, Courage International specializes in designing and marketing exceptional and original products to retail outlets throughout the world. Ultra*Pro is a portfolio company of Marlin Equity Partners, a Los Angeles, California-based private investment firm focused on providing corporate parents, shareholders and other stakeholders with tailored solutions that meet their business and liquidity needs in special situations.
The information contained in this press release, other than historical information, consists of forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements may involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those described in such statements. Although the Company believes that the expectations reflected in such forward-looking statements are reasonable, it can give no assurance that such expectations will prove to have been correct. Important factors beyond the Company's control, including general economic conditions, consumer spending levels, competition from toy companies, motion picture studios and other licensing companies, the uncertainty of public response to the Company's properties and other factors could cause actual results to differ materially from the Company's expectations.
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