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Classic Media, LLC

Trade name	DreamWorks Classics
Formerly	Classic Media (2000–2012)
Type	Subsidiary
Industry	Intellectual property
Predecessors	United Productions of America
Founded	2000; 24 years ago (2000)
Founders	Eric Ellenbogen John Engelman
Headquarters	New York City, New York , U.S.
Revenue	US$82 million (2012)
Net income	US$19 million (2012)
Owner	Independent (2000–2007) Entertainment Rights (2007–2009) Boomerang Media (2009–2012) DreamWorks Animation (2012–present)
Number of employees	80 (2012)
Parent	Universal Pictures (NBCUniversal) (Comcast)
Subsidiaries	Big Idea Entertainment Bullwinkle Studios (50%) Harvey Entertainment

Classic Media, LLC, doing business as DreamWorks Classics, is an American entertainment company owned by DreamWorks Animation, which is a subsidiary of Universal Studios. It was founded as Classic Media in 2000 by Eric Ellenbogen and John Engelman. The studio's library consists of acquired intellectual property catalogs and character brands, as well as the licensing rights for various third-party properties. In 2012, DreamWorks Animation acquired Classic Media from its then-owner, Boomerang Media.

Libraries

Catalogs

• The UPA catalog (including Mr. Magoo and Gerald McBoing-Boing) including:
  • Several Godzilla films under license from Toho
• The Harvey Entertainment catalog (including Casper the Friendly Ghost, Richie Rich, and Baby Huey), including:
  • The Famous Studios catalog, excluding properties owned by other companies and licensed to Famous Studios
• The Western Publishing/Golden Books/Gold Key Comics/Golden Book Video catalog (including Magnus, Robot Fighter, Doctor Solar, Man of the Atom, Turok, Son of Stone, and Little Lulu), including:
  • Broadway Video's former family entertainment catalog (including Lassie, The Lone Ranger, and Sergeant Preston of the Yukon) including:
    • The pre-1974 Rankin/Bass Productions catalog (including Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, Frosty the Snowman, and Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town)
    • The Total Television catalog (including Underdog and Tennessee Tuxedo and His Tales)
  • Shari Lewis' two PBS series (Lamb Chop's Play Along and Charlie Horse Music Pizza)
• The Big Idea Entertainment catalog (VeggieTales, 3-2-1 Penguins!, Larryboy: The Cartoon Adventures)
• The Entertainment Rights catalog, including
  • The Filmation catalog (The Archie Show, Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids, He-Man and the Masters of the Universe, and BraveStarr), excluding properties owned by other companies and licensed to Filmation
  • The Woodland Animations catalog (Postman Pat, Charlie Chalk)
  • The Tell-Tale Productions catalog (including Boo! but excluding the rights to Tweenies)

Character brands

• Noddy
• Olivia
• Felix the Cat
• Where's Waldo?
• She-Ra (via the Filmation catalog; co-ownership with Mattel)

Joint ventures

• Bullwinkle Studios, a joint venture with Jay Ward Productions to produce and manage the Jay Ward catalog (including The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show, Mr. Peabody & Sherman, and George of the Jungle)

Other rights

• My Life Me
• Voltron (under license from World Events Productions)
• The Tribune Content Agency catalog (including Dick Tracy, Brenda Starr, Reporter, Gasoline Alley, and Broom-Hilda)

See also

In Spanish: DreamWorks Classics para niños