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Catching Up With Nicole Blake

Fans of Where’s Waldo can now seek and find the red-and-white stripe-wearing character on their phones through licensed mobile games and iPhone apps thanks to Classic Media, which represents the property. As of April, 1 million Where’s Waldo apps had been sold for the iPhone and iPod Touch. Nicole Blake, who was recently promoted to executive vice-president, global marketing & consumer products at Classic Media, talked about bringing Waldo to cell phones and why this venture makes sense for licensing.

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Catching Up With Stone Newman

Stone Newman founded Art & Science in 2008. It’s a strategic agency whose core capabilities include expertise in business planning, equity raising, licensing, marketing, and product development as well as retail initiatives. Art & Science brings unsurpassed creativity and energy to every one of its initiatives, says Newman. Clients include The Alex Beard Studio, Callaway Arts & Entertainment, Celessence Technologies, Giftventure Studios, GoAnimate.com, MarVista Entertainment, among others. Art & Science handled the licensing and retail relationship for the upcoming Disney/MarVista film, 16 Wishes.

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Catching Up With Sara Nemerov

Sara Nemerov handles the consumer products program for Frank Sinatra Enterprises (FSE), and similarly for Rhino-affiliated artists. (Warner Music Group owns Rhino.) As head of consumer products and brand licensing, Nemerov will be identifying and securing new opportunities featuring Frank Sinatra’s name and likeness, as well as expanding existing FSE efforts. Nemerov will also handle licensing with respect to other artists within Rhino. The focus here is on Frank Sinatra.