m4e Adds to L&M Team

HÖHENKIRCHEN/MUNICH: As m4e continues to expand its rights portfolio, the company is also growing its licensing and merchandising team, with three executive appointments.

m4e is strengthening its presence in German-speaking markets with the addition of Judith Böhnke. Böhnke joined m4e in May and acts as licensing manager, G/A/S. Linda Kozakova came on board as licensing manager for international on June 1. She is responsible for coordinating m4e’s licensing business outside of German‐speaking territories. m4e also added Helena Merle to the team as office manager.

Böhnke has experience in the licensing and merchandising space. She previously worked as a licensing sales professional at EM.TV (now Studio 100 Media). She has also run her own business as a consultant for the media and consumer goods industry, and has worked at Sony Music for its audio play label Europa und at Ad.Affairs, an agency for theatrical marketing, and its subsidiary Entertainment Friends.

Prior to joining m4e, Kozakova worked at RTL Interactive, among other positions. She also teaches marketing at the University of Prague and established the online platform licensing.cz. Merle, meanwhile, previously worked at El Cartel Media.