{"id":13690,"date":"2018-01-12T10:11:31","date_gmt":"2018-01-12T15:11:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/9-story-buys-kids-tv-producer-blue\/"},"modified":"2018-01-12T10:13:03","modified_gmt":"2018-01-12T15:13:03","slug":"9-story-buys-kids-tv-producer-out-of-the-blue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/9-story-buys-kids-tv-producer-out-of-the-blue\/","title":{"rendered":"9 Story Buys Kids&#8217; TV Producer Out of the Blue"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>9 Story Media Group has acquired Out of the Blue Enterprises, which was founded in 2005 by <em>Blue\u2019s Clues<\/em> co-creator Angela Santomero and former Nickelodeon exec Samantha Freeman.<\/p>\n<p>Based in New York City, Out of the Blue will become a wholly owned subsidiary of 9 Story. Freeman is slated to stay on as managing director, while Santomero will continue as creator and executive producer.<\/p>\n<p>Out of the Blue works in children\u2019s media across content creation, television production, digital apps and consumer products.\u00a0The company is best known for such shows as <em>Super WHY<\/em>, <em>Daniel Tiger\u2019s Neighborhood<\/em> and <em>Creative Galaxy<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Vince Commisso, the president and CEO of 9 Story, said: \u201cHaving worked with Angela and Samantha on <em>Daniel Tiger\u2019s Neighborhood<\/em> and <em>Creative Galaxy<\/em>, we have tremendous respect for their creative capabilities. Out of the Blue has a proven track record in developing unique and beloved brands for a preschool audience. Joining forces broadens our development capabilities, increases our consumer products reach and extends our presence in the U.S. We look forward to working with the entire Out of the Blue team and are absolutely thrilled to welcome them into the 9 Story Media Group family.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Santomero noted: \u201cWe have enjoyed working closely with 9 Story over the past decade, producing uniquely engaging entertainment offerings for preschoolers that also serve as valuable resources for parents, caregivers and teachers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Freeman added: \u201cWe are excited to join 9 Story\u2019s expanding media platform and look forward to creating, producing and licensing current and new preschool properties together.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>9 Story Media Group has acquired Out of the Blue Enterprises, which was founded in 2005 by Blue\u2019s Clues co-creator Angela Santomero and former Nickelodeon exec Samantha Freeman.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":479,"featured_media":13691,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[221,1656],"class_list":["post-13690","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-9-story-media-group","tag-out-of-the-blue-enterprises","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>9 Story Buys Kids&#039; 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