{"id":14082,"date":"2018-03-21T12:35:00","date_gmt":"2018-03-21T16:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/genius-brands-taps-dreamworks-alum\/"},"modified":"2018-03-21T12:35:00","modified_gmt":"2018-03-21T16:35:00","slug":"genius-brands-taps-dreamworks-alum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/genius-brands-taps-dreamworks-alum\/","title":{"rendered":"Genius Brands Taps DreamWorks Alum"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Genius Brands International has appointed Michael Jaffa, formerly of DreamWorks Animation Television, as general counsel and senior VP of business affairs.<\/p>\n<p>Jaffa\u00a0will oversee the negotiating and shaping of business transactions in the areas of development, production, licensing, finance and distribution of Genius Brands\u2019 catalog. This includes content such as<em> Rainbow Rangers<\/em>, <em>Llama Llama<\/em>, <em>Warren Buffett\u2019s Secret Millionaires Club<\/em>, <em>Thomas Edison\u2019s Secret Lab<\/em>, <em>Baby Genius\u00a0<\/em>and more.<\/p>\n<p>He will also spearhead the business and legal operations of the company\u2019s digital channels\u2014Kid Genius Cartoon Channel,\u00a0Kid Genius Plus\u00a0for Amazon and the\u00a0Baby Genius\u00a0channel. Jaffa\u00a0will report to Genius Brands\u2019 chairman and CEO, Andy Heyward.<\/p>\n<p>DreamWorks Animation Television, Jaffa served as head of business affairs and was responsible for all studio business and legal affairs matters. He has also worked at Hasbro Studios.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs Genius Brands embarks on a year of rapid growth, I am thrilled to welcome Mike, who has a long history of driving profits from the legal sector, on board to lead our business,\u201d said Heyward. \u201cHe is a superb executive, who brings an extraordinary pedigree and breadth of experience in entertainment and technology and across production, distribution and licensing, and the entire company is looking forward to working with him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAndy and the team at Genius Brands have created a children\u2019s media company that is poised to compete with the majors, and I am honored to join in a role that will facilitate the continued global expansion of the company,\u201d commented Jaffa.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Genius Brands International has appointed Michael Jaffa, formerly of DreamWorks Animation Television, as general counsel and senior VP of business affairs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":477,"featured_media":14083,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[1503],"class_list":["post-14082","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-genius-brands-international","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - 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