{"id":14896,"date":"2018-09-07T10:25:42","date_gmt":"2018-09-07T14:25:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/dhx-media-alum-joins-spin-master\/"},"modified":"2018-09-07T10:25:42","modified_gmt":"2018-09-07T14:25:42","slug":"dhx-media-alum-joins-spin-master","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/dhx-media-alum-joins-spin-master\/","title":{"rendered":"DHX Media Alum Joins Spin Master"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Spin Master Entertainment has appointed Thom Chapman as its senior director of sales and distribution.<\/p>\n<p>Chapman will have direct responsibility for creating and managing global exploitation strategies for Spin Master\u2019s entertainment content across linear, nonlinear and emerging platforms. Chapman joins Spin Master from DHX Media where he directed the company&#8217;s content expansion strategy for Asia.<\/p>\n<p>In his new role at Spin Master, Chapman will work closely with Jennifer Dodge, the executive VP of Spin Master Entertainment, and with Spin Master\u2019s business units for girls, preschool, boys and robotics to secure premium global placement for its kids\u2019 content. He will report to Porsha Gauthier, the VP of operations and legal, who oversees Spin Master Entertainment\u2019s business affairs and operations.<\/p>\n<p>Chapman has more than 15 years of experience and has worked with well-recognized children\u2019s properties such as <em>Peanuts<\/em>, <em>Bob the Builder<\/em>, <em>Strawberry Shortcake<\/em> and <em>Teletubbies<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThom\u2019s reputation and relationships in the kids\u2019 content world are remarkable,\u201d said Dodge. \u201cI am thrilled to have his experience and talent on the Spin Master Entertainment team. His insights will help build our exploitation strategies as well as source new revenue opportunities for our exceptional content.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSpin Master Entertainment produces world-class content that truly engages with kids globally,\u201d added Chapman. \u201cI\u2019m very excited to be part of their rapidly-growing business and help drive strategies in all aspects of content distribution.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Spin Master Entertainment has appointed Thom Chapman as its senior director of sales and distribution.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":477,"featured_media":14897,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[3978],"class_list":["post-14896","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-spin-master-entertainment","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>DHX Media Alum Joins Spin Master - TVKIDS<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/dhx-media-alum-joins-spin-master\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"DHX Media Alum Joins Spin Master - TVKIDS\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Spin Master Entertainment has appointed Thom Chapman as its senior director of sales and distribution.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/dhx-media-alum-joins-spin-master\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"TVKIDS\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2018-09-07T14:25:42+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/07\/ThomChapman-SpinMaster-918.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"600\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"319\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Sara Alessi\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Sara Alessi\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/dhx-media-alum-joins-spin-master\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/dhx-media-alum-joins-spin-master\/\",\"name\":\"DHX Media Alum Joins Spin Master - TVKIDS\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2018-09-07T14:25:42+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2018-09-07T14:25:42+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/#\/schema\/person\/3a30a856ec6d9cc2372bf054d26a0418\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/dhx-media-alum-joins-spin-master\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/dhx-media-alum-joins-spin-master\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/dhx-media-alum-joins-spin-master\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"DHX Media Alum Joins Spin Master\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/\",\"name\":\"TVKIDS\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/#\/schema\/person\/3a30a856ec6d9cc2372bf054d26a0418\",\"name\":\"Sara Alessi\",\"description\":\"Sara Alessi is the associate editor of World Screen. 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