Recommended Reading List
Welcome to KidScreen's Recommended Reading page, where we'll feature new books that have wowed kids entertainment execs each month. If you've got a favorite tome that you'd like to let folks know about - be it a business book, a kids book, or a kick-ass novel - e-mail us at readinglist@kidscreen.com. To get started, here's what the KidScreen crew puts at the top of their best-book lists:
November/December 2006
Adam Shaheen,
Executive Producer, Cuppa Coffee Animation
September 2006
Michael Lekes
Senior VP of Programming, Jetix Europe
July/August 2006
John Easum
Executive VP, VIZ Media
June 2006
Ty Simpson
President, Ty's Toy Box
May 2006
Sam Ewing
VP of sales & co-productions, Cookie Jar Entertainment
April 2006
Mary Graziano
Director of sales & acquisitions, FRV Media International
Richard Tait
Co-founder and grand poo bah, Cranium
February/March 2006
Warren Withrow
COO, Educational Adventures
January 2006
Cathy Malatesta
managing director of worldwide licensing, Earthworks Entertainment.
November 2005
Alan Gregg
VP of production and distribution for children's television, Alliance Atlantis Communications
October 2005
Herb Mitschele
Director of licensing and international business development, Playmates Toys
September 2005
Juliet Blake
Senior VP of TV programming, Scholastic
Manuel Torres
VP of licensing and merchandising, Nick Latin America
July/August 2005
Pascal Bonnet
Director of licensing, Ubisoft
Glenn Ross
Executive VP and GM, Universal Studios Home Entertainment Family Productions
June 2005
Ryan Gagerman
VP of international consumer products, DIC Entertainment
May 2005
Anita Frazier
Entertainment industry analyst, NPD Funworld
March/April 2005
Nicolas Atlan
VP and executive producer, Antefilms
Jill Casagrande
Senior VP of worldwide programming strategy, ABC Cable Networks Group
February 2005
Stephen Berman
President and COO, Jakks Pacific
Isaac Larian
CEO, MGA Entertainment
January 2005
Rick Mischel
CEO of IDT Entertainment Sales
Nancy Kanter
VP of programming, Playhouse Disney
October 2004
Alice Cahn
VP of development for Cartoon Network's kids businesses
Dan Fill
VP of Interactive, Decode Entertainment
September 2004
Donna Freidman Meir
President of kids programming and production, National Geographic Television & Film
Rich Ross
President of Disney Channel Worldwide
July/August 2004
Jason Hall
Senior VP of Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment
June 2004
Deborah Forte
President, Scholastic Entertainment
Peter Dille
Senior VP of worldwide marketing, THQ
March/April 2004
Sheldon Wiseman
President, Amberwood Productions
Adina Pitt
Director of acquisitions for Nickelodeon, NAN, TV Land, Nicktoons and MTV Networks
February 2004
Holly Stein
VP of entertainment licensing, Mattel
Matthew Wexler
Director of global licensing and business development, Spin Master Toys
January 2004
Joan Lambur
Co-founder, Joan Lambur & Associates
October 2003
Sander Schwartz
President, Warner Bros. TV Animation
Jocelyn Stevenson
Chief creative officer, HIT Entertainment
September 2003
Ken Faier
VP of AAC Kids
Maia Tubiana
Managing director, France Animation
July/August 2003
Sarah Muller
Managing director, Elephant Productions
Suzanne Berman
VP of creative affairs, Sunbow Entertainment
June 2003
Bob Solomon
Chairman & CEO, Applause
Nick Austin
CEO, Vivid Imaginations
May 2003
Rob Davies
VP of business development, Atomic Cartoons
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Chuck Amuck: The Life and Times of an Animated Cartoonist
By Chuck Jones (published by Farrar Straus & Giroux)
buy it now
[ amazon.com |
amazon.co.uk |
amazon.fr |
amazon.de ]
Beep! Beep!: Competing in the Age of the Roadrunner
By Chip R. Bell & Oren Harari (published by Warner Books)
buy it now
[ amazon.com ]
The E-Myth Revisited: Why Most Small Businesses Don't Work and What to do About it
By Michael E. Gerber (published by HarperBusiness)
buy it now
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