Creating Global Brands
Scholastic
Media (SM) is
a leading media
and consumer products
business that
creates and distributes
high quality media
and engaging products
for children.
A proven leader
in the children's
entertainment
industry, SM ranks
as one of the
foremost producers
of quality, family-oriented
content for a
multitude of platforms,
including television,
feature films,
DVDs, video
games and web
sites, and is
an award-winning
licensor and marketer
of children's
properties worldwide.
SM manages and
grows Scholastic's
global brands
through an integrated
strategy including
all forms of media
and consumer products.
In September 2006,
Scholastic teamed
up with several
leading distribution
and content providers
in children's
television to
launch qubo, a
multi-platform
bilingual television
network for children
that promotes
literacy and positive
values. SM is
comprised of four
main groups: Scholastic
Productions, Scholastic
Marketing & Consumer Products,
Scholastic Audio
Group and SE Distribution,
and also includes
two production
studios -- Soup2Nuts,
a cutting edge
animation studio,
and Weston Woods® Studio
-- as well as
the Company's
highly successful
Interactive Products
Group consisting
of interactive
product development
and Click! Interactive
Learning Club.
SM 's television productions include
Clifford
The Big Red Dog®, which premiered to wide acclaim
on PBS KIDS™ in September 2000 and has consistently ranked
as the top-rated show on PBS KIDS™ as well as the #1 children's
series for ages 2–5 on network television. Accolades include
15 Daytime Emmy nominations, the 2001 Humanitas Prize, and several
Parents' Choice Awards, among many others. The Emmy award-winning, animated spin-off series,
Clifford's
Puppy Days™ , which chronicles Clifford’s
“puppyhood” before he became the biggest dog that
ever was, premiered to rave reviews on PBS KIDS in September 2003.
SM's series
I SPY™, based on the best-selling and fascinating
book series, debuted on HBO Family in 2002 and was honored with
a Daytime Emmy Award for "Individual Achievement in Animation"
as well as a Parents' Choice Award.
Maya
& Miguel™ launched in October 2004 and quickly
became the #1 new show on the new PBS KIDS GO! after-school programming
block for children ages five to nine. Based on an original concept
by SM president Deborah Forte,
Maya & Miguel™ is
part of a broad-based, multimedia Scholastic initiative designed
to entertain while presenting culture and language learning as
fun, relevant and rewarding for all children, with a special emphasis
on the Latino population. The critically acclaimed animated series
WordGirl™, which chronicles the adventures of Becky Botsford, fifth grader turned super hero who uses vocabulary to defeat quirky villains, premiered as a half-hour show on PBS KIDS GO! in September 2007.
Other highly successful television programming produced by SM includes the Emmy and Annenberg award-winning series The Magic School Bus®, starring Lily Tomlin and airing on TLC and Discovery Kids, the award-winning Dear America® and The Royal Diaries™ series, the award-winning, top-rated kids adventure series, Animorphs®, the groundbreaking kids phenomenon, Goosebumps®, and The Baby-sitters Club®. These and other SM programs, based on well-established Scholastic brands, are viewed by millions of households worldwide in many local languages.
In the feature film domain, SM recently produced
The Golden Compass Philip Pullman's trilogy,
His Dark Materials, for the big screen with New Line Cinema. SM has produced the critically acclaimed movies
The Baby-sitters Club,
The Indian in the Cupboard,
Tuck Everlasting,
The Mighty, and
Clifford's Really Big Movie .
SM 's acclaimed, award-winning productions are also available on home video and DVD.
Scholastic Marketing & Consumer Products
A creative, full-service, marketing, licensing and promotional organization, Scholastic Consumer Products develops strategic and innovative programs that maximize global awareness of the Scholastic brand and the Company's core properties. Additionally, SM serves as the exclusive licensing, merchandising and promotional representative for such innovative franchises as
Kim Parker Kids and
Home Movies™. SM has also extended the esteemed Scholastic trademark to select partners in appropriate categories such as the highly successful Scholastic Video Collection, as well as a novel line of school supplies distributed by Mead.
SE Distribution Inc.
SE Distribution Inc. serves as SM's internal specialty product manufacturer and distributor. Under the Sidekicks™ and Sidekicks™ BABY labels, the division creates and distributes unique, high quality children's merchandise, including plush toys and puzzles based on Scholastic franchises.
Soup2Nuts™
A cutting edge digital animation studio founded in 1994, Soup2Nuts offers full in-house production services, from creating original series, writing, recording and music composing to character design, animation, and post-production. The studio quickly established a reputation for successful and award-winning animated comedy with its first hit,
Dr. Katz: Professional Therapist, which aired on Comedy Central. Since
Dr. Katz, Soup2Nuts has created the cult favorite
Home Movies™ for Cartoon Network’s Adult Swim,
Squigglevision® for ABC,
Dick and Paula for FX,
Time Warp Trio for Discovery Kids,
O'Grady for The N and
Hey Monie for BET and Oxygen. Soup2Nuts is also producing the new animated series,
WordGirl, airing on PBS KIDS GO!.
Weston Woods®
Studios is an industry leader of DVD and audio adaptations of picture books. Classic children's literature is brought to life, for the school and library market, as a supplemental educational resource. A collection of Weston Woods best-loved stories on DVD is now available as Scholastic Storybook Treasures. Generations of children can now enjoy at home such cherished films as
Where the Wild Things Are and
Make Way for Ducklings, along with new classics like
Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type and
Diary of a Worm.
Interactive Products Group
The Interactive Products Group publishes and distributes children’s interactive learning products that promote learning through play. Most known for producing award-winning and best-selling CD-ROMs, the Group also develops such content as digital downloads, interactive DVDs, video games and electronic learning toys. Through Downloads2Go™, the Group produced the first web site offering full-version downloads of the most popular CD-ROM games for kids. In Fall 2007, the Group released two titles, I SPY Fun House and Scholastic Animal Genius, on the popular Nintendo DS handheld as well as Get Puzzled! for the Leapster® Learning Game System. The Group’s products are sold at retail outlets nationwide as well as through Scholastic’s Book Clubs, Book Fairs, and Click! Interactive Learning Club..
Click! Interactive Learning Club
Click! Interactive Learning Club for grades PreK-8 offers students and teachers the best multimedia products including CD-ROMs, DVDs, console titles and more. Titles from top quality publishers are sold at special club prices. Catalogs, available through teachers and schools, include a wide range of titles that build age-appropriate skills.
Scholastic Audio
Driven by our mission to instill a lifelong love of reading and learning, Scholastic is proud to offer audio based on the most anticipated, bestselling, or award-winning titles. Scholastic Audio offers read alongs for children ages 3-8 as well as unabridged audiobooks for middle grade/young adult audiences ages 9-16.
