Cookie Jar Group | |
Formerly |
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Company type | Subsidiary |
Industry | Television production Animation |
Founded | 1976 |
Founders | Micheline Charest Ronald A. Weinberg |
Defunct | December 25, 2014 |
Fate | Acquired by, merged with, and folded into DHX Media |
Successor | |
Headquarters | Official office: 266 King Street West, Toronto, Ontario, Canada International offices: 1055 René-Lévesque Blvd. East, Montreal, Quebec, Canada 2800 SW Barton St, |
Number of locations | 3 (2006) |
Area served | Worldwide |
Key people | Michael Hirsh (CEO) Lesley Taylor (President) |
Parent | DHX Media |
Divisions | Cookie Jar Entertainment Cookie Jar Education Cookie Jar Consumer Products Horn Rims Productions KidsCo Copyright Promotions Licensing Group |
Website | www.thecookiejarcompany.com |
Cookie Jar Group was a Canadian media production and distribution company. Micheline Charest and Ronald A. Weinberg started it in 1976 in the United States as just a distributor. In 1984 they moved to Montreal and started to make children's TV series.[1] The company made series including Papa Beaver's Storytime, The Cat Tales, The Babaloos, Wimzie's House, The Little Lulu Show, Miffy: Colors, Numbers and Shapes, The Adventures of Paddington Bear, The Animal Crackers, The Secret World of Santa Claus, Mumble Bumble and Mona the Vampire. DHX Media bought the company in 2012.