Classic Media
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Classic Media, Inc. is an independent American production company/distributor of family programming.
Classic Media was formed in 1998 after it acquired the Golden Books Family Entertainment division, which had lost money.
Their library consists of properties which they acquired from other in-name-only companies, including Harvey Comics, Jay Ward Productions, and many others.
Among its holdings are Rankin-Bass' pre-1974 library (Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, Frosty the Snowman, etc.), the Jack Wrather catalog (The Lone Ranger, Lassie, The Green Hornet), the Harvey Comics animated catalog (Casper the Friendly Ghost, Richie Rich, Baby Huey, etc.), Rocky and Bullwinkle, Underdog, the French-Belgian comics catalog (The Adventures of Tintin and Blake and Mortimer), most of the UPA animated catalog (Mr. Magoo, Gerald McBoing-Boing, etc.),two of PBS' pre-2002 material (Lamb Chop's Play Along,and The Charlie Horse Music Pizza) and the Christian animated video producer Big Idea, Inc (VeggieTales).
Classic Media currently releases its videos through Sony Wonder and Rhino Home Video.
