Scott Mitchell Rosenberg

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Scott Mitchell Rosenberg (not to be confused with screenwriter Scott Rosenberg) is chairman of Platinum Studios, an entertainment company that controls the world's largest independent library of comic book characters and adapts them for film, television and other media. As chairman, Rosenberg has played a role in creating the largest bible in comic book history: the Platinum Studios Macroverse.^{[citation needed]} The Macroverse includes titles such as Cowboys & Aliens and Unique, which are being developed into movies by Sony and Disney.

Rosenberg established Platinum Studios in 1997, following a career as the founder of Malibu Comics, an independent comic book company that was sold to Marvel Comics in 1994. During his time at Malibu, Rosenberg led comic spinoffs into toys, television, and feature films, including the billion-dollar film and television series Men in Black.

Rosenberg began his career in the comic book industry at age 13 when he started a mail order company. He became known for picking early hits as many of the writers, stories and characters he selected were not originally chart toppers. After a stint as a distributor, he began publishing his own independent comic book titles, which led to the creation of Malibu Comics in 1986. His first launch, Ex-Mutants, was a success.

He entered publishing upon recognizing the new way comics were being distributed -- that there was an opening for a new, smaller publisher and that the advent of the Macintosh computer (circa 1986) allowed a small company to look bigger. He then brokered an industry-changing deal in 1992, when the seven top-selling artists defected from Marvel Comics to form Image Studios. Rosenberg signed the artists to a label deal at Malibu to distribute Image Studios comics until their new company was up and running. In addition, he worked with Adobe Photoshop software to develop the then-leading standard for the computer coloring of comic books.

Today, Rosenberg produces comics and is developing a slate of live-action feature films and television series based on current and upcoming comic books. He is also working to create new comic books, including electronic comics with animated panels and voice-overs, sound effects, and music from record labels like Virgin and Hollywood Records.

Scott Rosenberg has been married since 1992, and lives in California with his wife and two daughters.