| Type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Entertainment |
| Founded | 2003 |
| Headquarters | Los Angeles, CA |
| Key people | Garson Foos (President & Co-founder) Richard Foos (Co-founder) Bob Emmer |
| Products | DVD, Blu-ray Disc, Digital Video, CD, Digital Audio |
| Website | www.shoutfactory.com |
Shout! Factory is an entertainment company founded in 2003 that was started by Richard Foos (co-founder of Rhino Records), Bob Emmer (former Warner Music Group and Rhino executive) and Garson Foos (former Rhino executive) initially as a specialty music label. It focuses on enriched music catalog reissues, home video/DVD projects, and television properties.
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Conceived as a retro pop culture label, Shout! Factory DVD projects include live music shows (by acts such as X, The Blasters, Heart, and Barenaked Ladies), music documentaries (The Fearless Freaks, about The Flaming Lips, and The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle, about The Sex Pistols), animation (including multiple Home Movies seasons, Pucca, and Code Monkeys), live-action television (Freaks and Geeks, My So-Called Life, Inside the Actors Studio, California Dreams), as well as productions by DIC (including the Mario television shows, The Legend of Zelda, and the Sonic the Hedgehog television shows) and sports (including Major League Baseball and Warren Miller ski titles).
Shout! Factory CD and music DVD products are distributed by Sony Music Entertainment and as of June 2007 their nonmusic DVD titles are distributed by Vivendi Entertainment.
Shout! Factory currently has a long term distribution deal with DIC Entertainment (now Cookie Jar Entertainment) for most of the latter company's catalog.[1]
Recently in May 2011, Shout! Factory signed a deal with Nickelodeon and Paramount Home Entertainment to release Nickelodeon's older catalog (The Wild Thornberrys, Rocko's Modern Life, Hey Dude etc.) on DVD under license from the latter two companies.
GetBack.com was created in 2007 by Shout! Factory executives Richard Foos, Garson Foos, and Bob Emmer, as well as media veterans from IFILM and MTV Networks. This company markets popular entertainment content from the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s and targets the 35-55 year old demographic. Natural Energy Lab, Shout! Factory's film and TV licensing business, is run by Danny Benair. Shout! Factory owns a music television production company, Blaze Television, which produces DIRECTV's CD USA show, as well as many live music shows. Shout! Factory also releases titles from the HighTone Blues/Roots label.