MIP NEWS – Canadian animation house Cinar has rebranded itself as The Cookie Jar Entertainment following the successful takeover of the company by ex-Nelvana execs Toper Taylor and Michael Hirsch.

Canadian animation veteranMichael Hirsh is buying Cinar, the troubled Montreal-based animation house. TheUS$144m sale puts Hirsh, co-founder and former CEO of Toronto-based Nelvana Limited,back in the ...

MONTREAL — The deal to sell troubled Canuck entertainment company Cinar has finally closed. The Montreal-based animator has been sold for $144 million to an investor group including former Nelvana ...

MONTREAL — Stuart Snyder is set to step down as president and CEO of troubled Canuck animation company Cinar Corp. after only one year on the job. The Montreal-based company announced Snyder’s ...

The troubled children's animation company Cinar has been sold to a group led by the founder of the Nelvana film company for $143.9 million US. And the new boss was quick to outline ambitious plans to ...

Cinar Corp., a Canadian maker of children’s cartoons such as “Arthur,” agreed to be sold to an investor group for about $143.9 million, the company said. The buyers include Michael Hirsh and Toper ...

Michael Hirsh, the pioneering Canadian animation entrepreneur who had hoped to build the remnants of troubled Cinar Corp. into the Disney of the education and entertainment business, or "edutainment" ...

Toronto-based animation producer Michael Hirsh says he wants to build Cinar Corp. into a major independent studio with brand-name recognition equal to Disney's. Mr. Hirsh and his investors' group ...