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 ...

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 ...

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.

MONTREAL — The process of selling all or parts of troubled Canuck TV producer Cinar is heating up, with published reports in Canada that DreamWorks and former Nelvana topper Michael Hirsh are both ...

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" ...