The Hatchery (company)

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The Hatchery LLC
Type Production Company
Industry Production
Founded2003
Founder Margaret Loesch
Bruce Stein
Headquarters
Key people
Dan Angel (CCO)
Parent Mandalay Entertainment
American Greetings

The Hatchery LLC is an American media production company, which was owned by American Greetings and Mandalay Entertainment and located in Burbank, California.

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Margaret Loesch and Bruce Stein formed Hatchery in 2003 with financing from Peter Guber and Paul Schaeffer of Mandalay Entertainment Group. [1] American Greetings Corporation purchased a major stake in the company in December 2004, joining Mandalay in joint ownership. [2] [3]

American Greetings thereafter licensed their Care Bears and Strawberry Shortcake characters in various filmed projects with Hatchery, marketing their products via their approximately 600 stores and 35,000 greeting card retail locations. [4] The Hatchery has produced two programs that aired on cable channel The Hub: R. L. Stine's The Haunting Hour and Dan Vs. .

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References

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  2. "COMPANY NEWS; AMERICAN GREETINGS BUYS STAKE IN THE HATCHERY". nytimes.com. 18 December 2004. Retrieved 6 January 2021.
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