aNb Media, publisher of Toys & Family Entertainment, Royaltie$: The Journal of the Licensing Industry, and TimetoPlayMag.com, launched in fall 2005.
Industry veterans Andy Krinner, Nancy Lombardi, and Bob Glaser, who have a combined 40-plus years of toy and licensing industry experience, created the company. It quickly grew to include Christopher Byrne, Jim Silver, Chris Adams, and Jeff McKinney, adding another 60-plus years of industry experience to the staff.
The monthly trade magazines cover all aspects of the toy and licensing industries, offering today's leading retailers all the most pertinent news, trends, and in-depth feature stories. TimetoPlayMag.com offers consumers an in-depth look into the newest and hottest products, produced by the best team in the industry.
Royaltie$: The Journal of the Licensing Industry provides readers with an unparalleled level of editorial integrity and industry experience. The magazine’s staff has long-standing relationships with key executives in the $110 billion North American licensing industry, which offers the ability to recognize trends before they occur.
The benefactors of these relationships are our readers, today’s retailers, who rely on this timely information in order to better compete in today’s ever-changing marketplace.
Royaltie$ examines the licensing industry with a fresh perspective. The magazine’s monthly departments will examine how today’s consumers spend their time and money; focus on the global business of licensing; track trends; and explore those companies that are pioneering unusual and eccentric products.
In addition to these departments, Royaltie$ will produce timely feature stories that will offer an in-depth analysis of the latest and greatest in licensing.
Over the past decade, the licensing of consumer products has become a sophisticated business. Royaltie$ will provide the crucial information needed so readers can remain competitive in today’s marketplace.
Royaltie$: The Journal of the Licensing Industry has a total monthly circulation of 18,200. The magazine’s pass-along rate is 4:1, which puts its advertising messages in the hands of more than 72,000 industry readers every month. The majority of Royaltie$’ circulation includes the decision-making retailers across all categories.
In addition, the magazine is read by licensees, licensing agents, studios, and many others within the industry to stay on top of news and trends.
Toys & Family Entertainment revolutionizes the way the children’s consumer products industry is showcased. The trade magazine will delve into the ever-changing interests of today’s kids, focusing on toys, consumer electronics, video games, and other related industries.
Toys & Family Entertainment will continually strive to define what toys mean to today’s generation of children. The magazine will examine how kids spend their time, how they play, and how they shop as they increasingly turn to alternative avenues of distribution, whether online or in brick-and-mortar form.
Each month the magazine’s departments will examine the intricacies of marketing and advertising to children and families; feature pertinent information from myriad industry experts; and provide an in-depth analysis of what is happening at retail across the U.S.
In addition to these departments, Toys & Family Entertainment will offer timely feature stories that provide readers with an in-depth analysis of the business of children’s entertainment.
The experience of the magazine’s staff has helped cultivate relationships with the industry’s key decision makers. These relationships afford the keen insight to recognize trends before they occur while providing the opportunity to interview the industry’s most influential figures.
The culmination of these efforts is a magazine that puts all of the most relevant information into the hands of today’s leading retailers. Toys & Family Entertainment is an indispensable tool to aid retailers in running a successful business.
As this industry continues to transform and grow, Toys & Family Entertainment will be at the forefront of this evolution.
Toys & Family Entertainment has a total monthly circulation of 14,000. The majority of the magazine’s circulation includes the decision-making retailers in the toy industry.
In addition, manufacturers, licensors, studios, and many others within the industry read the magazine to stay on top of the news and trends.