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News Release for Immediate Release
CMG Holdings Inc. (CMGO), Creative Management Group Inc. Agency Client Jacabee, Inc, Signs With Milk and Cookies Press to Publish The Jacabee Code Literary Series.
NEW YORK, (May 11, 2010)…CMG Holdings, Inc. (CMGO) ( OTCBB: CMGO) www.cmgholdingsinc.com, a full service marketing communications company operating in the sectors of commercial rights, event management and talent management, is pleased to announce that New York-based Milk and Cookies Press has agreed to publish Jacabee Code, co-authored by Creative Management Group Agency clients Maribeth Nickell and Jaclyn Cannon, co-founders of Jacabee, Inc.
Jacabee Code is a children’s media package composed of twelve books which will be supplemented by an electronic series and online components. The concept grew out of sketches made by the late artist F. Luis Mora, drawings of Americana-esque characters that have never before been made public. Alan Morell, Chairman and CEO of CMG Holdings Inc. negotiated the sale of the book series with Milk and Cookies Press, who will offer the first book in the twelve-book series in September of 2010, with subsequent books available soon thereafter. Curious Pictures will be handling the motion media series, and StudioCom will handle the online component of the media package.
Alan Morell, Chairman and CEO of CMG Holdings Inc. said, “Co-creators Maribeth and Jaclyn came to CMG with an initial concept and as their agency, we assisted in the development of the Jacabee strategy for commercial sale in literary and broadcast, and ended up with a strategy similar to the Harry Potter model.”
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About Jacabee
Sometimes there is nothing better than a true story coming to life!!! Two lifelong best friends, Maribeth Colton Nickell and Jaclyn Leas Cannon, both moms of boys, wanted to encourage a love of reading, fact finding and fun! Throw in a secret language, a special code and the coolest developers of games and stories on the planet, and the fun is endless.
One bright summer day, while Jaclyn was vacationing with Maribeth and her boys, Maribeth began to share with Jaclyn the pictures and characters of Dooley. The characters were created by her great-grandfather, acclaimed artist F. Luis Mora, for her father, John Colton. It was a long-standing tradition to use these characters to teach children in her family stories about history. After looking through the art, they became inspired to share this living legacy with children all over the world.
At the same time, they were looking for more fun ways to get their own children interested in reading, arts, and history. So, they asked themselves a series of questions:
How can we carry on this family legacy and let kids see this creative and beautiful artwork?
How can we broaden this tradition to include other children?
How can children all over the world communicate and learn from each other with one common language?
Maribeth, being funny herself, found humor in Baldy and gave the trio the gift of humor. Jaclyn loves to solve puzzles, so she wanted kids to be able to crack a code. Both moms believe the Jacabee Code can fill a gap in the marketplace for boys ages 6-12. They share a passion and a strong enthusiasm for learning, storytelling and playing games that offer a challenge, so they created an adventure that incorporates those passions, and displays a little dose of healthy competitiveness. The company’s tagline, "adventure, history, values," captures their mission.
The creators are thrilled to bring you The Jacabee Code, a real-life story beginning to unfold. Good luck, and Jacabee can’t wait to see who can crack the code!
Jacabee Foundation
A portion of our proceeds goes directly to the Jacabee Foundation, a public charity supporting children and children's causes.
Mission: To support, encourage, and empower children in every aspect of their education and personal lives. The important link here is the ability for Jacabee to partner in the arenas of art, history, education, culture and literacy.
Purpose: The Jacabee Foundation is making a difference in the lives of children by creating, fostering and supporting opportunities that invest in their future.
Focus: We focus on providing assistance to various public charities and organizations dedicated to helping children’s causes.
Force: We are concerned with the alarming state of our nation’s youth. The hopes and dreams of America’s young people are being overshadowed by violence, racism, peer pressure and low self-esteem. In addition, the drastic declining rate of young people’s knowledge of American history and our nation’s characteristics is epidemic. Our passion is for children and Luis’s passion was for art and history, and these two aspects define our core beliefs.
Our focus is simple and can be defined by our four core beliefs:
Furthering children’s education
Aiding in cultural development
Providing personal support
Creating opportunities for literary advancement
About CMG
CMG Holdings, Inc. is a full service global marketing, sports, entertainment and management communications company that operates in the sectors of talent management, event management and commercial rights.
Talent Management includes representation of personalities in the entertainment and the arts, athletes, literary industries through full service representation to enable clients to realize up most potential for endorsements, licensing, contract negotiations, speaking appearances, literary and television image marketing. CMG represents athletes and sports personalities in team and non-team sports in a full-service approach ensuring individualized attention and commitment to manage client’s business opportunities. CMG manages broadcasters and actors careers and assists the engineering opportunities in film, broadcast and television and packaging with corporate sponsors. CMG literary division provides full service representation to authors for publishing in traditional houses as well as electronic media including television, film, and radio and after market licensing to ensure greatest exposure and to increase client revenues.
Event Management includes marquis hospitality, sponsorships and licensing, broadcast production and implementation of events including hospitality services to the most discriminating of clients in sports sectors including golf, tennis, equine and motor sports pairing corporate sponsors and premier events and leveraging that experience to ensure our clients receive the highest return on their investment and level of brand exposure. CMG is dedicated to pursuing intellectual property rights of sports and entertainment properties and offering these events through long-term entertainment hospitality packages for corporate sponsors and manage and implement on-site operations and logistical concerns. CMG broadcast and production division secures, negotiates electronic production, broadcast and syndication opportunities for clients via network, cable television, radio and digital media.
Commercial Rights includes branding, consulting, endorsements, licensing, sponsorships, sales and marketing. CMG creates branding and distributes image marketing tools to strategic outlets to generate premier brand recognition for our clients. CMG consulting focuses on developing high-profile programs utilizing creative solutions to improve cost-efficiency and increase client revenues. CMG endorsement, licensing and sponsorships division works with premier corporations regarding contract negotiations for client endorsements, secure domestic and international licensing opportunities, provide implementation and execution services for client sponsorships. CMG marketing division positions and leverages our clients to increase their presence in the global market through research of business environments and creative solutions to take advantage of given market conditions. CMG sales include creating commercial rights opportunities, identifying sales targets and strategically selling commercial rights to maximize client revenues.
Creative Management Group Inc. is headquartered in Miami, Florida with a marketing and sales office in New York, Chicago and Los Angeles.
Contact:
CMG Holdings, Inc.
Jim Ennis, +1-212-521-4111
Chief Operating Officer
investorrelations@creativemanagementgroup.com
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