Cookie Jar's Online Adventure Game Magi-Nation Joins GoFish Network
Youth-focused entertainment network to provide age-appropriate ads and new revenue streams for Magi-Nation:
LOS ANGELES – March 18, 2008 – Cookie Jar Entertainment, one
of the world’s leading children’s entertainment companies, today announced that
it has selected GoFish Corporation (OTCBB: GOFH) as the exclusive in-game
advertising partner for their highly anticipated online, role-playing game
Magi-Nation: Battle for the Moonlands.
GoFish, a leading youth entertainment and media network,
will provide content-appropriate advertising support for the free-to-play
adventure game. The advertising in
Magi-Nation: Battle for the Moonlands will be seamlessly incorporated into the
players’ gaming experience, and will be suitable for the 8-14 year old target
audience.
“After a thorough search for an in-game advertising partner,
we chose GoFish because it has proven experience and success in catering to the
children’s market,” said Kenneth Locker, senior vice president of digital
media, Cookie Jar Entertainment. “The
GoFish Network will help enable us to continue providing the best user
experience for our players while generating additional revenue streams from
Magi-Nation:
“The Magi-Nation brand is dynamic with a very loyal
following, and we are excited to welcome the online game into the GoFish
Network and ensure Magi-Nation receives advertising suitable for young
players,” said David Fisch, Vice President of Publisher Development,
GoFish. “Cookie Jar is one of the most
respected children’s entertainment companies in the world and has a reputation
for providing safe and secure content for its fans. The quality of the brand and Cookie Jar’s
high standards make them an ideal fit for our Network. The company’s willingness to provide unique,
immersive experiences for marketers creates exciting opportunities.”
Cookie Jar’s Magi-Nation online role-playing adventure is
based on the popular children’s animated television series of the same name,
which airs on Kids’ WB! on the CW in the
Magi-Nation:
About Cookie Jar Group
Cookie Jar Group develops, produces, distributes and markets
quality products to children, their caregivers, parents and teachers. Cookie Jar Group’s products reflect its
commitment to providing the best in children’s published content, animated and
live action programming and innovative educational and entertainment-driven
products worldwide. The group of
companies consists of Cookie Jar Entertainment Inc. and Cookie Jar Education
Inc.
Cookie Jar Entertainment Inc., Cookie Jar Group’s
entertainment operation, is a leading, global, independent producer, marketing
and brand manager of such renowned children’s properties as “Magi-Nation,”
“Johnny Test,” “The Doodlebops” and “Caillou”. Combining globally renowned
intellectual properties with an industry-recognized management team, Cookie Jar
Entertainment Inc. is a market-driven, brand building company that is committed
to children first and foremost and is dedicated to the development and
production of quality programming that embraces the whole child, with animated
and live-action series that entertain, inspire and enlighten children and
family audiences worldwide.
About GoFish Corporation
GoFish Corporation (www.gofishcorp.com) (OTCBB: GOFH),
headquartered in San Francisco with offices in Los Angeles and New York, is a
leading youth entertainment and media company specializing in creating,
aggregating, distributing and monetizing premium youth content on its owned and
operated sites and on a large network of quality youth-focused sites for which
GoFish provides exclusive ad sales services.
The GoFish Network of sites reaches over 18.6 million unduplicated
online users domestically, and approximately 62.7 million unduplicated online
users worldwide. GoFish has been a
pioneer in the sale of online content appealing to the hard-to-reach youth
market and presently ranks as the 3rd largest kids/teens opportunity for
blue-chip advertisers.*
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* Source: comScore Media Metrix Digital Calculator, February
2008. Unduplicated potential reach of
the GoFish Network with currently signed partners including WeeWorld.com,
Miniclip.com, select channels under the Demand Media Property, and others. The Kids/Teen category has been
custom-defined by GoFish Corporation and is not a standard comScore Media
Metrix category.
Cookie Jar Group Press contacts:
Jason Wonacott
Wonacott Communications, LLC
(310) 821-2343
jwonacott@wonacottpr.com
Brook
Hefner
Cookie
Jar Entertainment
(323)
297-0065
bhefner@thecookiejarcompany.com
GoFish Corporation Press contact:
George H. Simpson Communications
(203) 521-0352
george@georgesimpson.com
