Talk:DreamWorks Classics/Archives/2017

Question

Was the following removed or otherwise reverted because Nate Spidgewood, through what I presume to be yet another myriad of IP addresses, added them?

On July 23, 2012, [[DreamWorks Animation]] acquired Classic Media from Boomerang Media for $155 million; the company became a unit of DreamWorks Animation and was renamed DreamWorks Classics.<ref name="latimes"/><ref name="businessinsider"/> On June 18, 2014, DreamWorks Animation bought the "[[Felix the Cat]]" brand and added it to the DreamWorks Classics portfolio.<ref name="licensemag1">{{cite web|url=http://www.licensemag.com/license-global/dreamworks-picks-felix-cat |title=DreamWorks Picks Up Felix the Cat|publisher=License! Global |date=June 18, 2014 |accessdate=June 20, 2014}}</ref> On April 28, 2016, [[NBCUniversal]] announced it would be acquiring its parent company, DreamWorks Animation for $3.8 billion.<ref name="lat-comcastbuy">{{cite web|title=Comcast's NBCUniversal buys DreamWorks Animation in $3.8-billion deal|url=http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/envelope/cotown/la-et-ct-nbcuniversal-buys-dreamworks--20160428-story.html|website=Los Angeles Times|accessdate=28 April 2016}}</ref> On August 22, 2016, the acquisition was completed.<ref>{{cite web|author=Dave McNary |url=http://variety.com/2016/film/news/comcast-completes-dreamworks-animation-purchase-1201842240/ |title=Comcast Completes $3.8 Billion DreamWorks Animation Purchase |publisher=Variety |date=2016-08-22 |accessdate=2016-08-27}}</ref>

===Catalogs===
* The [[Harvey Comics|Harvey Entertainment]] catalog (''[[Casper the Friendly Ghost]]'', ''[[Richie Rich (comics)|Richie Rich]]'', ''[[Baby Huey]]'', etc.),<ref name="icv2"/><ref name="autogenerated1"/> including:
** The non-theatrical rights to [[Famous Studios]]' non-''[[Popeye the Sailor (animated cartoons)|Popeye]]'' cartoons from October 1950 to March 1962, except the 1961 [[Noveltoon]] ''[[Alvin's Solo Flight]]'', starring ''[[Little Lulu]]''<ref>http://cartoonresearch.com/index.php/paramount-cartoons-1958-59/</ref>
* The [[Western Publishing|Golden Books]]/[[Gold Key Comics]] catalog (''[[Little Golden Books]]'', ''[[Pat the Bunny]]'', ''[[Magnus, Robot Fighter]]'', ''[[Solar (comics)|Doctor Solar]]'', ''[[Turok]]'', ''Little Lulu'', etc.),<ref name="awn2"/><ref name="cnn"/> including:
**The [[Broadway Video]] catalog (''[[Lassie (1954 TV series)|Lassie]]'', the ''[[Lone Ranger]]'', ''[[Sergeant Preston of the Yukon (TV series)|Sergeant Preston of the Yukon]]'', ''[[Underdog (TV series)|Underdog]]'', ''[[Tennessee Tuxedo and His Tales]]'', ''[[Felix the Cat (TV series)|Felix the Cat]]'' 1950s-1960s cartoons, ''[[The Mighty Hercules]]'', ''[[Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (TV special)|Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer]]'', ''[[Frosty the Snowman (TV program)|Frosty the Snowman]]'', ''[[Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town (film)|Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town]]'', etc.)<ref>{{cite news|author=Reuters |url=http://www.nytimes.com/1996/07/31/business/the-media-business-golden-books-agrees-to-buy-a-video-library.html |title=THE MEDIA BUSINESS;Golden Books Agrees to Buy a Video Library - New York Times |publisher=Nytimes.com |date=1996-07-31 |accessdate=2014-08-10}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.apnewsarchive.com/1996/Golden-Books-To-Buy-Family-Entertainment-Library-From-Broadway-Video/id-bcd4bd8a3c96283ad9b3158d8335e230 |title=Golden Books To Buy Family Entertainment Library From Broadway Video |publisher=Apnewsarchive.com |date=1996-07-30 |accessdate=2014-08-10}}</ref>

It kind of bothers me that the status of a single person (in this and apparently plenty of other cases, a banned user) can influence the correctness of any information regardless of all other factors. I just need to know if Nate was the sole cause of all of the above's removal and/or reversion, so that I can know if they can be safely restored by someone else. --Ryanasaurus0077 (talk) 02:22, 11 January 2017 (UTC)

Gumby?

It said in this page: http://www.ew.com/article/2012/07/23/dreamworks-classic-he-man-gumby-casper that Gumby is one of the characters that DreamWorks Animation bought from Classic Media. Is this true? --2601:2C0:C280:21A0:8C84:59D1:E805:D53F (talk) 21:47, 31 October 2017 (UTC)

Maybe Classic Media had some distribution rights at the time of the article? The copyright on gumby.com is "Copyright © 2017 Prema Toy Inc. and Premavision Inc." and has no mentions of or links to DreamWorks Animation or DreamWorks Classics. Trivialist (talk) 00:59, 1 November 2017 (UTC)