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Cookie Jar Entertainment Inc. (formerly known as CINAR Productions Inc.) was a Canadian media production and distribution company originally founded in 1976 by Micheline Charest and Ronald A. Weinberg. The company started out in New York City, New York, USA as a distribution company, but later moved operations to Montreal, Quebec, Canada in the mid-1980s, where they also became a media production company.
CINAR produced several childrens' series from the late 1980s to the early 2000s, including (but not limited to) The Busy World of Richard Scarry, Wimzie's House, Caillou, and most notably, seasons 1-8 of Arthur.
In early 2004, following a 1999 tax scandal, CINAR was bought by Birch Hill Equity Capital Partners and industry veteran Michael Hirsh. The company rebranded as Cookie Jar Entertainment and relocated operations to Toronto, Ontario, Canada shortly thereafter.
As Cookie Jar, the company continued to make several childrens' series, including Caillou, Johnny Test, Hurray for Huckle!, and seasons 9-15 of Arthur.
In September 2011, it was announced that 9 Story Media Group would take over co-producing, animating, and distributing new seasons of Arthur starting with season 16, with Cookie Jar continuing to distribute the previous 15 seasons. [1]
In 2012, Cookie Jar was acquired (and absorbed) by fellow Canadian production company DHX Media, [2] which is now the world's largest independent owner of children's and family programming, with more than 13,000 half-hours in their library. Among their titles include Peanuts, Teletubbies, Caillou, and Inspector Gadget, as well as the first 15 seasons of Arthur.
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