London, May 2020- Laura Adnitt to become lead contact for global acquisitions at Egmont
As part of Egmont Magazines’ ambition to be the best licensing partner for kids’ magazines across the globe, we can announce that Laura Adnitt, Publishing Director based in the UK, will be the main contact for acquiring new IPs for the Egmont group. Together with Global Brand Manager, Bastian Mai, based in Germany, and Andrea Ryder, based in Copenhagen, Laura will be working in a global Egmont network of publishers covering more than twenty international markets and securing IPs for all of Egmont. Laura will be attending local licensor and global licensing industry events in order to secure new partnerships and to cement Egmont’s position as a leading kids’ magazine publisher.
Publishing children’s magazines in 26 countries around the world, Egmont is a publisher with an incredible global reach. Egmont’s consistent investment in content and creative development, as well as high-quality covermounts, delivers unique magazines to the children’s market, which engage and entertain young readers through their favourite brands, characters and trends.
In the UK, Egmont Magazines has strong partnerships with prestigious licensors like Disney, Mattel, Hasbro and Nickelodeon, publishing magazines for blockbuster brands such as Disney Princess, Thomas & Friends, My Little Pony and PAW Patrol, amongst many others. The Egmont group, which operates in the Nordics and in several other European regions, is behind some of the most popular weekly and monthly magazine titles and digital subscription services, as well as companies within e-commerce and marketing services.