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Kevin Mayer & Tom Staggs’ Blackstone-Backed Firm Acquires ‘CoComelon’ Production Company Moonbug For $3B

The media venture run by Disney alums Kevin Mayer and Tom Stags and backed by private equity firm Blackstone has acquired Moonbug Entertainment, maker of popular kids shows like CoComelon. The valuation of the deal, which had been rumored in recent weeks, was not specified in the official announcement, but people…

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Disney’s European Kids Chief David Levine Resurfaces At Moonbug

Former Disney executive David Levine is to become the head of studio at Moonbug Entertainment, the company behind kids’ YouTube sensation Little Baby Bum. Levine stepped down as Disney's vice president of kids programming for the UK, Europe, and Africa at the end of June after a 16-year spell at the house of mouse. He…

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Moonbug Raises $145 Million To Acquire Kids’ Content

Children’s entertainment company Moonbug Entertainment has raised $145 million in funding to acquire and broadly distribute children’s programming. The funding round, which is led by The Raine Group, follows the young company’s first acquisition, Little Baby Bum. The YouTube channel created by a husband and wife in…