"bankruptcy judge Robert Drain approved Hostess' request to shut down, temporarily ending Twinkie production in the United States. On March 18, 2013, it was reported that Twinkies would return to store shelves in May of that year. Twinkies, along with other famed Hostess Brands, were purchased out of bankruptcy by Apollo Global Management and Metropoulos & Co for $410 million. Twinkies returned to U.S. shelves on July 15, 2013. Apollo subsequently sold Hostess for $2.3 billion. Before Hostess Brands filed for bankruptcy, Twinkies were reduced in size. They now contain and have a mass of 38.5 grams, while the original"
"Twinkie A Twinkie is an American snack cake, marketed as a ""Golden Sponge Cake with Creamy Filling"". It was formerly made and distributed by Hostess Brands. The brand is currently owned by Hostess Brands, Inc. (), having been formerly owned by private equity firms Apollo Global Management and C. Dean Metropoulos and Company as the second incarnation of Hostess Brands. During bankruptcy proceedings, Twinkie production was suspended on November 21, 2012, and resumed after an absence of at least ten months from American store shelves, becoming available again nationwide on July 15, 2013. Saputo Incorporated's Vachon Inc., which owns the"
"for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. Twinkie sales for the year, , were 36 million packages, down almost 20% from a year earlier. Hostess said customers had migrated to healthier foods. On November 16, 2012, Hostess officially announced that it ""will be winding down operations and has filed a motion with the U.S. Bankruptcy Court seeking permission to close its business and sell its assets, including its iconic brands and facilities."" Bakery operations were suspended at all plants. On November 19, 2012, Hostess and the Bakers Union agreed to mediation, delaying the shutdown for two days. On November 21, 2012, U.S."
"whole milk, carrots, and vitamin fortified cereal. This contradicts representations by other media outlets stating that Haub ""only"" ate junk food. Twinkie A Twinkie is an American snack cake, marketed as a ""Golden Sponge Cake with Creamy Filling"". It was formerly made and distributed by Hostess Brands. The brand is currently owned by Hostess Brands, Inc. (), having been formerly owned by private equity firms Apollo Global Management and C. Dean Metropoulos and Company as the second incarnation of Hostess Brands. During bankruptcy proceedings, Twinkie production was suspended on November 21, 2012, and resumed after an absence of at least"
"and Drake's Devil Dogs. On March 11 Apollo Global Management made the sole bid ($410 million) for the company's snack business, which included Twinkies. On June 6, 2013, the new Hostess Brands reopened the Emporia, Kansas plant. Hostess announced ten days later that production would resume the following month, and on June 23 said that its brands would be back on store shelves on July 15. although the company would sell fewer products than before, new president Rich Seban said that it might produce innovative pastries and snacks. ""We can have some fun with that mixture,"" Seban said, suggesting that"
"an offering valuing the company at $2.3 billion. The deal would see Apollo Global Management and C. Dean Metropoulos and Company become minority owners, with The Gores Group taking a majority ownership position in the firm. Instead of making an initial public offering, Gores acquired Hostess via a spin-off, Gores Holdings, under a special-purpose acquisition company process. Gores Holdings subsequently renamed itself Hostess Brands, changing its ticker symbol from GRSH to TWNK, after the Twinkie brand snack cake. In February 2017, Hostess released three new ice cream flavors inspired by Twinkies, Sno Balls, and CupCakes. The Twinkies flavor is made"
"announced plans to go out of business on November 16, 2012. Apollo Global Management, who acquired Hostess Brands' Twinkies in January 2013, also acquired the rights to the Dolly Madison snack cake brands, as well as the official corporate name to Dolly Madison and Hostess Brands, with plans to resume production of the products. Dolly Madison snacks are probably best known for their long association with characters from Charles M. Schulz's ""Peanuts"" comic strip. Charlie Brown and his friends appeared on Dolly Madison packages and in television commercials in the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s. The bakery was one of the"
"cream. This change proved popular, and banana-cream Twinkies were not widely re-introduced. The original flavor was occasionally found in limited-time promotions, but the company used vanilla cream for most Twinkies. In 1988, Fruit and Cream Twinkies were introduced with a strawberry filling swirled into the cream. The product was soon dropped. Vanilla's dominance over banana flavoring would be challenged in 2005, following a month-long promotion of the movie ""King Kong"". Hostess saw its Twinkie sales rise 20 percent during the promotion, and in 2007 restored the banana-cream Twinkie to its snack lineup. On January 11, 2012, parent company Hostess filed"
"in China, where Hostess does not own the brand. Twinkies were invented in Schiller Park, Illinois on April 6, 1930, by James Alexander Dewar, a baker for the Continental Baking Company. Realizing that several machines used to make cream-filled strawberry shortcake sat idle when strawberries were out of season, Dewar conceived a snack cake filled with banana cream, which he dubbed the Twinkie. Ritchy Koph said he came up with the name when he saw a billboard in St. Louis for ""Twinkle Toe Shoes."" During World War II, bananas were rationed and the company was forced to switch to vanilla"
"food, and eventually decide to establish a town around a Twinkie factory. Another homage to the Twinkie's shelf life myth was shown in the 2016 animated film ""Sausage Party"", where a Twinkie is amongst the ""Non-Perishable"" foods. The 2012 Super Bowl Chevy Silverado Apocalypse commercial also gives a nod to Twinkie's reputed durability. In reality, Twinkies are on the shelf for a short time; a company executive told ""The New York Times"" in 2000 that the ""Twinkie is on the shelf no more than 7 to 10 days."" The maximum shelf life was reported to have been 26 days, until"
"but has no plan for the series. In 2016, concept art was leaked of a cancelled kart racer based on the Epic Mickey franchise, named Epic Mickey Racers, which was to include a number of other playable characters from Disney's legacy including Scrooge McDuck and Cruella De Vil as well as Mickey Mouse and Oswald the Rabbit. A sequel titled ""Epic Mickey 3"" was originally intended to be the third and final part of the ""Epic Mickey"" trilogy. Due to the poor sales of ""Epic Mickey 2"", Junction Point Studios closed on January 29, 2013, therefore canceling production on ""Epic"
"the Th!nk City was stopped in March 2011 and the company filed for bankruptcy on June 22, 2011, for the fourth time in 20 years. Think Global's assets were bought by Electric Mobility Solutions AS in July 2011, including shares of wholly owned subsidiaries THINK North America and THINK UK. The new owners announced that production is scheduled to restart in early 2012 with a refined Think City. However, despite such announcements production ceased in August 2012. In January 2013, an email sent to existing Think City customer included the sentence ""For 2013, our focus is on serving our customers,"
"Canadian rights to the product and still made them during their absence from the U.S. market, produce Twinkies in Canada at a bakery in Montreal. Twinkies are also available in Mexican stores as ""Submarinos"" and ""Twinkies"" made by Marinela, and as ""Tuinky"" made by Wonder; both Marinela and Wonder are subsidiaries of Mexican bread company Grupo Bimbo. In Egypt, Twinkies are produced under the company Edita. Twinkies are also available in the United Kingdom and Ireland under the Hostess brand name where they're sold in Sainsburys, Tesco, ASDA and B&M stores. Twinkies are produced and distributed by multiple commercial bakeries"
"and Asia. It operates more than 100 trademarks, among which are Bimbo, Tia Rosa, Marinela, Wonder (in Mexico only), Barcel, Sara Lee, Mrs Baird's and Oroweat. Bimbo has one of the widest distribution networks in the world, surpassing 52,000 routes Bimbo operates under a scheme of recurrent sales channels views, making three daily visits to the same establishment. In June 2015, Bimbo was being considered as a possible buyer of Hostess Brands, the manufacturer of ""Twinkies"" valued at US$2 billion. However, a month later Hostess Brands' owners cancelled its plans to sell the company after failing to receive any offers."
"first in CGI, is in development. Entitled """", it premiered on The Hub on June 2, 2012. In December 2013, AG Properties and Mindworks Entertainment announced they will collaborate with Sanrio for a co-branding with the character franchise ""Little Twin Stars"". An expanded rollout is expected in March 2014. In July 2014, it was announced that Hasbro has lost the rights to making the toys to another toy company called ""Just Play"". It is widely thought that the reason for the change is due to American Greetings being unhappy with how long it took Hasbro to release a toyline from"
"countries that did not sell the confection in 1984, due to a reference in the hit film ""Ghostbusters"". In the film, the character Egon Spengler describes a speculated level of psychokinetic energy and uses a regular Twinkie size to represent the normal level of such energy in New York City. He then says that based on a recent sample, the Twinkie representing New York would be over long and weigh approximately , to which the character Winston Zeddemore replies, ""That's a big Twinkie."" In the 1988 blockbuster ""Die Hard"", LAPD Sergeant Al Powell is seen buying Twinkies at a gas"
"stockholders had approved the 1-for-10 reverse share split of its common stock to avert a delisting from the NASDAQ. On November 13, 2012, THQ reported that they had defaulted on a $50 million loan from Wells Fargo and were on the verge of bankruptcy. With its stock price plummeting from early November values bordering on $3 down to $1.16 and with long-term liabilities of $250 million, THQ was forced to delay the release dates of its flagship titles ""Company of Heroes 2"" and """" to March 2013. On November 29, 2012, THQ partnered with Humble Bundle to launch the Humble"
"Chickipedia, HolyTaco, AllLeftTuns, and TuVez. Defy Media also sold off some brands to other companies. Shut Up! Cartoons was launched as a spin-off of Smosh in April 2012. It featured original cartoons and animated videos. The channel consistently ranked in the top 25 for weekly views. Original animated series featured on the channel included ""Zombies vs. Ninjas"", ""Pubertina"", ""Krogzilla Gets a Job"", ""Oishi High School Battle"", ""Smosh Babies"", and ""Paper Cuts"". The channel ceased operations on June 23, 2017. The site focuses on film and television related topics. The group also includes Screen Junkies News, formerly ClevverMovies. ScreenJunkies is home"
"Twins (TV series) Twins is an American sitcom series that first aired on The WB in the United States and on CTV in Canada in September 2005. The series is produced by KoMut Entertainment in association with Warner Bros. Television. The show was cancelled on May 18, 2006, due to the merger of the WB and UPN that created the new network The CW. The show stars Sara Gilbert and Molly Stanton as sisters Mitchee and Farrah Arnold who have taken over their parents' business. Together they make decisions about the future of their company while being supported by their"
"the addition of stronger preservatives made beginning in 2012 increased it to 45 days. The 2009 apocalypse horror-comedy ""Zombieland"", which features a search for the last remaining Twinkies in a running gag, acknowledges this by having the character Tallahassee (played by Woody Harrelson) explain that Twinkies do, in fact, have an expiration date. In 2010, Kansas State University professor Mark Haub went on a ""convenience store"" diet consisting mainly of Twinkies, Oreos, and Doritos in an attempt to demonstrate to his students ""...that in weight loss, pure calorie counting is what matters most, not the nutritional value of the food."""
"a wrangler who acts like a person. Hostess (snack cakes) Hostess Cake, mostly known simply as Hostess, is a brand under which snack cakes are sold by Hostess Brands. The brand originated in 1919 when the first Hostess CupCake was sold, but it is better-known as the brand under which Twinkies are sold, after that product appeared in 1930. The brand was owned by the Continental Baking Company until 1995, when Continental was acquired by Interstate Bakeries Corporation. IBC became ""Hostess Brands"" in 2009 and began liquidating its assets in 2012 following a strike by the BCTGM union. The defunct"
"was making strawberry shortcakes but only during strawberry season. Dewar came up with an idea to create a shortcake with cream on the inside instead of strawberries. Having seen a billboard for a shoe company called the ""Twinkle Toe Shoe Co."" he was inspired to call his shortcake invention a ""Twinkie"". Dewar rose to be regional vice-president at Hostess and held that position until 1972. Dewar died on June 30, 1985 in Downers Grove, Illinois, at the age of 88. James Dewar (baker) James Alexander Dewar (February 5, 1897 – June 30, 1985) was the Canadian inventor of the Twinkie."
"the production company. Tinker Bell's animation was scrapped and was restarted while two possible franchise projects were cancelled, ""Disney's Dwarfs"" and the ""Disney Princess Enchanted Tales"" line after the latter's first DVD release. The June 2013 release of the Disney Princess Palace Pets app from Disney Publishing lead DCP to turn Palace Pets into a Disney Princess franchise extension with the release of The Palace Pets toy line in August from licensee, Blip Toys. The line was also listed by TimetoPlayMag.com for its Most Wanted List Holiday 2013. Disney Bunnies is a Disney Consumer Products spin-off franchise based on Thumper"
"Exchange Commission. The investigation was triggered by Iconix's 2014 financial statements, after which it received a letter from the SEC. Stock prices fell 24% after Iconix confirmed the investigation. In 2017, Iconix sold Badgley Mischka and The Sharper Image. On May 10, 2017, DHX Media announced that it had acquired the Iconix entertainment division for $345 million. The sale was closed on June 30, 2017, gives DHX rights to the ""Strawberry Shortcake"" franchise, and more prominently, the 80% majority stake of Peanuts Worldwide. On October 15, 2018, Iconix announced the hiring of Robert Galvin As CEO. Iconix Brand Group Iconix"
"Hostess (snack cakes) Hostess Cake, mostly known simply as Hostess, is a brand under which snack cakes are sold by Hostess Brands. The brand originated in 1919 when the first Hostess CupCake was sold, but it is better-known as the brand under which Twinkies are sold, after that product appeared in 1930. The brand was owned by the Continental Baking Company until 1995, when Continental was acquired by Interstate Bakeries Corporation. IBC became ""Hostess Brands"" in 2009 and began liquidating its assets in 2012 following a strike by the BCTGM union. The defunct business is now known as Old HB."
"Chocodile Twinkie Chocodile Twinkie is a confection created by the Hostess Brands company. The confection was known only as ""Chocodile"" prior to 2014. The package describes the snack cake as a ""chocolate coated sponge cake with creamy filling."" The Chocodile is Twinkie-shaped and sold in packages of two. The Chocodile mascot was formerly Chauncey Chocodile, but Hostess has removed him from packaging and their website in recent years. Since the late 1990s, Chocodiles have no longer been sold on the East Coast of the United States. Hostess had only a few West Coast factories making them, and to ensure the"
"and subsequent series of Kevin Gillis' popular ""The Raccoons"". Disputes between Atkinson management and the ""Raccoons"" producers led Gillis' ""Raccoons"" production partner Sheldon Wiseman to form a new Ottawa studio, Hinton Animation Studios. Hinton took over animation for ""The Raccoons"", and produced animation for projects under Wiseman's own Lacewood Productions. When the studio's feature film ""The Nutcracker Prince"" performed poorly at the box office, Hinton found itself unable to pay off the money it borrowed to finance the feature; the situation was further exacerbated by creative tensions between Gillis and Wiseman. Due to these problems, Hinton dissolved in 1990, bringing"
"reorganization plan, which calls for the full payment of claims. On December 21, 2012, 4Kids Entertainment was reincorporated as 4Licensing Corporation. On September 21, 2016, 4Licensing Corporation filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, the bankruptcy plan became effective on February 7, 2017. 4Kids Entertainment licensed a wide variety of media products, ranging from video games and television programs to toy lines featuring the Royal Air Force. 4Kids focused on licensing content for the children's market. including content for both boys and girls. Many of its licenses came from dubs of Japanese anime, including ""Fighting Foodons"", and ""Shaman King"", while others are"
"their popular series ""FND Dailies"". Eventually, FND Films slowly distanced itself from YouTube and the fan-base they had built and for several years halted production of ""FND Dailies"" altogether. From 2012–2016, FND Films were largely quiet, only appearing in occasional projects from other filmmakers, such as the 2012 film from Drew Morris known as ""Red Balls"", and ""Year Of The Snake"" by Nic Collins. In 2013, it was revealed they had shifted their focus to producing theatrical films with their release of the short ""Punching"". On September 27, 2014, FND Films launched an IndieGogo campaign to raise $75,000 to fund"
"emerged as the winner of the studio's bankruptcy auction. On July 16, 2018, it was announced that The Weinstein Company has shut down and its assets were sold to the newly created Lantern Entertainment. It's unclear whether Lantern Entertainment will take over producing the project. Furby Furby is an American electronic robotic toy released in 1998 by Tiger Electronics. It resembles a hamster or owl-like creature and went through a period of being a ""must-have"" toy following its holiday season launch, with continual sales until 2000. Over 40 million Furbies were sold during the three years of its original production,"
"series among others. The company also held exclusive, long-term licensing agreements with leading sports and entertainment content creators such as Disney, DreamWorks Animation, Nickelodeon, Pixar and WWE. After years of financial struggles, stock value drop, and debt, THQ declared Chapter 11 bankruptcy in December 2012 and began liquidation of its assets the following month, with several properties either being acquired or auctioned to other developers. In addition, most of the remaining staff were laid off. In 2014, the THQ trademark was acquired by Nordic Games, which had acquired some of THQ's properties in the auction. The company renamed itself THQ"
"May 2009, but were forced to stop due to legal issues with ADK and Yugi's Japanese voice actor, Shunsuke Kazama. Meanwhile, a separate English adaptation, produced by A.S.N., aired in South East Asia. The names were also Americanized, but the series setting and the original music remained intact. On March 24, 2011, TV Tokyo and Nihon Ad Systems filed a joint lawsuit against 4Kids, accusing them of underpayments concerning the ""Yu-Gi-Oh!"" franchises and allegedly conspiring with Funimation, and have allegedly terminated their licensing deal with them. This led to 4Kids filing for protection under Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy"
"ending in February 2009. On October 21, 2009, it was announced that cable channel Nickelodeon (a subsidiary of Viacom) had purchased all of Mirage's rights to the ""Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles"" property. Mirage retains the rights to publish 18 issues a year, though the future involvement of Mirage with the Turtles and the future of Mirage Studios itself is unknown. Nickelodeon has developed a new CGI-animated TMNT television series and partnered with fellow Viacom company Paramount Pictures to bring a new TMNT movie to theaters. The TV show premiered on Nickelodeon on September 29, 2012. The live-action film, produced by"