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The
Henson family will regain company control on August 1st
Courtesy
of the Hollywood Reporter
July
11, 2003
Charles
Rivkin, president and CEO of the Jim Henson Co., said Aug. 1 is the day
that the Henson family takes back control of the company, which was owned
for the past few years by the troubled German media company EM.TV &
Merchandising.
Rivkin said
the Henson family is planning a complete makeover for the firm, which
is why he is in Sun Valley right now looking to make strategic alliances.
Sources close
to the Hensons said that may put to rest speculation that the Henson family
only planned to hold the company for a short time before selling it to
a larger media outfit like the Walt Disney Co., which had also bid for
the home of the Muppets.
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