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CORUS ENTERTAINMENT SIGNS OVERALL DEAL WITH DOMINION OF DRAMA AND ITS FOUNDER JEFF NORTON

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Tuesday, September 13, 2022

Jeff Norton Joins Corus Entertainment as Head of Waterside Studios, a New IP and Production Venture

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  • Jeff Norton Joins Corus Entertainment as Head of Waterside Studios, a New IP and Production Venture
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    TORONTO, Sept. 13, 2022 /CNW/ - Corus Entertainment today announced a new overall deal with creative content company Dominion of Drama and is pleased to welcome its founder Jeff Norton to the Corus team as Head of Waterside Studios.
  • "Audiences are hungry for bold, original content and this is an incredible time to meet that demand with Waterside Studios," said Jeff Norton.
  • Together with Nelvana, Waterside Studios will bring a slate of live-action programming into Corus' overall content offering for global audiences.
  • Dominion of Drama Ltd. ('Dominion') is the creative content company dedicated to the creation of compelling scripted stories for British and international audiences, founded by writer-producer Jeff Norton.

Choose Your Own Adventure®

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Friday, June 10, 2022

WAITSFIELD, Vt., June 10, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Chooseco, publisher of the world-famous Choose Your Own Adventure® (CYOA) gamebooks has announced the release of The Ghost on the Mountain, a new Dragonlark for younger readers by CYOA Spies series author Kyandreia Jones.

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  • WAITSFIELD, Vt., June 10, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Chooseco, publisher of the world-famous Choose Your Own Adventure (CYOA) gamebooks has announced the release of The Ghost on the Mountain, a new Dragonlark for younger readers by CYOA Spies series author Kyandreia Jones.
  • Young readers explore the magical island of Haiti in CYOA's new gamebook "The Ghost on the Mountain" by Kyandreia Jones.
  • This beautifully illustrated tale of a vacation to Haiti takes an unexpected turn when a friendly ghost reveals family secrets.
  • Jones is a screenwriter as well as a Choose Your Own Adventure author.

Choose Your Own Adventure® Announces the Release of Fairy House

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Friday, May 13, 2022

WAITSFIELD, Vt., May 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Chooseco, publisher of the world-famous Choose Your Own Adventure (CYOA) gamebooks has announced the release of Fairy House, a new Dragonlark for younger readers by critically-acclaimed children's author James Preller.

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  • WAITSFIELD, Vt., May 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Chooseco, publisher of the world-famous Choose Your Own Adventure (CYOA) gamebooks has announced the release of Fairy House, a new Dragonlark for younger readers by critically-acclaimed children's author James Preller.
  • Younger readers embark on magical adventures in Choose Your Own Adventure's new gamebook "Fairy House" by James Preller.
  • When you wish for your own fairy, you're a bit surprised when "Bert the Below Average" shows up.
  • But there's nothing average about the magical adventures in this gamebook for readers ages 5-8.

Announcing A Partnership With Dupont Park Seventh Day Adventist School And Grant Funding To Launch A Healthcare Technology And Digital Storygame Course For K-12 Education

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Thursday, September 2, 2021

We're even more thankful and excited to serve Dupont Park Seventh Day Adventist School (a Title 1 institution) and the surrounding 7th Ward community of Washington, D.C.

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  • We're even more thankful and excited to serve Dupont Park Seventh Day Adventist School (a Title 1 institution) and the surrounding 7th Ward community of Washington, D.C.
  • The course will include the Digital Storygame Project, which integrates design thinking and coding for students to develop STEM skills.
  • The Lopez Foundation is committed to enriching every student's academic career through our school programs focused in Health & Technology.
  • The Dupont Park Seventh Day Adventist School (DPAS) is nestled on the edge of the city inSoutheast, Washington, DC, and surrounded by Fort Dupont Park, from which the school derives its name.

UFO Design Contest Winners Announced at Madsonian Museum in Waitsfield

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Tuesday, August 10, 2021

WAITSFIELD,Vt., Aug. 10, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- The Madsonian Museum on Bridge Street in Waitsfield hosted an awards reception on Wednesday evening, August 4th, for their 1st Annual UFO Design Contest.

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  • WAITSFIELD,Vt., Aug. 10, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- The Madsonian Museum on Bridge Street in Waitsfield hosted an awards reception on Wednesday evening, August 4th, for their 1st Annual UFO Design Contest.
  • Contestants could submit unlimited UFO designs on a single piece of 8.5 x 11" paper through July 4th, 2021.
  • "The contest was a perfect marriage of the ideas and imagination of the CYOA series and the mission of the Madsonian," Chooseco Publisher Shannon Gillgan stated.
  • The Madsonian Museum opened its doors in 2011 as the result of the founder's lifelong dream to honor the world's best in industrial design.

Infosec brings Choose Your Own Adventure® magic to security awareness training

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Monday, January 18, 2021

WAITSFIELD, Vt., Jan. 18, 2021 /PRNewswire/ --Infosec today announced release of its Choose Your Own Adventure Security Awareness Games, the first series to infuse the magic of Choose Your Own Adventure books and the power of experiential learning into security awareness and training.

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  • WAITSFIELD, Vt., Jan. 18, 2021 /PRNewswire/ --Infosec today announced release of its Choose Your Own Adventure Security Awareness Games, the first series to infuse the magic of Choose Your Own Adventure books and the power of experiential learning into security awareness and training.
  • "We're proud to introduce a first-of-its-kind approach to gamified security awareness training," said Jack Koziol, Infosec CEO and founder.
  • Infosec's new Choose Your Own Adventure Security Awareness Games help employees learn by doing and accelerate behavioral change with dozens of interactive scenarios, decisions and rewards.
  • "Our Choose Your Own Adventure Security Awareness Games put learners in charge of their own security awareness training program with interactive storylines that encourage critical thinking and decision making."

Choose Your Own Adventure and Google Collaborate to Launch E-Books for Younger Readers

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Friday, September 18, 2020

WAITSFIELD, Vt., Sept. 18, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Chooseco , publisher of the world-famous Choose Your Own Adventure gamebook series, is launching the first ever Choose Your Own Adventure e-books for younger readers on the new Kids Space by Google.

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  • WAITSFIELD, Vt., Sept. 18, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Chooseco , publisher of the world-famous Choose Your Own Adventure gamebook series, is launching the first ever Choose Your Own Adventure e-books for younger readers on the new Kids Space by Google.
  • Kids Space is a new kids mode on select Android tablets that features apps, books and videos for your kids to explore, learn and have fun.
  • * Look for bestsellers from the Choose Your Own Adventure Dragonlarks series: Your Very Own Robot, Haunted House, Princess Island, and 25 more Dragonlarks at first, second and third grade reading levels this fall.
  • Kids Space will be available on select Lenovotablets in time for the holidays.1
    *Kids Space requires a Google Account for your child.

Announcing Choose Your Own Adventure Baby Board Books

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Friday, April 17, 2020

WAITSFIELD, Vt., April 17, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Chooseco, publisher of the world-famousChoose Your Own Adventure gamebook seriesannounced the September 2020 release of board books based on the classic interactive books.

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  • WAITSFIELD, Vt., April 17, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Chooseco, publisher of the world-famousChoose Your Own Adventure gamebook seriesannounced the September 2020 release of board books based on the classic interactive books.
  • The publisher launched the new "Choose Your Own Adventure: Your First Adventure" series with adaptations from bestselling titles:The Abominable Snowman,Journey Under The Sea, andSpace And Beyond.
  • To learn more about the forthcomingChoose Your Own Adventureboard books, please contact Elizabeth Middleman at [email protected] .
  • Chooseco is a purpose-built publishing house which brought the groundbreaking Choose Your Own Adventuregamebook series back to print.

Choose Your Own Adventure® Publisher Sues Netflix for $25 Million for Trademark Infringement in Black Mirror: Bandersnatch

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Friday, January 11, 2019

Chooseco charges Netflix with infringing and disparaging the "Choose Your Own Adventure" trademark in Netflix's recently-released interactive film "Bandersnatch."

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  • Chooseco charges Netflix with infringing and disparaging the "Choose Your Own Adventure" trademark in Netflix's recently-released interactive film "Bandersnatch."
  • The film's protagonist, a video game designer, asserts in the opening sequence that his own work is based on "Bandersnatcha Choose Your Own Adventure book."
  • Although identified as a "Choose Your Own Adventure" book, Bandersnatch is a fictional title that is not in the "Choose Your Own Adventure" collection.
  • "Fictional 'Bandersnatch' is not a Choose Your Own Adventure book nor does the movie adhere to the Choose Your Own Adventure rules about successful interactive storytelling," said Shannon Gilligan, Chooseco's Co-founder and Publisher.

Choose Your Own Adventure Publisher Relaunches Its Website

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Friday, January 4, 2019

The new design features mobile-friendly product pages, testimonials from kid readers, and spotlights on all of the Choose Your Own Adventure authors.

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  • The new design features mobile-friendly product pages, testimonials from kid readers, and spotlights on all of the Choose Your Own Adventure authors.
  • Chooseco will be releasing a new sub-series of the CHOOSE YOUR OWN ADVENTURE CLASSICS series, Choose Your Own Adventure SPIES, featuring two debut authors and the first ever historical fiction titles from the publisher.
  • Check out the new website: http://www.cyoa.com
    Chooseco is a purpose-built publishing house which brought the groundbreaking Choose Your Own Adventure series back to print in 2006.
  • In 2018, a license of Choose Your Own Adventure: House of Danger to Z-Man Games saw unprecedented success in the first Choose Your Own Adventure board game.