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News, features and resources for media and publishing professionals. Monday, October 30, 2000 Blogs | Subscribe | Interviews | Events | Films | Book Blog Media Cynic | Forum | Advertising | Classifieds | Jobs JP Kids Announces Acquisition of react.com JP Kids, Inc., an independent kids' media company, has purchased react.com, an online destination for teens, from Parade Publications. James Steyer, Chairman and CEO of JP Kids, Inc., envisions a bright future as react.com joins the JP Kids family. ``Providing fun, high quality media to kids is our goal and react.com is a sterling example of authentic, relevant, age appropriate content. In addition, this acquisition is consistent with our convergence strategy to develop properties online, on TV and across multiple media platforms.'' JP Kids developed the Disney Channel original series The Famous Jett Jackson. JP Kids and Yahoo! are jointly developing Yahooligans! as a multiple media franchise for television, film, books and the internet. JP Kids' international television partners include, among others, Millimages (France), RTV Family Entertainment (Germany), and Alliance Atlantis (Canada). The company is headquartered in San Francisco, with production/sales offices in New York and Los Angeles. Related Links: · JP Kids, Inc. · react.com Click here to return to the homepage of The Write NewsTM Click here to subscribe to our free weekly email newsletter. www.writenews.com Copyright © 1997-2007 by Writers Write, Inc. All Rights Reserved.