Viacom, Klasky Csupo split.Klasky Csupo  This article or section is written like an .Please help [ rewrite this article] from a neutral point of view. Mark blatant advertising for , using . Inc. and Viacom Inc. are parting ways at end of the month, when a decade-old deal between the animation studio Animation studio can refer to:
Klasky Csupo is the outfit behind a string of cartoon hits that helped Nickelodeon rise to youth prominence, such as "The Rugrats" and "As Told by Ginger As Told By Ginger is an American animated series that premiered on Nickelodeon in October 2000. The show focuses on Ginger Foutley and her adventures at Lucky Jr. High, as she records them in her diary. ." The animation studio is transitioning into feature films and more work in computer-generated imagery (graphics) computer-generated imagery - (CGI) Animatied graphics produced by computer and used in film or television. , and already has a slew of projects in the works--including co-founder Gabor Csupo's recent work on "Bridge to Terabithia." The transition has meant a leaner operation, so Klasky Csupo sold its Sunset Boulevard Sunset Boulevard is a street in the western part of Los Angeles County, California, that stretches from Figueroa Street in downtown Los Angeles to the Pacific Coast Highway at the Pacific Ocean in the Pacific Palisades. studios early this year for $40 million, and is now at less than 100 employees from a one-time high of 500. This 10-year partnership seems to be ending on a higher note than another Viacom marriage that went south last week. Viacom Chairman Sumner Redstone announced Paramount Pictures would end its 14-year relationship with actor Tom Cruise's production company, blaming what he called Cruise's increasingly odd behavior over the last year. |
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