Editing DreamWorks Classics (section)

{{short description|American entertainment company}}
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{{Infobox company
| name = Dreamworks Classics
| logo = DreamWorks Classics logo.svg
| logo_caption = 
| former_name = Classic Media (2000–2012)
| type = [[Subsidiary]]
| industry = [[Intellectual property]]
| predecessors = {{ubl|[[United Productions of America]]|[[Golden Book Video]]|[[Total TeleVision productions]]|[[Filmation]]|[[Entertainment Rights]]|[[Thomas W. Moore|Tomorrow Entertainment]]|Cinema Shares International Distribution Corporation|[[The Harvey Entertainment Company]]|[[Chapman Entertainment]]}}
| founded = {{Start date and age|2000|05}}
| founders = {{Unbulleted list|[[Eric Ellenbogen]]|John Engelman}}
| hq_location_city = [[New York City]], [[New York (state)|New York]]
| hq_location_country = United States
| key_people = [[Eric Ellenbogen]]<br />John Engelman<br />Margie Cohn<br />Claire Shaw (VP Consumer Products, United Kingdom)
| revenue = {{US$|82&nbsp;million|link=yes}}<ref name=bb>{{cite news |last1=Palmeri |first1=Christopher |title=DreamWorks Animation to Buy Owner of Casper, Lassie Shows |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2012-07-23/dreamworks-animation-to-buy-owner-of-casper-lassie-shows |access-date=April 2, 2016 |work=Bloomberg |date=July 23, 2012 |archive-date=January 27, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160127201746/http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2012-07-23/dreamworks-animation-to-buy-owner-of-casper-lassie-shows |url-status=live}}{{subscription required}}</ref>
| revenue_year = 2012
| net_income = {{US$|19&nbsp;million}}<ref name=bb/>
| net_income_year = 2012
| num_employees = 80<ref name=tg>{{cite news |title=DreamWorks buys Casper, Lassie owner Classic Media for $155m |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/mediatechnologyandtelecoms/9421389/DreamWorks-buys-Casper-Lassie-owner-Classic-Media-for-155m.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/mediatechnologyandtelecoms/9421389/DreamWorks-buys-Casper-Lassie-owner-Classic-Media-for-155m.html |archive-date=January 12, 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |access-date=April 2, 2016 |work=Telegraph |date=July 23, 2012}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
| num_employees_year = 2012
| owner = 
| parent = {{ubl|
* [[Entertainment Rights]] (2007–2009)
* Boomerang Media (2009–2012)
* [[DreamWorks Animation]] (2012–present)}}
| subsid = {{ubl|
* [[Big Idea Entertainment]]<ref name="homemedia">{{cite web |last=Tribbey |first=Chris |url=http://www.homemediamagazine.com/studios/classic-media-absorbs-subsidiaries-15704 |title=Classic Media Absorbs Subsidiaries |work=Home Media Magazine |date=May 11, 2009 |access-date=August 28, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160331044316/http://www.homemediamagazine.com/studios/classic-media-absorbs-subsidiaries-15704 |archive-date=March 31, 2016 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="awn">{{cite web |last=Moody |first=Annemarie |title=Entertainment Rights to Operate as Classic Media |url=http://www.awn.com/news/business/entertainment-rights-operate-classic-media |publisher=Animation World Network |access-date=August 31, 2013 |date=May 11, 2009 |archive-date=December 6, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131206053627/http://www.awn.com/news/business/entertainment-rights-operate-classic-media |url-status=live}}</ref> (in-name-only unit)
* [[The Harvey Entertainment Company|Harvey Entertainment, Inc.]] (in-name-only unit)

}}
| website = {{URL|https://www.dreamworks.com/classics}}
}}

'''DreamWorks Classics''' is an American [[entertainment]] company owned by [[DreamWorks Animation]], a subsidiary of [[Universal Pictures]], a division of [[NBCUniversal]], which in turn is a subsidiary of [[Comcast]]. Founded as '''Classic Media''' in 2000 by [[Eric Ellenbogen]] and John Engelman,<ref name="DeMott1">{{cite web |last1=DeMott |first1=Rick |title=Classic Media Acquires Harvey Entertainment |url=http://www.awn.com/news/classic-media-acquires-harvey-entertainment |website=[[Animation World Network]] |access-date=August 4, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222174629/http://www.awn.com/news/classic-media-acquires-harvey-entertainment |archive-date=February 22, 2014 |language=en |date=August 25, 2000 |url-status=live}}</ref> The studio's library consists of acquired [[intellectual property]] catalogs and character brands, as well as the licensing rights for various third-party properties. In 2012, Boomerang Media sold Classic Media to DreamWorks Animation, who rebranded the company as DreamWorks Classics (the legal name is still Classic Media, LLC).<ref name="Verrier">{{cite news |last=Verrier |first=Richard |title=DreamWorks Animation buys 'Casper,' 'Lassie' parent Classic Media |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/envelope/la-xpm-2012-jul-23-la-et-ct-dreamworks-animation-20120722-story.html |access-date=August 31, 2013 |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |date=July 23, 2012 |archive-date=October 25, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131025220954/http://articles.latimes.com/2012/jul/23/entertainment/la-et-ct-dreamworks-animation-20120722 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Acuna">{{cite web |last1=Acuna |first1=Kirsten |url=http://www.businessinsider.com/dreamworks-will-purchase-classic-media-for-155-million-2012-7 |title=DreamWorks Studios Buys Classic Media For $155m |work=[[Business Insider]] |date=July 23, 2012 |access-date=November 2, 2014 |archive-date=November 2, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141102135438/http://www.businessinsider.com/dreamworks-will-purchase-classic-media-for-155-million-2012-7 |url-status=live}}</ref> DreamWorks Animation became a subsidiary of NBCUniversal in 2016.<ref name="McNary">{{cite web |first=Dave |last=McNary |url=https://variety.com/2016/film/news/comcast-completes-dreamworks-animation-purchase-1201842240/ |title=Comcast Completes $3.8 Billion DreamWorks Animation Purchase |work=Variety |date=August 22, 2016 |access-date=August 27, 2016 |archive-date=October 24, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161024034426/http://variety.com/2016/film/news/comcast-completes-dreamworks-animation-purchase-1201842240/ |url-status=live}}</ref>