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SmithBooks. It used eye-catching graphics on the boxes and made all of its packaging uniform. O'Leary believed that "What's inside the box is important, but it's not as important as how it's marketed." He stated that "It is truly a packaged goods philosophy that's taken over this industry. It's about facings and shelf space and advertising dollars and driving sales through the door and profit per square foot in gross margin."
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O'Leary, who had been hired as president of Mattel's new TLC digital division, sold his stock in the company for $ 6 million. In the fourth quarter of 1999, Mattel reported a loss of $ 184 million, reportedly due to poor sales and inventory problems. The stock price valuation of Mattel dropped $ 2 billion in one day. Michael Perik and Kevin O'Leary, founders and heads of the
Learning Co, left the company.
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wide range of titles that diversifies their risk. So if they give us five or 10 square feet of store space, we’ll guarantee X dollars of sell-through." He also said, "It's not about technology anymore. It's about marketing, merchandising, brand management, and shelf space. In the cat food business, that's all that matters. And in the software business, that's all that matters.''
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The merger was completed on May 13, 1999. Jill E. Barad, Mattel's chairman and chief executive officer stated "This merger gives Mattel a $ 1 billion software division with an unparalleled portfolio of branded content and profit margins exceeding that of our traditional business," The company was placed under Mattel's new Mattel
Interactive division.
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Learning Company, SoftKey changed its name to "The Learning Company". A substantial percentage of the staff were let go, reducing it to a skeleton staff. MECC' senior vice president of product development Susan Schilling stated: " had an interest in earning money. I'm not
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Software Products was the fastest growing company in Canada in 1992, with sales of $ 36.8 million and profit of $ 6.1 million. Its most profitable products were its tax-software and processing service. By April 1995, SoftKey's stock was valued at $ 25.50, about 20 times the year's earnings. A
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Learning Company educational design department manager, Toby Levenson, said that edutainment had become "a toxic word". Blake Montgomery of EdSurge wrote, "For many years, people making educational products didn't want them to be
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agreed to acquire The
Learning Company in a stock-for-stock merger valuing the company at approximately $ 4.2 billion. The merger was finalized and unanimously approved by both companies' boards of directors on December 14. On May 7, 1999, shareholders of both companies voted to approve the merger.
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November 30, 1995, the original Learning Company announced that it had sued the Tribune Company for violating securities laws as a "strategic partner" of SoftKey International. The next day, SoftKey agreed to acquire Compton's New Media from Tribune for stock valued at $ 106.5 million. Compton's
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SoftKey products were sold in more than 19,000 stores in over 40 countries In June of that year, Montgomery
Securities raised more than $ 60 million for the company. In October, SoftKey raised another $ 350 million in an unrated private offering. On November 28, 1995, SoftKey rose from 3.2 million
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O'Leary wanted to "produce products to service that 40 percent of the market that hasn't bought educational software because of pricing issues." He stated, "In the last two years, we've moved from an industry that sells primarily to businesses to an industry that's going through a violent change to
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As a home and small office software publisher, SoftKey bought the rights to application packages from their authors and distributed them under its own "Key" label. By late 1992, SoftKey was distributing 35 different products in this manner. SoftKey began to develop its own software by 1994, and had
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Financial Research and Analysis a few weeks after the merger highlighted the "lack of proper due diligence by Mattel during the Learning Co. acquisition," and listed numerous systemic problems with The Learning Company. A few weeks later
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to assist with their financial troubles. On
February 3, 2000 Chairman and CEO Jill E. Barad resigned from Mattel. The 1999 Annual Report began, "The bad news for 1999 unfortunately has overshadowed the good news. We are all painfully aware of the negative effect the acquisition of The Learning
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along with John Freeman started SoftKey Software Products, Inc. in O'Leary's basement with a loan of $ 10,000 from his mother. He convinced other companies to bundle SoftKey's products with their own, later licensing software from other firms, which proved more cost-effective than internal
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acquired The Learning Company for $ 27.3 million plus a profit-sharing agreement with Mattel, to create their entertainment, productivity and education divisions, which became GAME Studios, The Learning Company, and Broderbund respectively. GAME Studios was sold to
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purchases by customers who are intrigued but don't want to drop $ 40 for a piece of software." They compared SoftKey's practices to a laundry-detergent maker marketing a premium-brand version, a lower-end brand, and a generic version of the same product.
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in 2001. Gores subsequently sold most of the other holdings – including the edutainment series and the brand name The Learning Company – to Irish company
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2473:"Is the Educational Games Industry Falling Into the Same Trap It Did 20 Years Ago? - EdSurge News"
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1769:"How I Made My First Million Dollars Part 1 | Ask Mr. Wonderful Shark Tank's Kevin O'Leary"
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Company and its subsequent performance had on our results for 1999"
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Publisher and distributor of CD-ROM based personal computer software
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2255:"Press Release: Mattel Completes Merger with The Learning Company"
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Growing and Knowing: A Selection Guide for Children's Literature
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1325:"The Executive Computer; Putting Plotters To Work In The Office"
1213:"Kevin O'Leary: He's not a billionaire, he just plays one on TV"
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SoftKey International Inc; World Library, Inc (July 17, 1999).
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1450:"Consumer Software Is Expected To Be Next Fast-Growing Segment"
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educational video games to its collection. Its acquisition of
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game software. The company enjoyed great success by offering "
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BodyWorks 5.0: the complete multimedia guide to human anatomy
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BodyWorks 5.0: the complete multimedia guide to human anatomy
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Labels unlimited: your total professional labeling system
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2134:"Company News; Learning Company Sets Deal For Mindscape"
1581:"History of The Learning Company Inc. – FundingUniverse"
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Fischer, Lynn; SoftKey Multimedia Inc (July 17, 1995).
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MPC wizard: test & tune your manual multimedia PC
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2003:"Oregon Trail: How three Minnesotans forged its path"
1956:"Learning Accepts New Offer From Broderbund Software"
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Box, user manual and license key. No diskette or CD.
2358:"Gores Engineers Rapid Turnaround At Software Maker"
1714:"Uncovered Short Positions Gain 2% on Nasdaq Market"
1476:"SoftKey Sells Software Just Like Other Commodities"
30:"Softkey" redirects here. For the input device, see
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1612:"SoftKey Reaches Agreement to Buy Learning Company"
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1367:"COMPANY NEWS; Now Hear This: More Free Software"
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1498:"Industry Interview: SoftKey International. Inc"
1387:"SoftKey Buys Another Educational-Software Firm"
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3096:Me and my world: [multimedia picture dictionary
1895:"BUSINESS TECHNOLOGY; 3-Way Merger In Software"
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689:September 1995 – Software Marketing Corporation
2064:"SoftKey Gets an Ally in Hostile Takeover Bid"
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1240:Cold Hard Truth: On Business, Money & Life
953:Me and my world: Multimedia picture dictionary
536:sure he had a desire to help children learn."
2451:"Press Releases: Mattel Reports 1999 Results"
2406:"Top 10 Best (and Worst) Mergers of All Time"
1732:"The Learning Company Stock Dives Nearly 20%"
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2958:Key fonts pro: CD-ROM for Windows & Mac
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2536:"Book Set Review: "The Little Box of Love""
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1751:"Mattel/The Learning Co. in $ 3.8B merger"
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1954:Fisher, Lawrence M. (November 9, 1995).
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1541:Fisher, Lawrence M. (December 8, 1995).
1323:Sandberg-Diment, Eirk (April 20, 1986).
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3413:RXL Pulitzer; SoftKey (July 17, 1996).
3347:Shelley Duvall's Tales of Digby the dog
3025:SoftKey International (July 17, 1995).
2882:Jetstrike: the ultimate surprise attack
2792:Dr. Schueler's home medical advisor pro
2577:Air power: The U.S. Air Force in action
2431:Hays, Constance L. (February 4, 2000).
2300:Mayer, Caroline E. (February 4, 2000).
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2979:SoftKey Multimedia (July 17, 1993).
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2302:"Ailing Mattel Forces CEO to Resign"
2197:Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth
2118:CBR Staff Writer (August 14, 1996).
1866:"SoftKey to buy Spinnaker, WordStar"
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2704:The Bible: a multimedia experience
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1629:Pitta, Julie (December 8, 1995).
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3260:. SoftKey; Optical Data Corp.
2653:Trim, Mary (January 1, 2004).
2553:Verne, Jules (July 17, 1995).
2153:"Red Orb Stays With Mindscape"
2081:Rothman, Matt (July 6, 1993).
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686:July 1994 – Compact Publishing
648:Riverdeep Interactive Learning
633:Sale to Gores Technology Group
540:Acquisitions from 1994 to 1998
295:Riverdeep Interactive Learning
182:Riverdeep Interactive Learning
125:(as SoftKey Software Products)
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2771:. SoftKey International Inc.
2101:"Patent Barred For Compton's"
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1309:The Christian Science Monitor
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516:MECC and The Learning Company
436:The Christian Science Monitor
2051:. Reuters. December 2, 1995.
1916:"SoftKey: gazelle or lummox"
1096:War Wind II: Human Onslaught
808:Dr. Health'nstein's Body Fun
744:20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
692:July 1995 – Tewi Verlag GmbH
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1738:. Reuters. August 20, 1998.
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3006:. SoftKey Multimedia Inc.
2862:. SoftKey Multimedia Inc.
2837:The Hubble Space Telescope
2815:Explorers of the New World
2683:. SoftKey. July 17, 1997.
958:Megafortress & Patriot
857:The Hubble Space Telescope
833:Explorers of the New World
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659:The Little Box of Laughs
652:Oregon Trail Adventures,
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297:, and Software MacKiev.
67:may contain suggestions.
52:may need to be rewritten
2936:KEY mega ClipArt 15,000
2325:The Wall Street Journal
1585:www.fundinguniverse.com
1238:O'Leary, Kevin (2011).
655:The Little Box of Love,
550:Encyclopedia Britannica
3462:. SoftKey Multimedia.
3394:. SoftKey Multimedia.
3144:. SoftKey Multimedia.
3029:. SoftKey Multimedia.
2817:. SoftKey Multimedia.
2534:(September 11, 2014).
2190:"Learning from Mattel"
1089:Wordstar for Windows 2
943:Leonardo, the inventor
844:Flight of the Intruder
675:WordStar International
639:Gores Technology Group
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447:become a commodity.''
3232:The Otter's adventure
2981:The Koshan conspiracy
2659:. Walter de Gruyter.
2033:. September 14, 1994.
1984:"Broderbund Acquired"
1702:. September 28, 1995.
1078:The Three Little Pigs
993:The Otter's Adventure
925:The Koshan Conspiracy
769:Arthur's Reading Race
759:Angst: Rahz's Revenge
588:In the fall of 1998,
568:Red Orb Entertainment
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245:and taking its name.
219:SoftKey International
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3460:Troggle trouble math
2461:on October 17, 2007.
2221:on October 17, 2007.
2013:on January 23, 2011.
1720:. November 28, 1995.
1480:The Associated Press
1242:. Doubleday Canada.
1153:Paleotronic Magazine
1072:Troggle Trouble Math
668:List of acquisitions
349:The Learning Company
243:The Learning Company
239:The Learning Company
204:Educational software
3519:Mattel subsidiaries
3164:The Muppet calendar
2412:. December 29, 2009
2306:The Washington Post
2107:. October 31, 1994.
1125:on December 8, 2020
973:The Muppet Calendar
881:Painless Accounting
872:Just Grandma and Me
704:Late 1995 – EduSoft
229:company founded by
194:United States (U.S)
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2030:The New York Times
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1655:The New York Times
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1547:The New York Times
1372:The New York Times
1330:The New York Times
1180:. February 7, 2016
1022:Pro Landscaper 3-D
851:Green Eggs and Ham
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2681:Astrorock: CD-ROM
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1736:Los Angeles Times
1635:Los Angeles Times
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