LOS ANGELES & STAMFORD, Conn.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–IDW
Media Holdings, Inc. (IDWM), an integrated media company with
divisions IDW
Entertainment (IDWE), IDW
Publishing (IDWP), and CTM
Media Group (CTM), announced today that its CEO during the last
seven months, Kerry McCluggage, has stepped down. Current Board Chairman
and controlling stockholder, Howard Jonas, will assume the position of
CEO.
Jonas is best known as an entrepreneurial business leader, having
founded IDT Corporation in 1990. Having nurtured IDWM since inception,
Jonas incubated assets that form key parts of the worldwide television
and streaming media service, STARZ, which Lionsgate acquired in 2016. As
Chairman of IDWM, Jonas spearheaded the launch of IDWE.
“We are grateful to Kerry for leading and growing our team during a
challenging period,” said Jonas. “We wish him well in his new endeavors,
and thank him for the dedication and hard work that he put into the
company.”
McCluggage commented, “As both a board member and CEO I have enjoyed
helping the company with its current slate of new programming and
working with the extremely talented group assembled to execute on these
new series. I wish the entire IDWM team the best of luck going forward.”
ABOUT IDW MEDIA HOLDINGS
IDW Media Holdings, Inc. (OTCQX: IDWM) is an integrated media
company, which includes the award-winning IDW Publishing, IDW Games, IDW
Entertainment, Top Shelf Productions, the San Diego Comic Art Gallery,
and CTM Media Group Inc., one of North America’s largest distributors of
tourism information. Founded in 1999, IDW Media stands proudly at the
forefront of visual entertainment, showcasing a formidable library of
world-renowned licensed brands and creator-owned original IP. Its
diverse array of comic books, graphic novels, and live-action television
shows deliver enjoyment to fans of all ages.
ABOUT IDW PUBLISHING
IDW Publishing stands proudly at the forefront of printed visual
entertainment, cultivating a formidable library of world-renowned
licensed brands and creator-owned original IP. Its diverse array of
comic books, graphic novels, and art books deliver reading enjoyment to
fans of all ages. Its award-winning imprints The Library of American
Comics, Yoe! Books, and Artist Editions preserve the valuable cultural
history of the sequential art medium, while titles under the critically
acclaimed Top Shelf and Black Crown banners celebrate fiercely
independent voices. IDW Publishing is a division of IDW Media Holdings,
Inc. (OTCQX: IDWM), a fully integrated media company with robust
offerings in publishing, tabletop gaming, multimedia entertainment, and
art exhibition via the San Diego Comic Art Gallery.
ABOUT IDW ENTERTAINMENT
IDW Entertainment “IDWE,” a franchise studio division of IDW Media
Holdings, Inc. (OTCQX: IDWM),
is charged with developing, financing, producing and distributing
entertainment content ranging from series and features to interactive
experiences and digital content from sister company IDW Publishing’s
extensive IP catalog of comic books and graphic novels, as well as from
third party content.
Since launching in 2013, IDWE has successfully delivered three seasons
of the critically-acclaimed Wynonna Earp, which debuted on SYFY in the
U.S.; Spike TV in the UK and Australia; and Netflix Globally. The
Company has also produced a pilot for a Netflix series adaptation of the
popular comic book Locke & Key by Joe Hill. Additionally, IDWE is
currently in various stages of development and production on a roster of
scripted series, including the Netflix Original series V-Wars to
premiere in 2019, starring Ian Somerhalder; and a thriller series
developed in partnership with James Murray of truTV’s hit series
Impractical Jokers and seasoned sci-fi writer Darren Wearmouth based on
the authors’ new novel Awakened; a supernatural thriller series based on
Mike Carey and Arvind Ethan David’s hit comic miniseries Darkness
Visible; and a collaboration with Grey’s Anatomy star Ellen Pompeo on
the drama series, The Devil, based on the real-life misdeeds of British
gangster Stephen “The Devil” French.
