DreamWorks Animation buys Classic Media for $155 million

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Re: DreamWorks Animation buys Classic Media for $155 million

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Not to rehash this anymore than already has been done, but the anal-retentive stickler that I am insists I understand who owns the rights to what. Especially with the odd Copyright and TM fine print from the Classic Media web page that has been pointed out.

This is from Wikipedia via a NYTimes article outlining the initial sale of Golden to Random House and Classic in 2001:
Golden Books Family Entertainment was acquired by Classic Media Inc. and Random House in a bankruptcy auction for $84.4 million on August 16, 2001, with Classic gaining rights to Golden's film and TV library (including Lamb Chop, Lassie, the pre-1974 Rankin/Bass library, among other titles) as well as the production, licensing and merchandising rights for Golden's characters, while Random House grabbed Golden's publishing rights.[1] Historian Michael Barrier has lamented the apparent loss of Western's business records for the use of future researchers.[14]
So where would the rights to publish Solar, Magnus and Turok comic books fall? With Classic (now Dreamworks) who gained the "production, licensing and merchandising rights" or Random House who bought the "publishing rights"? All of the above? None of the above? Ice cream?

I only ask here because we have some people in the publishing business and others who are just in the know or generally knowledgable. Thoughts, ideas, opinions... :?
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