Chorion, the owner of Noddy, Mr Men and the Agatha Christie franchise, is to be broken up and sold after failing to renegotiate banking deals to alleviate its debt. The company, which earlier this ...

Lord Waheed Alli is happier than Mr Happy. The multimillionaire media mogul presides over a family of characters spanning Mr Men, Noddy and Miss Marple. As chairman of rights holder Chorion, his ...

The British children’s rights company, whose kids’ properties include the Nick Jr show Olivia, is set to bid for Thomas the Tank Engine. The bidding process has yet to begin though. Apax Partners, the ...

Chorion, the intellectual property rights company that owns the rights to Agatha Christie's novels, yesterday added to its stable of famous literary detectives after buying all rights to the fictional ...