Oaklins DeSilva+Phillips, the investment bank focused on the media, marketing and information sectors is pleased to announce the formation of a licensing division to help clients tap into this lucrative source of revenues.
Effective immediately, we have appointed David Graff as Managing Director of Licensing. David began his career in licensing in the 1990s at Hearst Magazines where he built a licensing business that exceeded $750 million in retail sales annually.
Licensing is an excellent way for media companies to further monetize their brands. Digiday recently reported that, “Meredith Corporation, Hearst, BuzzFeed and Conde Nast have all seen their annual total sales of branded merchandise increase from 2018 to 2019 by tens of millions of dollars, if not billions.” Meredith ranks #2 on the License Global Top 150 Licensors List with $26.5 billion in sales from branded products. Other top media companies on the list include The Walt Disney Company (ranked #1), WarnerMedia, and Viacom/CBS.
Since 2000, David Graff has provided independent services to an impressive list of licensing clients, including:
Media:
Mansueto Ventures: Inc. and Fast Company
Time Inc.
Newsweek
Weekly Reader
Ringer Publishing
Workman Publishing
Museums/Non-profits:
American Folk Art Museum
The National Audubon Society
Outward Bound
Celebrities:
Bob Vila
Lady Henrietta Spencer Churchill
LuAnn DeLesseps
Peter Max
Thelonious Monk
Donna Mills
Topher Brophy
Mark Zunino
If you would like to explore whether Oaklins DeSilva+Phillips can create licensing opportunities for your brands, please contact Reed Phillips, Managing Partner, at r.phillips@dp.oaklins.com or 212-651-2606.
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