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"Warner Bros has taken over global licensed publishing responsibilities from its affiliate DC Comics. According to Publisher&amp;#039;s Weekly, the agreement includes all formats licensed to third-party publishers, but DC will continue to handle its core comic book and graphic novel titles. &amp;quot;It made sense from a strategic standpoint,&amp;quot; said Warner exec Dave Rupert. &amp;quot;We already manage all of DC&amp;#039;s properties in every category except publishing, and we&amp;#039;ve managed publishing for all of our own properties, so why shouldn&amp;#039;t we apply that expertise to DC Comics&amp;#039; publishing, too?&amp;quot; DC&amp;#039;s existing third-party agreements - including Bendon, Penguin, and HarperCollins - are to remain in place. Its licensed material encompasses novelisations, colouring books, activity and sticker books, how-to-draw titles and educational books, as well as adult-orientated titles such as script books and art collections. Warner founded DC Entertainment in 2009 to manage the publisher&amp;#039;s properties in film, television and other media. The division relocated to Burbank, CA the following year. An official announcement on the licensing shift is expected to be made at the Bologna Children&amp;#039;s Book Fair, which runs between March 28 and March 31. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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