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Shout! Factory is an entertainment company founded in 2002 and which was started by Richard Foos (co-founder of Rhino Records), Bob Emmer (former Warner Music Group and Rhino executive) and Garson Foos (former Rhino executive) initially as a specialty music label. It focuses on enriched music catalog reissues, home video/DVD projects, and television properties.

Conceived as a retro pop culture label, Shout! Factory DVD projects include live music shows (by acts such as X, The Blasters, Heart, and Barenaked Ladies), music documentaries (The Fearless Freaks, about The Flaming Lips, and The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle, about The Sex Pistols0, animation (including multiple Home Movies seasons, Pucca, and Code Monkeys), live-action television (Freaks And Geeks, My So-Called Life, Inside The Actors Studio), as well as productions by DIC), including Mario Brothers, Legend of Zelda, and Sonic the Hedgehog, and sports (including Major League Baseball and Warren Miller (director) ski titles).

Shout! Factory CD products are distributed by Sony BMG Music Entertainment and as of June 2007 their DVD titles are distributed by Vivendi.

Shout! Factory currently has a long term distribution deal with DIC Entertainment for most of the latter company's catalog.


Artists released

Television series releases

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