Media Release -- PRNewswire -- Furthering its mission to provide premium content to its audiences, Nickelodeon--part of MTV Networks, a division of Viacom Inc. (NYSE: VIA, VIA.B)--has acquired the global rights to the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles from The Mirage Group and 4Kids Entertainment, Inc. (NYSE: KDE). The acquisition provides Nickelodeon, the world's number-one entertainment brand for kids, global intellectual property rights to Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, the hit television, film and video game property that has delighted kids around the world for the last 25 years. The aggregate purchase price for the transactions is approximately $60 million.

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Media Release -- SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles™ are about to "Shell-ebrate" the end of their official 25th Anniversary Tour in San Diego, paving the way for another exciting 25 years of TMNT-mania that will include the release of a new TMNT motion picture in 2011. Mirage Studios, owners of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles brand, and TMNT licensing agent 4Kids Entertainment will be making "America's Finest City" a little finer (and greener) from July 23-26 as they "Shell-ebrate" with fans, and Jerry Sanders, the Mayor of San Diego, at San Diego Comic-Con, Horton Plaza and a special "Galabunga" featuring the World Premiere Screening of a Special "Turtles" Film at the On Broadway Event Center.

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Media Release -- NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--A quarter century after their storied rise to fame as the most popular terrestrial reptilian brothers of a generation, the official “Shell-ebration” marking the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (TMNT) 25th Anniversary kicks off in their New York City home on Thursday, April 23 to start a year-long series of personal interactive experiences for fans across America.

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