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 ...

Parental egg-care in fish traps them in an evolutionary dead-end through the loss of the chorion-hardening system, according to scientists from the Institute of Science Tokyo. Fish have diverse ...

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 ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Chorion has sold the rights to the 40-year-old children's’ character range Mr Men and Little Miss to Sanrio, ...

Chorion deal to snag ‘Thomas’ is ‘premature’ Speculation that British character licensing entertainment company Chorion is closing in on a $700 million deal to acquire global kids character "Thomas ...

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 ...

Mr Deficit looks set to join the cast of Mr Men characters managed by Chorion, the entertainment group owned by 3i and run by Lord Waheed Alli. Losses before tax have more than doubled at Chorion, ...