Los Angeles, CA, February 13, 2025 (Globe Newswire) – Skybound Entertainment, the multiplateform studio behind world franchises like Invincible,, The Walking Dead,, Winter impactAnd hundreds of additional IPs, is proud to announce the acquisition of Maple Media from Shamrock Capital. Maple Media is a leader in the publication of mobile applications and has a diversified portfolio of “TOP 10” applications through the productivity, entertainment and lifestyle categories that have generated more than 600 million lifetime downloads.
This acquisition improves the scope of Skybound by adding the stable and recurring base of income and Maple Media subscribers, the management technology of proprietary applications and direct relations with consumers. Maple Media’s applications and services are an integral part of the millions of user’s monthly routines to get things done and have fun, which extends the public of Skybound, the scope of consumers and commitment.
In addition, the partnership with Maple Media facilitates a direct relationship between Skybound and consumers, improving Skybound’s ability to provide incredible content from creators to fans.
The expertise of Maple Media in operations and the optimization of mobile applications supports Skybound’s mission to provide convincing stories on each platform and medium, comics and television games, mobile devices and beyond. By integrating the talented Maple Media team, the managers of the experienced entertainment industry and its solid suite of tools, Skybound is positioned to scale its mobile presence while exploring new entertainment applications, firing Starting from the capacity of podcast, play and distribution of content of Maple Media, among others.
“Bringing Maple Media to the Skyboundy universe is a change of game,” said David Alpert, CEO of Skybound Entertainment. “This allows us to connect our great intellectual property directly to our audience. We are impatient to build and expand these opportunities with Michael Ritter, founder and CEO, David Bos, COO, and the rest of the Maple media team, because the partnership strengthens our ability to connect the content directly to an audience like Never before. Together, we unlock new ways to deliver to our creators and fans while remaining faithful to our mission to put them first. »»
“We are delighted to join the Skybound Entertainment family and to bring our expertise in mobile applications to a company that shares our passion for engaging and significant content,” said Michael Ritter, CEO and founder of Maple Media. “This partnership not only strengthens Maple Media’s capacity to evolve and innovate, but also opens up new exciting opportunities to integrate the emblematic intellectual property of Skybound in the mobile space. Together, we look forward to creating unique and impactful experiences for millions of users worldwide. »»
About Skybound Entertainment
We do things differently here. Skybound is the company focused on creators and focused on fans behind Landmark world franchises as The Walking Dead, Invincible, Impact Winter And hundreds of other IPs that redefine entertainment through our impressive commercial model. Skybound unlocks the unique opportunity to cultivate all aspects of a development deductible for distribution; Our IP connects with the public through revolutionary stories told on a large scale. We allow our creators to extend their IP directly and transform their ideas into films, television shows, table games, comics, podcasts, collectibles, video games or all of the above, then some.
Skybound does not only make global deductibles, we change the way in which global franchises can be carried out.
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About maple media
Maple Media is a company of mobile media, advertising and technology that has and operates a portfolio of top mobile applications and games on the Apple and Google Play Store App, including Player FM – Podcast Application , Pic Stitch – Collage publisher, Weekcal, Swiftscan, Météo Hi -Def radar, Fooducate, Snowboard Party and Skateboard Party. Maple Media is based in Los Angeles (QG) and Quebec and led by the founder and CEO, Michael Ritter and Coo, David Bos. www.maplemedia.io
About the capital Shamrock
Shamrock Capital is an investment company based in Los Angeles with approximately $ 6.4 billion in assets under management. Shamrock Capital is investing exclusively in the media, entertainment, communications and related sectors thanks to a multi-world strategy focused on investment in investment, as well as on the property and financing of the content and the rights of the media. The company was initially founded in 1978 as a family investment company for the late Roy E. Disney and has since become a supported institutional company with a leading group of investors, in particular allocations, foundations and funds sovereigns and pension funds. For more information, visit www.shamrockcap.com.
