Today, the E.W. Scripps Co. announced that Snoopy has a new owner. The company, which owns the licensing rights to Charles Schulz’s Peanuts, will sell them to Iconix Brand Group Inc. for $175 million, the same company that owns the Joe Boxer brand.
For 36 years now, Lucy has been taunting Charlie Brown to kick that same football, yanking away at the last second. Year after year, the scene goes on in perpetual repeat, the same frustrated little boy falling backwards, groaning in agony. And yet for me, that scenario never grows old. Each and every time, I [...]
