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'''Margaret Loesch''' is an American television executive. She is the former president and CEO of [[Marvel Productions]], and during her time with the company was one of the producers of [[The Transformers (cartoon)|the original ''Transformers'' cartoon]] and an executive producer on ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]''. [[Jim Shooter]] has said there was a "strained relationship" between Productions and [[Marvel Comics]], kind of like the strained relationship between the [[Wrecker]]s and [[Squadron X]], until Loesch took over the company and worked on improving relations. She also made [[Spider-Man]] part of Production's trade ID and started to bring [[Wikipedia:Stan Lee|Stan Lee]], who had been marginalised at the company, more into things. <ref>[http://www.jimshooter.com/2011/06/secret-origin-of-transformers-part-2.html Jim Shooter: Secret Origin of the Transformers Part 2]</ref> | '''Margaret Loesch''' is an American television executive. She is the former president and CEO of [[Marvel Productions]], and during her time with the company was one of the producers of [[The Transformers (cartoon)|the original ''Transformers'' cartoon]] and an executive producer on ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]''. [[Jim Shooter]] has said there was a "strained relationship" between Productions and [[Marvel Comics]], kind of like the strained relationship between the [[Wrecker]]s and [[Squadron X]], until Loesch took over the company and worked on improving relations. She also made [[Spider-Man]] part of Production's trade ID (read: closing logo) and started to bring [[Wikipedia:Stan Lee|Stan Lee]], who had been marginalised at the company, more into things. <ref>[http://www.jimshooter.com/2011/06/secret-origin-of-transformers-part-2.html Jim Shooter: Secret Origin of the Transformers Part 2]</ref> | ||
Loesch had to strike a balance between creative independence and financial reality, and was eventually forced into a standoff with [[Hasbro]] when the company asked them to write scripts but "leave blank the characters" until they figured out what toy they wanted in that episode. Loesch told Hasbro "we can't do this" and forced them to give the animation companies more leeway <ref>''Toy Wars'', G. Wayne Miller, pg. 140.</ref> | Loesch had to strike a balance between creative independence and financial reality, and was eventually forced into a standoff with [[Hasbro]] when the company asked them to write scripts but "leave blank the characters" until they figured out what toy they wanted in that episode. Loesch told Hasbro "we can't do this" and forced them to give the animation companies more leeway <ref>''Toy Wars'', G. Wayne Miller, pg. 140.</ref> | ||
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Margaret Loesch is an American television executive. She is the former president and CEO of Marvel Productions, and during her time with the company was one of the producers of the original Transformers cartoon and an executive producer on The Transformers: The Movie. Jim Shooter has said there was a "strained relationship" between Productions and Marvel Comics, kind of like the strained relationship between the Wreckers and Squadron X, until Loesch took over the company and worked on improving relations. She also made Spider-Man part of Production's trade ID (read: closing logo) and started to bring Stan Lee, who had been marginalised at the company, more into things. [1]
Loesch had to strike a balance between creative independence and financial reality, and was eventually forced into a standoff with Hasbro when the company asked them to write scripts but "leave blank the characters" until they figured out what toy they wanted in that episode. Loesch told Hasbro "we can't do this" and forced them to give the animation companies more leeway [2]
In 2010 she returned to Transformers and Hasbro alike when she was hired to head "The Hub," the joint venture between Hasbro and Discovery Communications. As such, she oversaw the production of Transformers: Prime. Loesch stepped down as President & CEO of the network at the end of 2014.[3]
References
- ↑ Jim Shooter: Secret Origin of the Transformers Part 2
- ↑ Toy Wars, G. Wayne Miller, pg. 140.
- ↑ http://www.deadline.com/2014/06/hub-president-ceo-margaret-loesch-to-exit/
