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Shout! Factory is an entertainment company founded in 2003 by Richard Foos (co-founder of Rhino Records), Bob Emmer (former Warner Music Group and Rhino executive) and Garson Foos (former Rhino executive) initially as a specialty music label. It focuses on enriched music catalog reissues, home video/DVD projects, and television properties.

Conceived as a retro pop culture label, Shout! Factory DVD projects include live music shows (by acts such as [[X (Musicband)|X]], The Blasters, Heart and Barenaked Ladies), music documentaries (''The Fearless Freaks'', about the [[Flaming Lips (Music)|Flaming Lips]], and ''The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle'', about the [[Sex Pistols (Music)|Sex Pistols]]), animation (including multiple ''[[Home Movies (Animation)|Home Movies]]'' seasons, ''[[Pucca]]'' and ''[[Code Monkeys]]''), live-action television (''[[Freaks and Geeks]]'', ''[[My So-Called Life]]'', ''[[Inside The Actors Studio]]'', ''[[California Dreams]]'', ''[[Small Wonder]]''), as well as productions by [[DiC Entertainment]] (including the [[Super Mario Bros.|Mario]] television shows, ''[[The Legend of Zelda (Animationanimation)|The Legend of Zelda]]'', and the ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog (Franchise)|Sonic the Hedgehog]]'' television shows) and sports (including Major League Baseball and Warren Miller ski titles). They have also released DVDs of [[Merchandise-Driven]] Hasbro cartoons (including ''[[Transformers]]'', ''[[G.I. Joe]]'', ''[[Jem]]'' and ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic (Animation)|My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic]]'') and 1990s [[Nickelodeon]] programs (such as ''[[Rocko's Modern Life (Animation)|Rocko's Modern Life]]'', ''[[The Wild Thornberrys]]'' and ''[[Hey Dude]]''). The company also has the home video rights to ''[[Mystery Science Theater 3000 (TV)|Mystery Science Theater 3000]]'' (which was formerly distributed by Rhino). Saban granted them the rights to distribute their [[Tokusatsu]] adaptations, including the first 18 seasons of ''[[Power Rangers]]''.

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