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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001683168-25-007617"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "TOON"
cik: "0001355848"
company_name: "Kartoon Studios, Inc."
filed_at: "2025-10-17T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-17T03:21:46.830722+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.55
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Kartoon Studios appoints former Warner Bros. exec Jeffrey Schlesinger to board

## Summary
- Jeffrey Schlesinger, former President of Warner Bros. Worldwide TV Distribution, appointed to board effective Oct 10, 2025.
- Schlesinger led distribution of major franchises (Friends, Big Bang Theory) and world's largest animation library (10,000+ episodes).
- He will receive standard non-employee director compensation; committee assignments are pending.
- Company expects his global media expertise to accelerate IP monetization, distribution, and revenue growth.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001683168-25-007617
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: TOON
- cik: 0001355848
- company_name: Kartoon Studios, Inc.
- filed_at: 2025-10-17T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.55
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1355848/000168316825007617/0001683168-25-007617-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1355848/000168316825007617/kartoon_8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001683168-25-007617.txt

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