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Company type | Public |
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OTC Pink Current: CSSEQ | |
Industry | Publishing Licensing Internet Consumer packaged goods Entertainment |
Founded | June 28, 1993[1] |
Founders | Jack Canfield[2] and Mark Victor Hansen[3] |
Defunct | July 10, 2024 |
Fate | Chapter 7 bankruptcy liquidation |
Headquarters | |
Area served | Worldwide |
Key people | William J. Rouhana, Jr.[5] (chairman & CEO) Amy Newmark[6] (publisher) |
Subsidiaries | |
Website | cssentertainment |
Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment, Inc. was an American self-help, consumer goods and media company based in Cos Cob, Connecticut. It is known for the Chicken Soup for the Soul book series. The first book, like most subsequent titles in the series, consisted of inspirational true stories about ordinary people's lives. The books are widely varied, each with a different theme. Chicken Soup for the Soul Publishing, LLC continued to publish about twelve[7] new books per year.
The company has branched out into other categories such as food,[8] pet food,[9] and television programming.[10][11]