9 Story Media Group/Summary

*Logo descriptions by Pip2010*

Background: 9 Story Media Group is a Canadian animation studio founded in September 2002 as 9 Story Entertainment by Steven Jarosz and Vince Commisso. On October 10, 2014, it was re-branded as 9 Story Media Group, soon after Neil Court became an equity investor in the company along with Zelnick Media.

### 1st Logo(2002-2008)

Logo: On a blue background, we see the number 9 get drawn and later through a circle, we see the 9 again and the orange bold words "9 STORY" and the spaced out "ENTERTAINMENT" get drawn below.

FX/SFX: The logo getting drawn.

Music/Sounds: The end theme of the show.

Availability: Can be found on *Max & Ruby* on Treehouse TV, *Skyland*, and the fourth season of *Caillou* on Teletoon, and the first two seasons of *Peep and the Big Wide World* on TVOKids and Discovery Kids.

### 2nd Logo(2006-2013)

Logo: The logo starts out the same way as the previous logo, but the background is white and the font is different. The text shows the word "9 STORY" in an orange lowercase Times New Roman-like font, and "ENTERTAINMENT" is in a blue uppercase Arial-like font.

Variants:

* On *Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood*, the logo can be seen next to the Out of the Blue Enterprises logo.
* On *Wild Kratts*, the logo can be seen on an orange background on top of the Kratt Brothers Company logo.

FX/SFX: Same as the 1st logo.

Music/Sounds: A whistle tune, or the end theme of the show.

Availability: Common. Can be seen on seasons 4-5 of *Caillou*, *Wild Kratts*, *Futz!*, *Best Ed*, *Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood*, *Survive This*, seasons 3-5 of *Peep and the Big Wide World* on TVOKids, and season 16 of *Arthur*, among others.

### 3rd Logo(2013-2018)

Logo: On a white background, we see a cartoon hand holding a paintbrush with blue paint on it. The hand then paints the number 9, and then the words "9 STORY" and "ENTERTAINMENT" fade in and in the same font as the previous logo, but with the colors changed.

Variant: In 2014, "MEDIA GROUP" replaced "ENTERTAINMENT."

FX/SFX: The hand painting the 9.

Music/Sounds: The end theme of the show.

Availability: Common. Can be seen on later episodes of *Wild Kratts*, *Peg + Cat*, *Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood*, seasons 17-19 of *Arthur*, among others.

### 4th Logo(2018-)

Logo: On a white background, the new logo for 9 Story Media Group quickly zooms out. It consists of 9 triangles forming a abstract "9", with 3 of each in a different shade of blue. Below, "9 S T O R Y" can be seen in a different font than before, with "MEDIA GROUP" below. The logo slowly backs away as the "9" and "9 S T O R Y" shine.

Variant: An in-credit version exists with lighter colors.

FX/SFX: The logo zooming out.

Music/Sounds: The ending theme of the show or a shining sound when the logo shines.

Availability: Current. It first appeared on *Let's Go Luna!*. It also appeared on *Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood* (starting with the episodes Daniel Learns to Ask First and Friends Ask First onwards), *Charlie's Colorform City*, *Wild Kratts* (starting with Season 6), *Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum*, *Blue's Clues & You!*, the 2019 series of *Clifford the Big Red Dog*, *Rosie's Rules*, and many others. This logo is expected to appear on *Dylan* and *Ladybird Lu*.