The story
Founded by David Ray Campbell and Jim Jinkins in 2001.1
In February 1996, Jim Jinkins and David Campbell's former company Jumbo Pictures was acquired by the Walt Disney Company.
In 2001, subsequently after Jumbo Pictures was closed, Jinkins and Campbell formed Cartoon Pizza as a successor company. Jinkins was president, Campbell was CEO, Jack Spillum was president of animated productions, Ellie Copeland was vice president of finances and operations, and Beldeen Fortunato was vice president of administration. The company's first two productions, Stanley and JoJo's Circus, the former which was technically started on by predecessor Jumbo Pictures, were designed to fulfill the founders' pre-existing five-year contracts with Disney.
In October 2001, Cartoon Pizza agreed to a two-year non-exclusive production deal with Sesame Workshop, the creators of Sesame Street, Dragon Tales, and Sagwa, the Chinese Siamese Cat. Sesame Workshop agreed to house the company at their New York City office and handle international distribution. They would co-produce a minimum of six new kids' properties.
In 2002, the company partnered with IDT Media, via their subsidiary, Digital Production Solutions, to co-produce a yet-to-be-titled animated series.
The company became a co-production partner in Tiger Aspect Productions' animation division to develop a series titled Earth Kid. Gullane Entertainment became an equal partner in Earth Kid as the show's international distributor in April 2002, months before it was acquired by HIT Entertainment that September. Gullane also had three other projects in the works with Cartoon Pizza.
The company operated two separate subsidiaries, Cartoon Cola and Cartoon Candy.
In 2015, the company was dissolved after five years of dormancy.
From Wikipedia’s article on Cartoon Pizza, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4