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James Zahn

James Zahn, AKA The Rock Father, is Editor-in-Chief of The Toy Guide, a Senior Editor at The Toy Insider and The Pop Insider, and Editor of The Toy Report, The Toy Guide‘s weekly trade e-newsletter. As a popular culture and toy trade skilled, Zahn has appeared as a panelist and visitor at occasions together with Comedian-Con Worldwide: San Diego (SDCC) Wizard World Chicago, and the ASTRA Market & Academy.

Zahn has greater than 30 years of expertise within the leisure, retail, and publishing industries, and is incessantly referred to as upon to supply skilled commentary for publications reminiscent of Forbes, Marketwatch, the Wall Avenue Journal, the New York Instances, USA As we speak, Reuters, the Washington Publish, and extra.

James has appeared on Historical past Channel’s Fashionable Marvels, was interviewed by Larry King and Anderson Cooper, and has been seen on Yahoo! Finance, CNN, CNBC, FOX Enterprise, NBC, ABC, CBS, WGN, The CW, and extra.

Zahn joined the Journey Media & Occasions household in 2016, initially serving as a member of the Mum or dad Advisory Board after penning articles for the Netflix Stream Group, Fandango Household, PBS KIDS, Sprout Dad and mom (now Common Children), PopSugar, and Chicago Mum or dad. He finally joined the corporate full time as a Senior Editor and moved up the ranks to Deputy Editor and Editor-in-Chief.