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The Toy Association & Adventure Media and Events Partner To Create “Play Date” Showcase

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The Press Release:
The Toy Association, the not-for-profit trade association representing all businesses involved in creating and delivering toys and youth entertainment products for kids of all ages, and Adventure Media & Events, publisher of industry-leading media outlets the Toy Book and the Toy Insider, announced today a partnership to deliver a one-of-a-kind “play date” in March 2023 that will give media, investors, and the influencer community direct access to the toy companies, brands, and products that will be hot throughout the year, including spring and summer launches and a first look at the hottest toys for the coming holiday season.

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“As the producer of Toy Fair – the toy industry’s most iconic and comprehensive play-focused experience for more than a century – The Toy Association is continuing its long-held tradition of unveiling the latest trends and hottest products in Q1, even as Toy Fair shifts from its former February dates to a new fall time frame,” said Kimberly Carcone, executive vice president of global market events at The Toy Association. “We are happy to partner with Adventure Media & Events to give toy brands the opportunity to spotlight their key drivers for holiday, and to provide media and trend-spotters with a first-look at the products that will be driving consumer toy purchases through holiday 2023.”
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Today: The Toy Insider’s “Sweet Suite” 2022 @ Chelsea Piers

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Greetings my friends out there in the Ken Pierce Media readership, I wanted to take a quick moment out of the day to let you know that the Media Command HQ will be heading to the Chelsea Piers to participate in the Toy Insider “Sweet Suite” event today. You might recall that this great happening took place in the virtual space for the last couple of years based on the Coronavirus Pandemic, but now they are back and I am so looking forward to the experience. The virtual event allowed it to keep happening which was amazing but after my own work in the COVID safety world, I am so up for seeing people in person again and be done for this one. With the Toy Fair having cancelled the last two of their events it is very safe to say that I have missed my toy industry reps quite a bit. Thank the technical gods for Zoom sessions and WhatsApp to keep us all chatting over the last few dozen months.

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Ken Pierce Media Celebrates Its Second Anniversary (2020-2022)

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Greetings readers I am taking a pause from the usual posts of the day to celebrate what amounts to being the second online anniversary of the still growing outlet known as Ken Pierce Media. The newbies to this branding should be aware that I launched this in June of 2020 during the height of the pandemic as a tool to help me with some web-consulting. I’ve built up some WordPress trainer level skills thanks to all the friends I’ve helped along the way and felt that learning some tricks in the Google Blogger medium would be of benefit as well and likely find me teaching people to upgrade their own online presence. The initial plan was just to have an empty blog to use to poke around and be able to help then out but after looking at the name I decided upon a few times I began adding posts to it. Despite the lack of well, everything, by June 2020 the two websites were posting on an almost daily basis. My original announcement is shared once again in a link that leads you to “The Chronicles of Piercing Ken” by clicking HERE). I thought a lot was accomplished during the first year but wow did the second one blow that out of the doors.

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Ken Pierce Media Unboxes The Brand-New Sandisk SDD and More

The Media High Command HQ needed several items to work with a recently revealed new system. This video showcases the purchases before we used them.

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Ken Pierce Media Unboxes Their Brand-New Dell Inspiron Laptop

The Media High Command HQ recently needed to replace a long-used Dell Inspiron laptop. This video showcases the new purchase before it went into website service.

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