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HASBRO INC. announced Monday that Frank Gibeau, president of Zynga; Darin Harris, CEO of Jack in the Box Inc.; and Owen Mahoney, former CEO of Nexon Co. have been appointed to the company’s board of directors effective March 21. / COURTESY HASBRO INC.

Hasbro names 3 new board members

Economy 03/25/2024

PAWTUCKET – Hasbro Inc. is shaking up its board of directors with three new members and three retirements. The toy company announced Monday that Frank...

Not just kid play: Toy companies aim more products at older...

Economic Activity 11/20/2023

NEW YORK (AP) – Toymakers are tweaking original classic games or coming out with new ones that embrace an audience that's been around for a while:...

Dungeons & Dragons tells illustrators to stop using AI to generate...

Economic Activity 08/07/2023

The Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game franchise says it won't allow artists to use artificial intelligence technology to draw its cast of sorcerers, druids...

Hasbro selling eOne television and movie business to Lionsgate in $500M...

Economic Activity 08/03/2023

Hasbro is selling its eOne television and movie business to Lionsgate in an approximately $500 million deal, after having paid $4 billion for the...

Report: R.I. employers cut 153 jobs in March

Business Services 04/07/2023

PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island employers shed 153 jobs in March, according to business and executive coaching firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas, Inc. The firm on...

PBN’s most-read stories of 2022

Business Services 12/30/2022

From developments with the potential to reshape the landscape of Providence and a steady stream of million-dollar home sales across Rhode Island, to ongoing...

Top, Lite-Brite, Masters of the Universe in toy hall of fame

Economic Activity 11/10/2022

ROCHESTER, N.Y. (AP) — The National Toy Hall of Fame's new honorees include an object dating to ancient times, a line of muscle-bound action...

2 Hasbro board members to retire

Economic Activity 09/19/2022

PAWTUCKET – Three months after reelecting all 13 directors to its board and winning a proxy battle with an activist investor, Hasbro Inc. announced...