The Los Angeles Times to Feature First-Ever Ad With Scented Ink for Fox Walden's 'Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium'

The Los Angeles Times to Feature First-Ever Ad With Scented Ink for Fox Walden's 'Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium'

Distinctive and Original Frosted Cake-Scented Ad to Appear in The Times' Fall Movie 'Sneaks' September 9th

LOS ANGELES, Sept. 4 /PRNewswire/ -- The Los Angeles Times and Fox Walden today announced that the paper will feature the first ever ad using scented ink to uniquely tout the 20th Century Fox release of a Walden Media and Mandate Film, "Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium" opening nationwide on November 16th. Starring Academy Award(R) winner Dustin Hoffman and Academy Award(R) nominee Natalie Portman, "Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium" is the story of the strangest, most fantastic, most wonderful toy store in the world and the equally fantastic and wonderfully innovative ad will debut in the paper's annual Fall Movie Sneaks section on September 9th. The Times becomes the first major newspaper in the country to successfully present and implement the pioneering application which adds a rich, new dimension to the medium.

Fox Walden seized the opportunity to create new levels of involvement and connection with Southern California's readers and moviegoers and chose the universally beloved frosted cake scent to remind consumers of all ages to be young and have fun.

"The scented ink ad is yet the latest tool The Times is offering its advertisers as they continue to search for new ways to reach, excite and inform L.A.'s market of buzz," said Dave Murphy, executive vice president and general manager of the Los Angeles Times Media Group. "Fox Walden has been a terrific partner as we roll-out this bold concept and underscores our industry leading ability to create unique marketing solutions."

Times readers will be able to scratch designated areas of the "Mr. Magorium" ad, which will emit the frosted cake scent made from soy-based ink. Written and directed by Zach Helm, "Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium" (http://www.magorium.com/) centers around a magical toy store that only asks one thing of its customers; you must believe it to see it.

"'Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium' is about a magical toy store that comes to life," said Jeffrey Godsick, president of marketing at Fox Walden. "So when the Los Angeles Times came to us with the idea to create a magical scratch and sniff ad we felt it was the perfect fit since it brings the ad to life."

About the Los Angeles Times

The Los Angeles Times is the largest metropolitan daily newspaper in the country, with a daily readership of 2.2 million and 3.3 million on Sunday. The Los Angeles Times and its media businesses and affiliates -- including latimes.com, The Envelope/theenvelope.com, Times Community Newspapers, Recycler Classifieds, Hoy, and California Community News -- reach approximately 8.1 million or 62% of all adults in the Southern California marketplace.

The Pulitzer Prize-winning Los Angeles Times, has been covering Southern California for over 125 years and is part of Tribune Company (NYSE:TRB), one of the country's leading media companies with businesses in publishing, the

Internet and broadcasting. Additional information about the Los Angeles Times is available at http://www.latimes.com/mediacenter.

About Fox Walden

Fox Walden specializes in entertainment for movie audiences of all ages. Maintaining its own creative and marketing operations, Fox Walden releases are distributed domestically by Twentieth Century Fox.

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Source: The Los Angeles Times

CONTACT: Nancy Sullivan, +1-213-237-6160, nancy.sullivan@latimes.com, or
Stephan Pechdimaldji, +1-213-237-4791, stephan.pechdimaldji@latimes.com, both
of the Los Angeles Times; or Susie Hayasaka of Fox Walden, +1-424-202-6623,
shayasaka@foxwalden.com

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