Some Early News before the actual podcast.
My Little Pony/Equestria Girls toy sales are up 5%. The overall Girls toy sales are up 9%
Boy toy sales did a lot better this summer then last it seems as sales for those are up 20%
Entertainment & licensing took a hit despite making about 5 million more this year then Last year though.
Entertainment and Licensing segment net revenues increased 10% to $53.4 million compared to $48.6 million in 2013. The segment benefited from growth in lifestyle licensing. The Entertainment and Licensing segment reported operating profit of $0.5 million compared to $7.6 million in 2013, primarily due to the impact of the acceleration of certain programming amortization costs.
So basically they made more money on media then last year, but they also spent more making more media.
This of course could be considered both a good & bad thing, IMO, they obviusly Wanna keep up a strong media presence, but I fear this might not spend quite as much $$$ on it in the future.