Ruckus Media, children’s reading platform and publisher of children’s ebook apps, has received a grant from the National Science Foundation to build technology that would allow parents and children to read together even when they’re apart. Read Together While Apart… Read More

[Press Release] Ruckus Media Group Enters Digital Video Distribution with NCircle Entertainment Partnership… Ruckus 2.0 will offer one-stop shopping for children’s digital entertainment Ruckus Media Group, an independent family digital entertainment company, today announced a partnership with NCircle Entertainment, the Read More

“In our model,” Richter explained, “we have many steps that a parent or child can enter, for free, or with app purchase, or subscription – it’s a helluva deal.” By Dennis Abrams With the issue of discoverability dominating discussion for… Read More

We published a rather lengthy article today on the new Ruckus Reader technology from Ruckus Media Group. We tried to explain all the details of the story, including what we think is the really significant wrinkle: Ruckus thinks it’s solved… Read More

Ruckus Media Group, publisher of eBook apps ranging from Transformers to Crayola, has just launched a new app which is bound to be the darling of teachers, parents, and anyone who is concerned about making sure children read. Ruckus Reader… Read More

By Jeremy Greenfield, Editorial Director, Digital Book World, @JDGsaid An ambitious new digital reading technology aims to entertain, educate and sell more digital reading content to both kids and parents. The Ruckus Reader, an e-reading platform launched today by Ruckus… Read More

We’ve seen a number of different types of books turned into e-books, so why not coloring books? That seems to be Crayola’s philosophy. PaidContent reports the company is partnering with interactive storybook app publisher Ruckus Media to publish a series… Read More

By Dennis Abrams When Rick Richter left his position as President and Publisher of Simon and Schuster’s Children’s division to found Ruckus Media Group with the mission of “creating experiences through mobile devices that entertain toddlers to teens from their… Read More

From the Publishers Weekly: Children’s digital developer Ruckus Media is joining with Scholastic to create the Scholastic Ruckus imprint, a joint venture that will publish a wide range of children’s and teen content across all platforms, from interactive content and… Read More

Hasbro has partnered with Ruckus Media Group to release a new kids book app for the iPhone/iPad called Chuck and Friends: Friends for the Long Haul. The app is the first of a series of collaborations between Hasbro and Ruckus… Read More

In this exclusive interview, Rick Richter, CEO of Ruckus Media Group, discusses devices and the children’s market, app discoverability, and the place of “pure-play” digital in publishing. From the interview: … I think the idea of standalone app made by… Read More

"The biggest subject of all, of course, is “global.” The reality that every publisher anywhere is now able to reach any reader everywhere with no local presence, no inventory barriers, and many of the same intermediaries that deliver content to… Read More

Digital publishing company known for publishing kids book apps Ruckus Media Group has secured $3.5 million in funding to expand its mobile application offerings and secure footholds in online stores. The Series A funding was led by Alsop Louie Partners… Read More

By Mary Kole, Literary Agent, Andrea Brown Literary Agency… It has taken me a few weeks to really sit with all that I learned at Digital Book World 2011. It was absolutely invigorating to see all those agents, developers, and Read More