About CMG Worldwide
CMG Worldwide is the home of properties and personalities considered to be among the most prestigious in the licensing industry.
Based in Indianapolis, Indiana with a second office in Hollywood, California, CMG Worldwide secured its position during the 1970s as the premier company for representing the families and estates of deceased celebrities. Today, CMG Worldwide represents over 300 diverse personalities and corporate clients in the sports, entertainment, music and historical fields.
CMG Worldwide's client list is comprised of a broad spectrum of distinguished sports personalities, such as: Jackie Robinson, Babe Ruth, Florence Griffith Joyner, Bill Elliot, Arthur Ashe and Vince Lombardi. Further, arrays of retired greats are available for personal appearances, including Lou Brock, Carl Erskine, and Jim Hines.
Rights to license the entertainment industries finest are also at CMG, from charming beauties Marilyn Monroe and Josephine Baker, to groundbreaking comedian Redd Foxx, to internationally acclaimed musicians Billie Holiday, Mary Wells, Ella Fitzgerald and Chuck Berry.
Historical clients include the late civil rights leader Malcolm X and world-renown aviator Amelia Earhart. Please click here for a complete client listing.
As the business and marketing agent for these clients, CMG puts together over 2,000 different business deals each year throughout the world. Services that we provide our clients include the following:
Licensing and Merchandising:
CMG licenses names, images and/or marks of its clients on various retail goods including gifts, sportswear, posters, calendars, and collectibles.
Advertising and Endorsements:
CMG clients are used in advertising campaigns, marketing programs, and endorsements throughout the world on a regular basis.
Consulting:
CMG regularly works with companies to research, locate and secure the approvals to sports and entertainment celebrities, both living and deceased, not currently on the CMG client roster.
Personal Appearances:
CMG coordinates personal appearances featuring contemporary clients for autograph sessions, golf outings, trade shows, conventions, and corporate and special events.
Speakers Bureau:
CMG specializes in placing clients in speaking engagements and caters to the needs of thousands of trade show, meeting, and convention planners throughout the world in locating the "perfect" celebrity for an event.
CMG Worldwide Headquarters
10500 Crosspoint Boulevard
Indianapolis, Indiana 46256
Phone: 317.570.5000
Fax: 317.570.5500
Los Angeles Office
9229 West Sunset Boulevard
Suite 950
West Hollywood, CA 90069
Phone: (310) 651.2000
Fax: (317) 570.5500