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Until its sale today, Guinness World Records had been a division of HIT Entertainment, a leading independent producer and distributor of high-quality family programming worldwide. HIT Entertainment, established in 1989, is one of the fastest growing rights-owning companies in the world, and a specialist in children's character rights. Enjoying a comprehensive distribution network and long-established relationships with the world's leading broadcasters, HIT Entertainment has amassed one of the world's most successful libraries of children's content including the properties Bob the Builder(TM), Barney(TM), Thomas & Friends(TM), Pingu(TM), Fireman Sam(TM), and Angelina Ballerina(TM).
Guinness World Records (www.guinnessworldrecords.com) is the universally recognized authority on record-breaking achievement. First published in 1955, Guinness World Records has developed its annual book into an international phenomenon published in more than 100 countries and 37 languages. The book has gone on to become a record breaker in its own right, Guinness World Records(TM) is the world's best ever selling copyright book!
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Guinness World Records is happy to announce the successful record breakers that made it through the finishing line at the Flora London Marathon 2007. Ian Sharman broke the record for the Fastest marathon dressed as Elvis in only 2 hrs 57 min. proving to be the King of the marathon! Lesley Iles marked her 50th birthday by running the marathon in 6 hrs and 19 min. breaking
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Guinness World Records is the universally recognized authority on record-breaking achievement. First published in 1955, the annual Guinness World Records book is published in more than 100 countries and 20 languages and is one of the highest-selling books under copyright of all time with more than 3 million copies sold annually across the globe. Guinness World Records celebrated its 50th anniversary edition in 2004, a year after the sale of its 100 millionth copy. The Guinness World Records website (http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com) receives more than 11 million visitors a year.
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NAPERVILLE, Ill., Nov. 21 /PRNewswire/ -- OfficeMax, a leading provider of office products and services, announced today that the rubberband ball it is sponsoring has been certified by Guinness World Records as the World's Largest Rubberband Ball at 4,594 pounds. A Guinness representative from London was on hand at a special ceremony in downtown Chicago today to oversee the official weigh-in of the rubberband ball, created by Steve Milton of Eugene, Ore.
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Its holdings include Ripley Entertainment Inc., which has held the global rights to develop and operate Guinness World Records museums and attractions for over a decade. There are now six Guinness World Record attractions in four countries, including Tokyo, Japan, Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada, Hollywood, California, San Antonio, Texas, and Gatlinburg, Tennessee, in the U.S.A., and in Copenhagen, Denmark, with substantial demand around the world for new Guinness World Records attractions.
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