Danilo Promotions and Redan Publishing have joined Chapman Entertainment's licensing program for Little Charlie Bear.

Themed greeting cards and wrapping paper from Danilo Productions will roll out in spring 2012. Meanwhile, Redan Publishing will include Little Charlie Bear-branded pages within the partner's preschool magazines Fun to Learn Favourites and Fun to Learn Friends, beginning in late January 2011.

In other Chapman Entertainment news, Nikki Gras was named director of marketing, replacing Melissa Brown. Gras joins from Classic Media (formerly Entertainment Rights), where she was head of marketing for three years. She has also served as marketing director at The Walt Disney Company and marketing manager at Channel Five. Brown is exiting after working for Chapman for four years and has joined Syco Productions as brand and licensing director.