In a surprise move announced late Thursday, toymaker Ohio Art Co. said it has sold both the Etch A Sketch and its spin-off toy, the Doodle Sketch, to toy and entertainment firm Spin Master Corp ...

BRYAN, Ohio -- The Ohio company that has produced or owned the Etch A Sketch for more than five decades has sold the classic toy to a Toronto-based toy firm. Bryan-based Ohio Art Co. made the ...

Over the years, Ohio Art and Etch A Sketch have benefited from millions of dollars in free advertising from movies and television. The company saw a big jump in sales after Etch A Sketch landed a ...

Mitt Romney probably never wants to see another Etch A Sketch, but investors don’t feel that way: The toy that caused a campaign faux pas Wednesday led the stock of its owner, Ohio Art Co., to ...

NEW YORK– Ohio Art, makers of the 44-year-old Etch A Sketch, is trying to break into the consumer electronics retail channel with a plug-and-play activity system coming from its new electronics ...

While tinkering in his garage, French electrician Andre Cassagnes dreamed up a drawing toy that kids could shake up and start over. Little did he know that more than 50 years later, the toy that ...

Cassagnes' prototype, which the Ohio Art Company still has in its possession, shares similarities with the Etch A Sketch recognized worldwide today. It's basically a miniversion of the toy with a ...

Or: Ohio Art, as in the Bryan toy company that makes Etch A Sketch. Portraits of the presidents, along with dozens of other Ohio people and places, appear in an exhibit on display through February ...

The company saw a big jump in sales after Etch A Sketch landed a role in "Toy Story" and "Toy Story 2."In fact, the toy gets so much free publicity that Ohio Art spends very little on advertising ...

said the Ohio Art Co., based in Bryan in northwest Ohio. The cause wasn't disclosed Saturday. "Etch A Sketch has brought much success to the Ohio Art Company, and we will be eternally grateful to ...