TOPICS Entertainment is a privately held corporation providing a variety of language-learning, education and entertainment consumer multimedia products. Founded in 1990 by Greg James, TOPICS Entertainment is the no. 1 privately owned multimedia publishing company and currently the ninth largest software publisher in the nation*. With more than 300 CD-ROM and audio book collections, TOPICS is the dominant leader in the language-learning category through the highly popular “Instant Immersion™” series. In 2005, TOPICS expanded its business to include a DVD line of products. An active supporter of the environment and education, TOPICS donates 5 percent pre-tax profits to a variety of conservation and environmental education organizations.
*Based on October 2005 NPD Intellect Market Tracking unit sell-through of consumer CD-ROMs. Data does not include audio and DVD unit sell-through information.
TOPICS Entertainment Uses “Little Steps” to Take On DisneyPosted on Wednesday, February 1, 2007
New baby education DVD line retails for half the cost of Baby Einstein and provides a more animated graphical design for babies and kids ...
Test Preparation Software Helps Students Pass State Tests, Parents Stay Involved
Posted on Thursday, June 01, 2006
RENTON, WASH., June 1, 2006 – TOPICS Entertainment today announced State Standards, the first retail test preparation software that provides students with customized testing for all 50 states and gives parents the knowledge to help their child succee ...
The Seattle Times: Thus sayeth the Lord (in the voice of James Earl Jones)
Posted on Friday, April 14, 2006
The voice is everything when it comes to audio versions of the Bible. And TOPICS Entertainment of Renton could not have done much better than to re-master Jones' King James Version of the New Testament, a nine-hour recording he made in the 1980s.
Skiing Magazine: Ahh, the Classics (March/April)
Posted on Friday, March 17, 2006
A collection of vintage ski flicks takes you back to the good ol' days Remember when the rippin'est skiers wore fire-engine-red Nordic sweaters and oversized I SKI sunglasses - with no sense of irony? Relive those days - and other innocent ski e ...
Pacific Northwest Magazine: Videos On Review
Posted on Friday, March 17, 2006
"Complete Yoga & Pilates" www.topics-ent.com This four-disc set, sold only as a package, is produced by Fremont-based Maya Whole Health Studio. The taped workouts are done with a precise professionalism. What these videos do especiall ...
Pacific Northwest Magazine: Portraits - Otto Lang, Reached many a peak on skis
Posted on Sunday, December 18, 2005
Otto Lang left a voice mail seeking my help in finding actress Stefanie Powers. She was in Seattle to star in "The King and I," and had left word with him that his free tickets would be at the door. But he was fuzzy on the details and wonde ...
Wood River Journal: Catch skiing's early days on DVD
Posted on Wednesday, December 14, 2005
Before there was Warren Miller, there was another Sun Valley filmmaker named Otto Lang. And like Miller, Lang helped hook a nation on skiing, filming his first ski movie “Ski Flight” in 1936-the year Sun Valley opened. Now you can have that 20- ...
