News-O-Matic content strengthens Cricket Media’s licensing library with age-appropriate nonfiction that connects reading, current events, and classroom-ready learning
May 20, 2026 — Cricket Media, a leading kids and family media company, today announced that content from News-O-Matic, the award-winning daily news platform for kids, is now available for licensing through the Cricket Media content library.
This addition significantly enhances Cricket Media’s offering to education publishers, edtech platforms, and AI-driven learning solutions by incorporating timely, age-appropriate nonfiction content designed specifically for young learners. The integration strengthens Cricket’s content licensing library with more current topics that support literacy development, critical thinking and real-world understanding.
News-O-Matic delivers safe, original news articles and content designed for students across multiple reading levels to promote a love of nonfiction, information literacy skills, and global awareness. By integrating this content into its licensing ecosystem, Cricket Media enables partners to access a broader and more relevant mix of high-quality, age-appropriate materials across subjects, formats, and age ranges.
“What we’re seeing across the market is a growing demand for trusted content that feels relevant to how kids experience the world today,” said Eric Berger, CEO at Cricket Media. “Adding News-O-Matic to our licensing library gives partners access to more current nonfiction content that can support everything from curriculum development to AI-powered learning applications.”
“News-O-Matic was created to help children understand the world around them through age-appropriate, engaging journalism,” said Marcus Magdelenat, CEO at News-O-Matic. “We’re excited to work with Cricket Media to make our content available to more partners who want to bring timely, age-appropriate nonfiction to young readers.”
Partners can use the expanded library to:
- Integrate real-world topics into curriculum and assessments
- Support reading comprehension and nonfiction literacy development
- Enhance AI models with safe, structured, age-appropriate content
- Personalize learning experiences across age ranges and reading levels
The combined library now offers an expanded mix of fiction and nonfiction text and video content spanning early childhood through middle school, optimized for digital distribution, curriculum and assessment development, personalization, and emerging AI use cases.
Content is available immediately for licensing across educational, publishing, and technology platforms.
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About Cricket Media
Cricket Media, now home of the award-winning streaming platform Sensical, is a kids’ and family media company built for the digital era. The company combines 50+ years of trusted storytelling and literacy expertise with modern distribution, AI-driven curation, and brand-safe ad tech to inspire curiosity, creativity, and critical thinking in every child. Grounded in the science of child development and designed for all ages, Cricket Media delivers video, print, audio, and interactive formats across multiple business models. This integrated approach allows Cricket to delight kids and empower parents, educators, and brands while scaling impact and growth worldwide.
At the heart of Cricket is one of the world’s most trusted and expanding IP libraries, fueling three scalable businesses. Advertising is driven by a proprietary AI and metadata platform that delivers precise contextual content matching and powers a multi-platform ad network across CTV, FAST, and YouTube, giving brands safe, high-performing reach. Sensical, the free, topic-based, creator-driven streaming service anchors this network across CTV, mobile and FAST, all curated without algorithms to spark curiosity. Subscriptions connect directly with families through a portfolio of beloved magazines from Babybug and Ladybug to Spider and Cricket, as well as an ad-free Amazon video streaming channel offering curated topics for every age. Licensing extends Cricket’s stories and characters to leading educational publishers and media partners worldwide, bringing Cricket IP into classrooms, books, games, and more.
For more information about Cricket Media, please visit https://cricketmedia.com/
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About News-O-Matic
News-O-Matic is an award-winning educational platform for children designed to help young readers understand current news and world events in an appropriate age way. Its team shares the goal of informing children about their world while inspiring them to develop the regular routine of daily reading. News-O-Matic supports literacy, critical thinking, and global awareness through engaging nonfiction content created specifically for kids.
For more information about News-o-Matic, please visit https://www.newsomatic.org/
