Kidscreen Staff
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- Fatal factory accidents lead Disney to pull production in countries like Bangladesh (CNN)
- A new online monitoring service hits the clouds: Skydog lets parents monitor kids’ connected devices through a customized wireless router (Mashable)
- Barnes & Noble makes room for 700,000+ Android apps on its Nook devices (Wired)
- How Paramount is making its Star Trek Into Darkness blockbuster more globally appealing (The New York Times)
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- Why we should care that kids are learning to tie their shoelaces later than ever before (The Telegraph)
- Improved ratings at Nickelodeon help Viacom exceed analysts’ ad sales expectations (Bloomberg)
- Zynga complications aside, Facebook is seeing its largest gaming revenues ever (All Things D)
- How small toy company littleBits is making big waves with young customers (Fast Company)
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- Is private social networking an oxymoron? Introducing family-friendly app Save the Mom (TechCrunch)
- UK retailer Boots removes foot from mouth following toy stereotyping controversy (The Guardian)
- Disney’s Cinderella hails from Downton Abbey (The Hollywood Reporter)
- With the future uncertain, Hulu’s paid subscription base doubles (The New York Times)
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- Nearly half of US shoppers believe retailers should better integrate their in-store, online and mobile shopping channels (MediaPost)
- And in a new approach to editorializing the retail experience, Target gets Wired magazine to endorse its products (AdWeek)
- Matilda rises to the top of this year’s Tony nominations (The Guardian)
- A startup culture emerges in Berlin (The New York Times)
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- The Skylanders effect? Activision CEO now among US top earners (Reuters)
- In a place where advertising loopholes abound, the Internet is still considered the Wild West when it comes to junk food advertising to kids (The Guardian)
- Does the PC belong in a culture that won’t sit still? (Time)
- The global appetite for Iron Man proves strong with a record-breaking opening weekend (Variety)
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- With more than US$1 billion in revenue so far this year, Netflix has enough street cred to predict the future of TV (VentureBeat)
- The US Federal Trade Commission responds to frequently asked questions surrounding the impending COPPA changes (MediaPost)
- Another soda company is whetting teens’ digital appetites through content marketing (The New York Times)
- The popularity of family location-tracking app Life360 shows the potential for family social networking outside of Facebook (TechCrunch)
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- Opening the floodgates, Amazon plans for a set-top TV box (Businessweek)
- Major retailers can play in the online video service space, too (SNL Kagan)
- What do tepid Wii U sales mean for Nintendo? (The Wall Street Journal)
- Mobile and tablets keep on dragging down desktop computer usage (eMarketer)
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- Coca-Cola officially freshens marketing campaign with teen-driven digital experiences (AdWeek)
- Lego builds its own school that will focus on inquiry-based learning (The Telegraph)
- The Aereo Web video service continues its TV-Land shakeup with Boston expansion (The Boston Globe)
- Disney goes back to the past with Mickey (Los Angeles Times)
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- Is Netflix ditching its deals with major networks? (Los Angeles Times)
- And continuing the clash of new versus old, YouTube sees victory in longtime suit with Viacom (Los Angeles Times)
- Older generations may be flocking to social networks, but kids still trump adults in number of online friends (TechCrunch)
- Computer addiction is real and it can affect the really young. Enter the digital detox. (The Telegraph)
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- Amazon Studios’ first six kids TV pilots are up and getting reviewed on US service Amazon Prime. Check out their progress… (Amazon.com)
- …And so far, Amazon’s original series are already the most-watched content on the video service (TechCrunch)
- Just as China opens up to Hollywood, consumer tastes seem to be turning to locally produced movies (New York Times)
- How do you measure the impact of Netflix’s original series House of Cards when its ratings remain a mystery? (All Things D)
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MIPCOM 2012 - Turner Animation president/COO Stuart Snyder