• Sony Wonder going under (Reuters)
• Blue Peter, how could you? (The Guardian)
• Is there anything Wal-Mart can’t sell? Retailer gets clearance to offer banking, financial services (The Wall Street Journal)
• If you’re looking at entering the Indian market, here’s something to chew over (Businessweek)
• Mash-up of the day: Dylan meets Dr. Seuss (Dylan Hears a Who)
• More background on SouTube: Viacom’s suit against Google hinges on 1998 copyright act (The Wall Street Journal)
• Microsoft opens up Xbox Live to PC users (The New York Times)
• Lower US retail sales in February hinting at economic slowdown? (Businessweek)
• Consumer trend in the making: Crowd Clout (trendwatching.com)
• Retailer Dollar General being acquired for US$6.9 billion by private equity firm (Yahoo! Biz)
• Sears looks to nostalgia for future growth? (Chicago Tribune)
• Eisner unveils next web venture, Vuguru (paidcontent)
• Google aims to customize TV advertising to viewership (The Wall Street Journal)
• An inside look at High School Musical 2 (The New York Times)
• Hasbro meets with heat for Visa promo (Promo Magazine)
• Sony switching to cheaper chip to lower cost of PS3 (Marketwatch)
• DreamWorks making a Tin Tin movie (pr-inside)
• Google says media cos will see the light on YouTube (Bloomberg)
• 16 Springfields compete to host debut of The Simpsons Movie (Yahoo!News)
• Movie studio revs to rise with simultaneous theatrical/DVD release? (paidcontent)
• US wireless players line up to make mobile TV happen, whether consumers bite or not is another matter entirely (Businessweek)
• Talk about Pokemania: Check out one fan’s auto-centric obsession
• Wired devotes entire issue to snack-sized digital entertainment (Wired)
• Wal-Mart gains major retail ground in Mexico (Wall Street Journal)
• BBC and IBM team up for kids content archive (Vunet)
• An interesting look at Disney’s resident animation whiz, John Lasseter (New York Times)
• FUNimation picks up five American Anime Awards (PR Newswire)
• Ad execs weigh in on challenges of making money via digital media (AdAge)
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