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- Will kids catch on to the Vine video craze? (Mashable)
- Getting to the core of who is responsible for the Apple in-game purchasing problem (Forbes)
- On Justin Bieber’s new errant behavior and the concept of teen idols (The Irish Times)
- One Hollywood production company looks to ride the digital distribution wave (Los Angeles Time)
Toby’s Circus travels to new territories
NEWSAfter recent sales to Finland and Israel, stop-motion preschool series Toby’s Travelling Circus from Komixx Entertainment is headed to four more global broadcasters.
Alphanim rebrands, signs Noddy series
NEWSFrench production and distribution company Alphanim , which has been part of the Gaumont Group since 2007, is rebranding as Gaumont Animation and is marking the occasion by co-producing the new Noddy series with DreamWorks Classics and France Televisions.
Kidscreened
- Inside toy maker K’Nex’s return to the US (The Wall Street Journal)
- One writer experiments with the science behind the Skylanders toy-video game play model (Forbes)
- Navigating social networking demographics (eMarketer)
- Expect more Americans to follow nutrition critics on souring sugar’s reputation (Advertising Age)
Kidscreened
- Inside the depths of the Disney-Lucasfilm purchase (Bloomberg Businessweek)
- Error code: Why kids today are not as computer literate as you may think (Macleans)
- Will Rovio climb back to the top of the app store now that the original Angry Birds iOS versions are free with new levels? (Tech Crunch)
- Lionsgate turns to Instagram for new Hunger Games promotion (Mashable)
Kidscreened
- For the families that blog together… DC Comics introduces a new content hub for parents and kids (Wired)
- Inside the Smosh monetization model and how Alloy Digital’s web series are making millions (All Things D)
- Disney primes its characters for the social media world with new site Oh My Disney (Mashable)
- Walmart is thinking small, launching more stores that are below 60,000 square feet (The Wall Street Journal)
Kidscreened
- Sesame Workshop thanks its one billion YouTube viewers with, appropriately, a new YouTube video (YouTube)
- Why online streaming services are the new TV networks (The New York Times)
- How one 12-year-old’s home video managed to reach Hollywood status (Fast Company)
- Meanwhile, Hollywood films are suffering from a bad case of the winter blues (The Hollywood Reporter)
Sid the Science Kid stars in first movie
NEWSThe first feature-length movie based on the Sid the Science Kid series, aptly named Sid the Science Kid: The Movie, will make its broadcast debut on PBS Kids on March 25 followed by a DVD and iTunes release on April 2.
Kidscreened
- Facing a reality? Facebook thinks it is losing kids’ interest to more agile, trendy apps (Daily Mail)
- Target’s new Canadian stores launch with an old-fashioned toy strategy in tow (The Globe and Mail)
- On Disney’s remake of the most-watched film in history (New York Times)
- Add National Geographic to the long list of Angry Birds partners (The Montreal Gazette)
Kidscreened
- Business is booming –global revenue from app stores expects to reach US$25 billion this year (The Wall Street Journal)
- Why Hasbro’s multiplatform, multigenerational toy strategy is working (The New York Times)
- The ongoing legal battle for Superman rights continues (The Hollywood Reporter)
- 10 youth innovators and their groundbreaking digital products (Mashable)
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