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Joan Grasso joins eOne Family as VP, licensing North America
PEOPLE MOVES
Entertainment One Family has named Joan Grasso as VP of licensing for North America and will head up the August US merchandising launch of hit preschool IP Peppa Pig.

5 days ago Jeremy Dickson
Webkinz heads to Facebook
INTERACTIVE
Webkinz, the virtual world by Toronto-based creator Ganz where children can adopt pets, play games, create rooms, earn points and chat with other members, is now available on Facebook as a new family-friendly, free-to-play social game entitled Webkinz Friends.

6 days ago Jeremy Dickson
Strong growth for kids apparel/accessories
CONSUMER PRODUCTS / RETAIL
While video game software, hardware, and consumer electronics ranked high as category products requested by kids, apparel/accessories experienced the most growth in the first quarter of 2012, according to The NPD Group’s Kids Industry Data Service report.

6 days ago Jeremy Dickson
BBC 1, BBC 2 to drop kids programming
BROADCASTING / INTERACTIVE / TV
As part of the BBC’s digital switchover strategy and plan to cut 20% of its costs by 2017, the pubcaster’s BBC 1 and BBC2 channels will drop their children’s programming blocks. All kids content will migrate to digital channels CBBC and CBeebies.

7 days ago Jeremy Dickson
Canada 1. United States 0.
Planet Preschool
Today I’m on board Porter Airlines flight #136 from New York to Toronto. My plane has only a few dozen seats and the smiling guy who greeted me at the door is the same smiling guy who just taught me how to use my seatbelt. There are no big jet engines on a Porter airplane, just two cute propellers that apparently spin fast enough to get me and my fellow travelers all the way to Toronto. So, in a nutshell, Little Airplane is flying on a little airplane.

8 days ago Josh Selig