- A new chapter in publishing? McDonald’s gets ready to distribute 20 million books next month (Advertising Age)
- The House wins: Walt Disney deemed the most-loved company in the world (Ad Week)
- Why is there still such a large price gap between Canadian and US goods? (The Globe and Mail)
- Twitter more popular than Facebook amongst US Teens (Voice of America)
- While more than 90% of young people are considered digital natives in the developed world, those in developing countries show some striking differences (The New York Times)
- Socratic, an online open community for teachers to share educational video content, gets US$1.5 million backing (Venture Beat)
- Pixar closes its Vancouver office (The Globe and Mail)
- Hasbro goes back to the Elmo well this Christmas (The New York Times)
- Is web video consolidation the secret to success? Alloy and Break Media are up to the challenge with new venture Defy (All Things D)
- The Filip wearable watch for kids – and subtle tracking device for parents – brings AT&T on-board (PC Mag)
- A new direction for Archie Comics? (Montreal Gazette)
- Why the Twitter IPO won’t be like the Facebook fiasco (Yahoo! Finance)
- Could the US government shutdown negatively impact holiday retail sales? (Los Angeles Times)
- Looks like gender stereotypes are stronger than ever on Facebook (Time)
- Twitter opens books ahead of IPO (The New York Times)
- Getting investigative journalism across to kids? There’s now an app for that (All Things D)
- The competition heats up: Fremantle and Syco Entertainment launch global YouTube channels for TV formats The X Factor and Got Talent (The Hollywood Reporter)
- New study on toddler language acquisitions points to the inherent differences in native tongue (Time)
- A number of schools find Apple’s iOS7 below grade (All Things D)
- For major US broadcasters, the average TV viewer is getting older (MediaPost)
- After selling its US interests last month, British supermarket chain Tesco is putting its efforts – and US$550 million dollars – in China (The New York Times)
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and My Little Pony could be headed to the US Toy Hall of Fame (Huffington Post)
- In the app world, the shift to free is remarkable (TechCrunch)
- Are strategy board games from the ’80s experiencing a renaissance? (Wired)
- The high cost of high participation? New Grand Theft Auto online version could have bugs (BBC)
- With its ‘smaller’ regional stores across the UK, Amazon squarely faces off against high street chain stores (The Telegraph)
- American retail orders are as strong as ever, says the world’s largest supplier of clothes and toys Li & Fung (Bloomberg)
- Is the publishing world ready for the Netflix-like subscription model? Scribd thinks so (TechCrunch)
- Sony’s Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs 2 eats up the weekend box office (Variety)
- Mobile phone usage soars across the Asia-Pacific region (eMarketer)
- In the case of sewing, at least, Americans have lost touch with textile manufacturing jobs (The New York Times)
- Are the days of Music TV returning? (Advertising Age)
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