- In the birthplace of Angry Birds, report finds more than 90% of kids ages seven to 12 use mobile phones (eMarketer)
- Will Amazon put its stamp of approval on the under-$100 console game market? (Venture Beat)
- Disney’s Planes – which was originally destined to live exclusively in DVD land – could be the surprise of the year (Businessweek)
- After an identity crisis, Jell-O cautiously returns (Advertising Age)
- Cookie Monster practices self-control in his new Icona Pop parody ‘Me Want It, But Me Wait’ (YouTube)
- YouTube founders take on Vine and Instagram (The Guardian)
- How low can it go? Kindle Fire seems to be in limbo (All Things D)
- Is the controversy over playing with toy guns only rooted in the US? (The Atlantic)
- The Hunger Games has inspired many things – but a full-fledged summer camp? (Tampa Bay Times)
- Barbie gets into space exploration (PC Magazine)
- Targeted TV ads are clicking with viewers, often with 20% to 40% higher tune in rates (Advertising Age)
- Twinkies return, but this time they’re for men (Ad Week)
- Apple finds trouble in courting first-time smartphone buyers (All Things D)
- Bad for Star Wars business? Toys with lasers ruled unsafe for kids (The Huffington Post)
- In her latest venture, Kim Kardashian eyes the children’s clothing space (Belfast Telepraph)
- Man of Steel takes Warner earnings up and away (The Wall Street Journal)
- Improved ratings at Nick and digital distribution deals help drive Viacom’s profits up (The New York Times)
- How Jeff Bezos is selling the future (Fast Company)
- The Lone Ranger and its foes: Can critics be blamed for a film’s flop? (Variety)
- With a meagre 18,000 units sold, Lego games can’t help Nintendo’s struggling Wii U (Forbes)
- Study says traditional outdoor summer play is falling to the wayside as kids get overbooked up with activities (The Telegraph)
- Is 3D scanning about to hit home computers? (TechCrunch)
- A new app is expected to make strides for children with autism (CBS News)
- Hollywood finds new inspiration in the gaming world (Time)
- Digital efforts do well by Simon & Schuster, which saw its second quarter earnings jump (Publishers Weekly)
- The Croods helps boost DreamWorks Animation’s second-quarter revenue (The Hollywood Reporter)
- Middle ground: Playstation Mobile wants to convert mid-core gamers (All Things D)
- Paramount Animation is steering in a Transformers-esque direction with Monster Trucks (Deadline)
- A deeper look into Intel’s lab and how it’s planning on changing TV viewing as we know it (The Wall Street Journal)
- Weinstein and Disney bury the hatchet for Artemis Fowl adaptation (The New York Times)
- The US$8 billion greeting card industry is about to get a little more augmented (Mashable)
- Why Amazon wants more viewer feedback on show concepts before pilots are even created (All Things D)
- Legally blind? More than 40% of kids on social networks are pretending to be older than 18 (Marketing Magazine)
- Canada’s Mega Brands has big eyes in a shrinking toy market (The Globe and Mail)
- A new role for Amazon (The New York Times)
- How Disney Research is using air to bridge the gap between physical and digital play experience (Wired)
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