- Activision Blizzard buys itself back from French media company for US$5.8 billion (The Guardian)
- In a face-off between next-generation consoles, which one comes out on top? (Forbes)
- From Kickstarter to the toy aisle (Entrepreneur)
- Willy Wonka would be proud: The largest toy factory in North America opens its doors to kids (Montreal Gazette)
- Another Royal couple, Kermit and Miss Piggy, congratulate Will and Kate (The Guardian)
- Animal Crossing 3DS game puts Nintendo back in the saddle on Wall Street (Mashable)
- Forget violent shows – turns out TV sets themselves are dangerous for kids, with TV-related injuries on the rise in the US (CBC)
- Taco Bell says goodbye to its children’s menu (NPR)
- Nintendo’s 3DS picks up pace amid a slowing video game industry (The Wall Street Journal)
- What we learned at Comic-Con (The Guardian)
- Netflix is the best performing US stock in S & P 2013 index (Bloomberg)
- Superman and Batman together on the big screen? Warner says yes, but will it be enough to properly tangle with Disney’s Avengers franchise? (Variety)
- Viacom slapped with US$300 million judgement in Rock Band case (Variety)
- Angry Birds Star Wars flying to consoles in October (The Next Web)
- Netflix makes Emmy history as this year’s nominations are revealed (Mashable)
- Meanwhile, it looks like Canadians are more prone to watching TV online (eMarketer)
- Will Hulu’s new US$750 million investment give it the push it needs to compete with Netflix? (Fast Company)
- Google heavyweights discuss the future in Idaho (New York Times)
- Canadian retail landscape forever changed? (Globe and Mail)
- Forget toy cars – Toyota designs a SpongeBob Highlander (MLive)
- With 2014’s Kidscreen Summit set to take place from February 9 -12, editor Lana Castleman recounts her finest Muppet memory (Youth Media Alliance)
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