- Fatal factory accidents lead Disney to pull production in countries like Bangladesh (CNN)
- A new online monitoring service hits the clouds: Skydog lets parents monitor kids’ connected devices through a customized wireless router (Mashable)
- Barnes & Noble makes room for 700,000+ Android apps on its Nook devices (Wired)
- How Paramount is making its Star Trek Into Darkness blockbuster more globally appealing (The New York Times)
- Why we should care that kids are learning to tie their shoelaces later than ever before (The Telegraph)
- Improved ratings at Nickelodeon help Viacom exceed analysts’ ad sales expectations (Bloomberg)
- Zynga complications aside, Facebook is seeing its largest gaming revenues ever (All Things D)
- How small toy company littleBits is making big waves with young customers (Fast Company)
- Is private social networking an oxymoron? Introducing family-friendly app Save the Mom (TechCrunch)
- UK retailer Boots removes foot from mouth following toy stereotyping controversy (The Guardian)
- Disney’s Cinderella hails from Downton Abbey (The Hollywood Reporter)
- With the future uncertain, Hulu’s paid subscription base doubles (The New York Times)
- Nearly half of US shoppers believe retailers should better integrate their in-store, online and mobile shopping channels (MediaPost)
- And in a new approach to editorializing the retail experience, Target gets Wired magazine to endorse its products (AdWeek)
- Matilda rises to the top of this year’s Tony nominations (The Guardian)
- A startup culture emerges in Berlin (The New York Times)
- The Skylanders effect? Activision CEO now among US top earners (Reuters)
- In a place where advertising loopholes abound, the Internet is still considered the Wild West when it comes to junk food advertising to kids (The Guardian)
- Does the PC belong in a culture that won’t sit still? (Time)
- The global appetite for Iron Man proves strong with a record-breaking opening weekend (Variety)
- With more than US$1 billion in revenue so far this year, Netflix has enough street cred to predict the future of TV (VentureBeat)
- The US Federal Trade Commission responds to frequently asked questions surrounding the impending COPPA changes (MediaPost)
- Another soda company is whetting teens’ digital appetites through content marketing (The New York Times)
- The popularity of family location-tracking app Life360 shows the potential for family social networking outside of Facebook (TechCrunch)
- Coca-Cola officially freshens marketing campaign with teen-driven digital experiences (AdWeek)
- Lego builds its own school that will focus on inquiry-based learning (The Telegraph)
- The Aereo Web video service continues its TV-Land shakeup with Boston expansion (The Boston Globe)
- Disney goes back to the past with Mickey (Los Angeles Times)
- Is Netflix ditching its deals with major networks? (Los Angeles Times)
- And continuing the clash of new versus old, YouTube sees victory in longtime suit with Viacom (Los Angeles Times)
- Older generations may be flocking to social networks, but kids still trump adults in number of online friends (TechCrunch)
- Computer addiction is real and it can affect the really young. Enter the digital detox. (The Telegraph)
May 6, 2013
May 3, 2013
May 2, 2013
May 1, 2013
April 30, 2013
April 29, 2013
April 26, 2013
April 25, 2013
April 24, 2013
April 23, 2013
Newsletter
