- Has Disney Junior dethroned Dora? Ratings show Nick Jr. down by as much as 50%. (The New York Times)
- Facebook faces mobile messaging apps that are holding kids’ attention spans (Reuters)
- The complicated relationship between children’s research and the way it’s portrayed in the media (The Huffington Post)
- In honor of World Autism Awareness Day, a roundup of the most effective resources for Autistic children (Mashable)
- Why is Disney releasing a separate Iron Man 3 version in China?
- Activision ushers in a new age of ‘photorealistic’ characters (Mashable)
- A whopping 97% of kids meals at US restaurant chains are not meeting nutritional guidelines (Advertising Age)
- Meanwhile, one CBeebies show makes a conscious effort to change its character’s eating habits (Deadline)
- A look this week’s top-ranking YouTube channels (Advertising Age)
- Looks like Google is thinking homegrown when it comes to manufacturing its Glasses gadget, a first for the company (Mashable)
- Coming soon: New teen-oriented TV channel is looking to ignite social change (Variety)
- Fisher-Price looks back in order to give its Little People new life (The Wall Street Journal)
- Does TV breed bullies? Kids who watch three or more hours of TV per day at age five may develop some conduct issues (The Atlantic)
- Having already claimed the US market, Amazon.com is now the largest online retailer in Europe (Internet Retailer)
- Hardly apathetic about apps – studies show teen girls most likely to access the Web via their phones (eMarketer)
- Disney and News Corp reportedly go shopping for Hulu buyers (Chicago Tribune)
- Don’t fret the uninterested, tired tyke. Why boredom breeds creativity for kids (BBC)
- Why it’s ‘really, really, really hard’ yet totally feasible for developers to make a living from kids’ apps (The Guardian)
- Digital and physical book sales led to a record year for Random House (Publishers Weekly)
- Where have all the console game developers gone? (Bloomberg)
- The world‘s largest supplier of clothes and toys to retailers, Li & Fung, sees first profit drop in four years (Bloomberg)
- What impact is digital technology having on young kids’ development? (The Atlantic)
- McDonald’s puts more meat into its millennial marketing plan (Advertising Age)
- Apple, Samsung and the retail wars (Forbes)
- Hallmark joins race for more family-friendly original programming (The New York Times)
- Leader of the free world – thanks to mobile devices, 110 million people are playing more free-to-play games than they were last year (All Things D)
- Could children’s book clubs be the next best thing? (San Francisco Chronicle)
- New study confirms preschoolers know a lot more about sharing and fairness than you may think (The Boston Globe)
- A fifth of teens are watching TV shows on their tablets – a jump from just 2% last year (All Things D)
- And it’s likely these youngsters live in the more than five million US homes that have ‘zero TV,’ according to Nielsen research (Forbes)
- The workings of a successful social media program (Businessweek)
- Trade association says UK gaming industry seeing new level of small growth (Joystiq)
- In Canada, Target misses the mark in terms of meeting inventory demand (The Globe and Mail)
- A look at the bestselling children’s books of last year and why Hunger Games was top of the food chain (Publishers Weekly)
- How the Microsoft Kinect is swiftly moving beyond gaming into other industries (The Wall Street Journal)
- No IPO in immediate sight for MGM (Variety)
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