- How it takes a military effort at Toys ‘R’ Us to deliver its holiday product orders (The Wall Street Journal)
- The Avengers, The Hunger Games and Twilight were the top three best-selling DVD titles of 2012 (Nielsen)
- With e-commerce booming, here are five trends that are derailing traditional retail (Forbes)
- One Direction caps big 2012 with MTV’s Artist of the Year award (Examiner)
- Angry Birds takes two spots on the top 10 list of viral ad campaigns of 2012 (Adage)
- Sony reveals cloud-based Ultraviolet service has more than seven million registered accounts, up 50% since June (Home Media Magazine)
- How Zynga made friends with a small studio and its claymation project (Games Industry)
- Why community-driven ideas are sparking successful events for Club Penguin (Forbes)
- Rovio to release 3D Angry Birds movie in summer 2016 with Despicable Me‘s John Cohen set to produce (The Guardian)
- The Hunger Games beats The Avengers for most mentions on Facebook in 2012 (Entertainment Weekly)
- Strong sales of premium-priced film and TV gift collections are boosting the home entertainment business (The Hollywood Reporter)
- New Jersey girl’s campaign for a gender neutral Easy-Bake Oven gets her a meeting with Hasbro (The Washington Post)
- New report of 400 kids apps reveals only 20% provide appropriate disclosures to parents about data collection about children (Digital Book World)
- Meanwhile, here’s a new video that can help developers create kids apps that fall in line with FTC regulations (Adage)
- Mike the Knight is the top trending TV search this year on Google UK (The Guardian)
- Why the home entertainment industry can put its five-year sales decline to bed (The Wrap)
- Why TV innovation will again be a hot topic at next year’s CES (CNET)
- New report finds smart device shipments are on target to top 2.1 billion units in 2016 (Tech Crunch)
- How Disney gave Oswald the Lucky Rabbit a voice (Mashable)
- Check out this splashy visual history of Nintendo’s console innovation (Geek.com)
- Why the new Netflix/Disney deal could be a game changer (Los Angeles Times)
- Analytics firm reveals consumers spend 127 minutes per day in mobile apps, up 35% versus the same time a year ago (Tech Crunch)
- How technology has kept Thomas the Tank Engine relevant (The Sydney Morning Herald)
- Check out this innovative use of animation, multimedia and the Legend of Zelda (alistdaily)
- Improved 25% tax relief rate for UK games, TV and animation studios is one of the most generous in the world (Digital Spy)
- New study finds 80% of parents don’t want advertisers to collect and use information about a child’s online activities (Adweek)
- How Nickelodeon took a chance on the new Peter Rabbit reboot, focusing on warm and fuzzy over rabbit pie (The New York Times)
- Why Disney is concerned it might lose the right to distribute 3D films (The Hollywood Reporter)
- New survey finds US consumers plan to shell out 36% more on digital devices and gadgets than they did last holiday season (Media Post)
- Netflix claims the Sony PS3 has become the world’s most popular device for using the streaming service (alistdaily)
- Facebook announces over 350 of its apps see more than one million monthly active users each (Tech Crunch)
- Hey social media junkies, check out these 100 fascinating stats from 2012 (Huffington Post)
- Online sales topple US$20 billion mark in first month of holiday season (Retailing Today)
- How smartphones could be the next portable console systems with physical controls (Tech Crunch)
- Why Amazon should watch out for Walmart’s e-commerce evolution (Fast Company)
- Could a 3.5km tall LEGO tower actually be built? (BBC)
- How Rovio’s lo-tech but unique approach to its Angry Birds parks is keeping kids in the playground (Tech Crunch)
- New report finds consumers’ time spent with social media on mobile apps and the mobile web increased 63% in 2012 (Nielsen)
- Why Toys ‘R’ Us is reaching out to Facebook to help kids remember its jingle (Adweek)
- Atari’s Pong gets an iOS reboot in celebration of its 40th anniversary (PC World)
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