- Business is booming –global revenue from app stores expects to reach US$25 billion this year (The Wall Street Journal)
- Why Hasbro’s multiplatform, multigenerational toy strategy is working (The New York Times)
- The ongoing legal battle for Superman rights continues (The Hollywood Reporter)
- 10 youth innovators and their groundbreaking digital products (Mashable)
- A victim of gun violence who is also a children’s video game developer delves into the controversy behind her craft (Slate)
- Apple’s reinvention of post-secondary education is well underway with iTunes U hitting one billion downloads (All Things D)
- And the Bratz-Mattel legal saga continues…(Wall Street Journal)
- MTV sets the pace for a new era of brand engagement on photo-sharing app Instagram (eMarketer)
- MIT moves beyond 3D printing – literally -with 4D printing, which incorporates time and movement as the fourth dimension (PSFK)
- The numbers are in: Barnes & Noble’s Nook eBook business is far from a saving grace (The Wall Street Journal)
- Buzz Lightyear helps Disney head further into mobile (Mashable)
- How Mattel’s Hot Wheels is advancing retail via Twitter-enhanced vending machines (Adweek)
- The world’s biggest techies – Zuckerberg and Gates, to name a few – make plea for more computer programming education (Business Insider)
- With Oscar-winning Paperman, Disney invents a brand-new animation style (Fast Company)
- Nearly 60% of Americans believe video games contribute to violent behavior in teens (CNET)
- More TV choices for multi-ethnic consumers underscore a new demographic landscape (The New York Times)
- Apple offers to compensate US parents whose kids made in-app purchases without their permission (BBC)
- The future of original programming? Culling ‘big data’ produces a big hit for Netflix (New York Times)
- One Toy Fair vet’s take on the most original toys to emerge this year (Wired)
- For the first time in a decade, revenues are up for the global music industry (CTV News)
- Hunger Games star’s Oscar wins puts Lionsgate stock on a high (The Hollywood Reporter)
- Meanwhile, this year’s Academy Awards sets new precedent in collaboration between TV, streaming and on demand services (TechCrunch)
- Is Barnes & Noble rethinking its Nook tablet business? (Time)
- How a carefully curated toy selection is keeping one Canadian indie store chain very much in business (The Globe and Mail)
- The definition of TV viewing has new meaning for ratings company Nielsen (The Hollywood Reporter)
- Target’s new Canadian operations make big promises to compete with rival Walmart (Financial Post)
- Google’s new laptop comes with touch-screen features and a hefty price tag (The New York Times)
- Spending on Android and iOS mobile gaming now reportedly exceeding spending on handheld gaming devices (TechCrunch)
- BSkyB joins forces with Disney on new pay-TV movie channel, take that Netflix (Bloomberg)
- Gotham Group and Principal Entertainment form L.A.-based joint venture (Variety)
- It’s official, Sony reveals the amped-up PlayStation 4 with focus on social networking and mobility (Los Angeles Times)
- Nielsen plans measurement system to include broadband, XBox and iPads (The Hollywood Reporter)
- Sony expected to reveal faster, more online-savvy Playstation (USA Today)
- Sesame Street approaches the one billion mark in YouTube video views – the first for a US children’s media outlet (Associated Press)
- Getting our minds into the robot game (Guardian)
- There’s a new going rate for coming attractions at the movies (Los Angeles Times)
- Happy Days: Study finds positive, educational programming can reduce aggression in children (The New York Times)
- Startup ToyTalk wants kids to talk back to their mobile devices (All Things D)
- Mattel looks to India and Brazil for manufacturing local products (The Economic Times)
- Disneyland Hong Kong turns a profit for the first time in eight years (Chicago Sun-Times)
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