- Check out these wiz kid coders who are part of open source group CoderDojo (Forbes)
- Kids also get more savvy on cybersafety via a new FBI kids program (Huffington Post)
- Analyst says devices are trumping traditional toys (Daily Finance)
- Interactive book experiences for kids steal the spotlight at Frankfurt book fair (The New Yorker)
- How Video Games are changing the Disney experience (Wired)
- Amazon.com’s Quidsi expands kids content to draw in more shopping moms (Wall Street Journal)
- …meanwhile, brick and mortar retailers to go after Amazon’s marketshare this holiday season with huge price cuts (LA Times)
- Toys ‘R’ Us talks up technology toy trends for the holidays (Examiner.com)
- How Canadian animation prodcos are finding success internationally (The Globe and Mail)
- New research predicts troubling times for holiday toy sales (CNBC)
- Why the ascent of digital broadcasting in India will attract more kid viewers and advertisers (Business Today)
- Will DreamWorks’ Rise of the Guardians reach for Oscar glory? (The Hollywood Reporter)
- More ratings woes for Nickelodeon as controversy swirls around NickMom’s adult content (The Wall Street Journal)
- Watch out iTunes, Microsoft’s Xbox Music streaming service launches tomorrow (The Washington Post)
- Why devaluing UK children’s television would be a grave mistake (The Guardian)
- New study finds 40% of teens own iPhones, increasing from 17% in spring 2011 (develop)
- Visually based social media sites lead the way with the 12 to 17 crowd (MediaPost)
- The fourth time’s the charm? Stan Lee Media sues over Marvel characters – again (L.A. Times)
- Walmart outlines new sales strategy (Wall Street Journal)
- Attention funding seekers: Kickstarter.com sets UK launch date (Realscreen)
- Peanuts headed to the big screen with Fox (L.A. Times)
- Nickelodeon content joins Hulu lineup (MediaPost)
- Facebook starts testing “want” button with retail partners, hints at entering e-commerce (Chicago Tribune)
- Forget straightforward sparkling vampires and hungry dystopias, Mashups are the new trend in Young Adult fiction (Publishers Weekly)
- Hip-hop mogul Russell Simmons says Hollywood is lost when it comes to online integration (The Wrap)
- Is this Finnish game developer the next Rovio? (New York Times)
- Google Play to start selling content via Google TV (MediaPost)
- Why free-to-play is the next best business model for mobile games and apps (Forbes)
- YouTube sets up international channel strategy amidst push to capture “TV dollars” (All Things D)
- Forging a new indie film distribution route via VOD (L.A. Times)
- Saving Big Bird and the real stakes for kidst TV (Huffington Post)
- A look inside DreamWorks Rise of the Guardians marketing plan (Wall Street Journal)
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