- YouTube slashes funding to 60% of its original channels (Adage)
- Toys ‘R’ Us and Target follow Walmart’s lead by opening earlier for Black Friday (Chicago Sun-Times)
- Should live tweeting be protected like TV and radio rights? (Mashable)
- How Nintendo could learn a thing or two about reinvention from the WWE and Disney (Venture Beat)
- How Twilight proved fangirls could carry a franchise (The Wrap)
- The voice of Elmo takes leave of absence amid controversy (The Hollywood Reporter)
- New survey reveals big online surveys often overlook kids’ web activity (The Huffington Post)
- Behind-the-scenes insights on the making of Angry Birds Star Wars (Venture Beat)
- Walmart aims to boost holiday sales by moving Black Friday earlier than ever (Reuters)
- Why Disney could experience pipeline pressures if Lucasfilm is treated like Pixar (Variety)
- How WayForward Technologies developed the unique world of Adventure Time for console gaming (Wired)
- Booming tablet market increases trade-in activity (Network World)
- DC expands its e-comic distribution to the Kindle, Nook and iBookstore (CNET)
- Warner Bros. Superman feature Man of Steel to get 3D treatment (The Hollywood Reporter)
- Are mobile players becoming more like hardcore gamers? (Venture Beat)
- Some Disney Star Wars auditions to make die-hard Lucas fans cringe (Mashable)
- New study finds Netflix topped Amazon, Hulu, and Time Warner in September primetime web viewing (Bloomberg)
- Internet-connected TVs to reach 596 million worldwide by 2017: report (The Hollywood Reporter)
- Now that the House of Mouse has Lucasfilm, could Hasbro be next? (MSN)
- What an artist does with unwanted, discarded toys, call it art or call it creepy (Mirror)
- Instagram becomes more web-friendly with new user profiles (CNET)
- Apple sells 3 million iPads over the weekend, but is losing its share of the tablet market (The Wall Street Journal)
- Watch out, Angry Birds pre-paid Visa cards are coming (Bloomberg)
- How Canadian-made Kytephone app is making Android devices child-friendly (CTV News)
- How the fierce and furry Million Muppet March went down in D.C. in support of public broadcasting (The Washington Post)
- Wreck-It Ralph demolishes weekend box office earning highest debut for Disney Animation (Variety)
- Why releasing VOD sales figures will be key for indie film exposure (Los Angeles Times)
- Are tween girls finally getting the content they deserve? (Huffington Post)
- BBC Worldwide Channels pulls the plug on its CBeebies channel in India (The Hollywood Reporter)
- How Amazon’s search engine optimization is hurting independent online retailers (Mashable)
- New survey finds 57% of US parents support no unhealthy food ads on TV to children under 8 (Los Angeles Times)
- Meanwhile, a real-life Disney Haunted Mansion goes on the block (CNN)
- New toy and online game teaches kids to bake bread, when does the app come out? (Springwise)
- How Rovio continues to take the toy market by storm (Toy Directory)
- Study finds tablets are used more for entertainment purposes than smartphones (Tech Crunch)
- Turns out classic Star Wars and Disney characters aren’t that different after all (The Hollywood Reporter)
- Could new Star Wars mobile and social games improve the fortunes of Disney Interactive? (Tech Crunch)
- Former Disney chairman Rich Ross heads to Shine America (Realscreen)
- Elmo offers a reassuring voice for those still effected by Hurricane Sandy (Huffington Post)
- In the spirit of Halloween, here’s a list of creepy tales sure to spook the little ones (Wired)
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