- 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)
- Getting 15 minutes of TV fame now easier through new app technology (Los Angeles Times)
- Activision ramps up its new mobile gaming division by growing Skylanders IP (Venture Beat)
- New report finds US consumer home entertainment spending continues to stabilize (Home Media Magazine)
- Are tablets spelling the end of e-readers? (Reuters)
- Watch out Amazon, Penguin and Random House are now the world’s biggest book publisher (The Guardian)
- Move over Instagram, Snapchat attracting the teen crowd (All Things D)
- Despite Zynga woes, gaming numbers are up on Facebook (alistdaily)
- Will GameStop’s new holiday popup stores for kids pay off? (ValueWalk)
- Amazon posts first loss in more than nine years (The Wall Street Journal)
- Why sitcoms aren’t adopting the parallel experience and other multiple screen insights (Media Post)
- Report finds children’s overall book sales climb 40.7% from January to June this year (Publishers Weekly)
- NY with a hint of day/night animation (Mashable)
- The ESRB extends its ratings to mobile and online games with new digital rating system (PC Mag)
- Feeling FTC pressure, McDonald’s changes how it markets to kids online (Adweek)
- Why Mattel’s House of Barbie failed to catch on in China (Forbes)
- Zynga reports better-than-expected Q3 results despite more layoffs (Los Angeles Times)
- Despite a poor third quarter performance, Netflix continues to focus on narrowcasting (The Wrap)
- Argos, one of the UK’s largest toy retailers, to close 75 outlets (BBC)
- Will the newly launched iPad mini bring big results for Apple? (The Guardian)
- Nickelodeon grows up with the release of its first PG-13 film Fun Size (The Hollywood Reporter)
- Disney struggles to find its digital footing – overhauls disney.com once more (NY Times)
- How US retail giant Target has maintained its cool factor for 50 years (Time)
- Why this week could determine the fate of the digital economy (VentureBeat)
- Amazon.com versus bricks-and-mortar in the toy retail biz (Toy Book)
- 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)
October 31, 2012
October 30, 2012
October 29, 2012
October 26, 2012
October 25, 2012
October 24, 2012
October 22, 2012
October 18, 2012
Newsletter
