- Following the recent Habbo Hotel security scandal, Disney invests to protect its Club Penguin virtual world (The Guardian)
- Canadian content producers can breathe a little easier now that new copyright legislation is law (Playback)
- Optimus Prime, The Hobbit, and Joss Whedon are slotted for next week’s Comic-Con schedule…TV, comic and movie nerds can now officially salivate (The Wrap)
- Meanwhile, will the upcoming new and improved interactive Furby resonate with today’s kids? (The New York Times)
- The Amazing Spider-Man spins US$35 million on its opening day (The Wrap)
- Netflix video streaming service exceeds a record one billion hours of viewing in June (Los Angeles Times)
- New report finds the number of global digital households will reach 1.3 billion by 2017 (The Hollywood Reporter)
- Survey says UK families enjoy reading books at bedtime more than watching TV or playing gaming consoles (Digital Journal)
- New report finds mothers direct kids to commercial-free platforms including streaming video and VOD (Deadline)
- Will YouTube’s new Marketplace platform help create a better revenue stream for content creators? (AdAge)
- Disney’s stance on junk food for kids not quite as rigid for its theme parks as it is for TV (Bloomberg)
- New study finds only 15% of gamers pay to play online games (eMarketer)
- Why the rise of new internet video services could lead to a video regulation overhaul by US Congress (The Hill)
- New study finds half of iPad owners watch full-length TV episodes (MediaPost)
- How mergers and acquisitions with Pixar and Marvel have helped grow Disney’s stock (Forbes)
- Can a smartphone do what a pacifier does for crying kids? (ABC News)
- New survey reveals the average tablet user spent US$62 on games in 2011 (Los Angeles Times)
- Why the dystopian YA genre is expected to continue driving sales at children’s bookstores this summer (Publishers Weekly)
- Does the world need a movie based on the Trolls doll brand? Dreamworks thinks so (MSNBC)
- No sign of sales slowdown for Activision’s Skylanders toys (Videogamer)
- How YouTube channel Awesomeness TV is attracting a growing online tween audience (AdWeek)
- Why animation and super heroes are ruling the summer movie season so far (The Wrap)
- How Zynga plans to socially unite its players across platforms (The Guardian)
- Will new official Angry Birds products in China put an end to knockoffs? (The Wall Street Journal)
- Checking in on tech-obsessed tweens and how to market to them now (AdWeek)
- Epic fail? Marketers not too savvy when it comes to Twitter (Mashable)
- New study finds exercise video games aren’t effective when it comes to kids and weight loss (Digital Trends)
- Speaking of health, manufacturers are still promoting their least nutritious cereals to kids (Huffington Post)
- Why China does not like Barbie, Best Buy or DIY (Daily Finance)
- Reality programs showcase hard work and discipline for kids (Sydney Morning Herald)
- Japanese scientists find mathematical formula for predicting box office performance based on social networks (Hollywood Reporter)
- A visit to Lego HQ in Denmark and a look at the secret of its success (The Independent)
- Why kidsnets are adapting digitally to maintain the attention of today’s younger, more tech savvy multitaskers (Los Angeles Times)
- How focusing on loyalty and changing consumer demands have kept Mattel and Hasbro at the top (Yahoo)
- Nintendo says it won’t block used games on its Wii U unlike rumored restrictions from Sony and Microsoft (TG Daily)
- How opening facebook to kids would boost its mobile ad revenue (Sydney Morning Herald)
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