- Strong sales of Skylanders toys help Activision’s first quarter sales beat forecasts (Los Angeles Times)
- Facebook jumps into the app store market with its aptly named App Center (PCWorld)
- New poll reveals 75% of current gamers won’t be opening their wallets for the upcoming Nintendo WiiU console (VentureBeat)
- How consumer rights will be defined in an increasingly digital age (GamesIndustry)
- New data reveals the photo/video app category is the fastest growing from October 2011 to March 2012 (MediaPost)
- How Hasbro’s CEO shifts from toy executive to movie producer (Chicago Tribune)
- Could worst sales slump since 1999 bring potential takeover bids for Electronic Arts? (Gamasutra)
- The possibility of real-life Transformers walking the Earth is closer than we think (The Verge)
- Maurice Sendak, acclaimed children’s author of Where The Wild Things Are, dies at 83 (The Wall Street Journal)
- Angry Birds’ more than 200 licensees help bring in 30% of Rovio’s 2011 revenues (Games Industry)
- How Marvel’s The Avengers avoided the piracy threat last week (The Hollywood Reporter)
- Why running a major Hollywood movie studio today is a tough sell (Los Angeles Times)
- The Avengers assemble the masses with record-setting opening weekend (Los Angeles Times)
- YouTube channel funding makes “it impossible to pay average industry salaries” (The Wall Street Journal)
- The Hunger Games sets Chinese market in its crosshairs with June release (The Hollywood Reporter)
- How Disney’s new “touch recognition” technology could change how we interact with smartphones (Tech Crunch)
- Nickelodeon ratings woes overshadow Viacom’s latest profit reports (Reuters)
- New study reveals Americans spent 30% more time on consoles versus a year ago (MediaPost)
- Puss in Boots saves the day for DreamWorks Animation’s first quarter financial results (Bloomberg)
- Call it magic, but nearly US$5 million worth of Harry Potter e-books have sold on Pottermore in its first month (paidContent)
- Is the sun is setting on Nickelodeon’s programming staple, SpongeBob SquarePants? (The Wall Street Journal)
- How Machinima.com’s new content has secured a massive YouTube presence with a hard-to-please gaming demographic (The Wrap)
- Maintaining a content library is a tough business, just ask Netflix (Forbes)
- In physics terms, could the Hulk actually destroy a city? (Wired)
- The secret life of tweens online (The Wall Street Journal)
- Nintendo boldly steps into the digital arena, it’s about time (Wired)
- Angry Birds Space becomes the fastest growing mobile game ever released with 50 million downloads in 35 days (CNET)
- How video games, websites and podcasts are replacing novels, poetry and drama in children’s classrooms (The Sydney Morning Herald)
- The Hunger Games and Harry Potter dominate the 2012 MTV Movie Awards nominees (MTV)
- How Marvel is making good on its unique five-year promotion strategy around The Avengers (Forbes)
- Just how big is the market opportunity for educational games and toys for kids? (CNET)
- Taiwan’s Eva Air takes Hello Kitty obsession to a whole new level (The Globe and Mail)
- How Mr. Potato Head paved the way for future toy advertisers and brand promoters (BBC)
- Why Fox pulled the plug on Seth McFarlane’s TV remake of The Flintstones (The Hollywood Reporter)
- New US study finds internet-connected game consoles are the most popular method for streaming television (eMarketer)
- Will The Amazing Spider-Man reboot take responsibility of the franchise and deliver? (Vulture)
- New study reveals kidsnet ratings have been affected by Netflix (paidContent)
- Why 2012 could be a big year for stop-motion animated films (Los Angeles Times)
- Are hit mobile games the new pilots for launching original web series? (AdWeek)
- Will today’s tech savvy kids deem plush/iPhone smart toys cool or creepy? (Mashable)
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