- A UK take on recent prodco turmoil in the territory (The Guardian)
- Disney goes big to re-vamp its theme parks, signs deal to make Avatar-based attractions (Variety)
- Look out, Android. Windows Phone 7 could open the door for some serious competition (CNET)
- Social networks like Facebook crack down on alcohol companies advertising to minors (The Wall Street Journal)
- Netflix rebrands DVD business to Qwikster, apologizes to consumers (Wired)
- Fairytales and nursery rhymes get a digital re-boot courtesy of new startup Mindshapes (Guardian)
- A 17-year-old Lion King rules the box office (The Wall Street Journal)
- From the rumor mill: iPad 3 is scheduled to make its debut in 2012 (Mashable)
- Get ready for more exclusive and store-branded goods from Toys ‘R’ Us this holiday season (CNBC)
- Sign of the times – smartphones and tablets dominate this week’s Tokyo Game Show (Wired)
- DreamWorks is the latest Hollywood studio to take a crack at the Chinese film market (The Wall Street Journal)
- Are home-schooled kids smarter than their public-school peers? One small study says yes (Time)
- What’s driving retail sales right now? Target’s collaboration with fashion label Missoni leads to unprecedented demand, website crash (The New York Times)
- Meanwhile, things worsen for Best Buy (The Wall Street Journal)
- European countries aren’t doing enough to protect kids online, claims new study (PC World)
- How technology is changing the way we visit museums (Mashable)
- Fighting a flop: Nintendo is once again trying to boost sales of its seven-month-old 3DS console (Financial Times)
- How Toys ‘R’ Us continues to outpace its competitors (Star Tribune)
- Perhaps the closest we’ll get to a time machine… Facebook majorly dominates US time spent online (Telegraph)
- How today’s young ‘screen generation’ is spending its cash (Herald Sun)
- Researchers accuse SpongeBob of soaking up preschoolers’ attention spans (MSNBC)
- How Zynga has mastered the art of turning virtual goods into real profits (The Wall Street Journal)
- Why eBook prices are still pretty high… (The Wall Street Journal)
- …Amazon, meanwhile, may be looking to change that with a new eBook subscription service (Techland)
- Hollywood heavy hitters are finding new and unique ways to make and distribute entertainment (The Wall Street Journal)
- Why the Hispanic advertising industry is very much alive and well (Advertising Age)
- No kids allowed: Parents aim to cut back-to-school costs by shopping on their own (Washington Post)
- Study finds math is harder for kids to learn than reading (National Post)
- Chorion enters administration, to be sold in chunks (Guardian)
- One serious data plan: How Walmart intends to leverage its social e-commerce agenda through @WalmartLabs (Fast Company)
- Apple aims to conquer Chinese market with first Hong Kong store (Bloomberg)
- Also in China, the country’s one-child policy is showing its effects on the manufacturing industry (Businessweek)
- BBC’s Dinosaurs walk again with the help of James Cameron’s 3D technology (The Hollywood Reporter)
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