- King Features and new analytics service Mobilewalla launch Fastest Moving Apps of the Week column (PR Newswire)
- UK’s Merlin Entertainment sets sights on US theme park industry, opens new Legoland in Florida (New York Times)
- Rovio has Disney-sized ambitions, but no follow up to Angry Birds yet (CNN Money)
- The 10 coolest crafts at the New York Anime Festival – licensees take note (Geek Dad)
- Is the future dim for new digital movie platform UltraViolet if Disney and Apple refuse to participate? (The Hollywood Reporter)
- Zynga attempts to break its dependency on Facebook (The Wall Street Journal)
- A look inside Disney’s plans to reprint comic storyteller Carl Barks’ collection (Los Angeles Times)
- Food marketing guidelines may no longer apply to kids over 12, and other potential changes to the US federal proposal (The Washington Post)
- As Paramount Animation gets underway, what the road ahead holds for DreamWorks Animation (Variety)
- They’ve got mail – new startup Kiwi Crate delivers kids their own hands-on activity boxes every month (TechCrunch)
- For food marketers, making products healthier is no walk in the park (The Wall Street Journal)
- Walmart and Facebook team on a new localized app (Advertising Age)
- Disney keeps its eye on India, closes in on deal with online and mobile game publisher Indiagames (All Things Digital)
- Johnny Depp is set to star in and produce a live-action Dr. Seuss movie (The Hollywood Reporter)
- Word on the street: What young people say online impacts TV ratings (Mashable)
- Paramount skips the middleman (ahem, Netflix) and streams its content directly to consumers (Advertising Age)
- A look back at the life and legacy of Apple co-founder Steve Jobs… (The New York Times)
- …And how Apple will fare in a post-Jobs era (The Wall Street Journal)
- One children’s clothing store gets interactive with its customers (Business Insider)
- With an economic rebound becoming increasingly out of reach, US retailers adapt to an era of permanent frugality (The Wall Street Journal)
- From the ground up – Disney’s new original mobile game Swampy bumps Angry Birds off the top of Apple’s App Store (The Hollywood Reporter)
- Canadian government sparks new debate over cellphone usage, claims kids should not use the devices altogether (Vancouver Sun)
- How the Young Adult book market is growing up (Publishers Weekly)
- Are ad campaigns a thing of the past? (Advertising Age)
- More 3D video content is expected to hit the Nintendo 3DS following a content deal with DreamWorks (CNET)
- If the rumors are true, the iPhone 5 is about to make smartphones a whole lot smarter (Mashable)
- From Russia… how broadcasters are shaking up programming in an effort to lure young people back to the boob tube (The Hollywood Reporter)
- More people are using mobile devices to browse eCommerce sites – but they’re not always leaving as happy customers (Internet Retailing)
- How power is shifting back to content owners in an age of competing media devices and distribution models (Advertising Age)
- Meanwhile, Microsoft is busy beefing up its live streaming and VOD deals for its Xbox (Variety)
- Analyst claims iPhone sales could reach 107 million in 2012 (All Things D)
- How young is too young when it comes to kids hopping online? (Montreal Gazette)
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