- Making magic out of mayhem – how the Winnie the Pooh movie songwriters found their inspiration (The Huffington Post)
- An increasingly competitive tablet market leads Blackberry maker RIM to cut 2,000 jobs (The Toronto Star)
- Will DreamWorks lose its ‘mojo’ by teaming with Netflix? One analyst believes so (The Hollywood Reporter)
- Mattel co-founder and Barbie creator Elliot Handler dies (The New York Times)
- TV watchdog groups criticize the FCC for poorly policing kids’ exposure to commercial programming (Politico)
- Aardman’s animation makes waves at this year’s Comic-Con (Guardian UK)
- Why Angry Birds merchandise is poised to be the hottest back-to-school trend (CNN)
- Rethinking department stores in the era of Walmart, Target and new technologies (Knowledge@Wharton)
- How Microsoft’s gesture-powered Kinect is changing the face of robotics (Wired)
- Bye-bye, Borders. The second-largest US bookstore prepares to close its doors (The Wall Street Journal)
- Macy’s goes big for back-to-school (Retailing Today)
- Stores better hold tight, though, because it looks like back-to-school shoppers aren’t in any rush to spend their cash (The Wall Street Journal)
- Are overly safe playgrounds actually hurting kids emotionally? (The New York Times)
- China’s online population continues to soar thanks to mobile devices (Washington Post)
- 14-year-old viral “sensation” Rebecca Black is back (The Hollywood Reporter)
- Pop rocker and designer Gwen Stefani launches Harajuku Mini for Target (MSNBC)
- In the words of a Hillary Duff song, Justin Bieber is “So Yesterday.” Ad Age tracks what’s trending and trailing in pop culture (Ad Age)
- How this year’s bumper crop of toy-themed blockbusters is impacting the toy industry (Toy News Online)
- It ain’t easy being popular – the growing pains of Moshi Monsters (Guardian)
- Warner Bros. has some tricks up its sleeve for stretching the Harry Potter brand beyond ‘the end’ (The Wall Street Journal)
- A real food fight – How marketers are targeting food ads to kids amid government regulation changes (Advertising Age)
- Sanrio, owner of the Hello Kitty brand, is ready to dish out millions as it searches for a new character to buy (Bloomberg Businessweek)
- Move over, Dark Knight. Early reports indicate Harry Potter film on-track to beat opening weekend record (MTV)
- It keep growing and growing…online video streaming in the US mounts with 6.2 billion viewing sessions per month (TechCrunch)
- Frozen yogurt chains eye the collectible toys market and are willing to take the heat for it (MediaPost)
- Why boys are top of mind for kids TV programmers this summer (The Wall Street Journal)
- As the Harry Pottery film series takes a bow, its producer zeroes in on his next fantastical book adaptation (The Hollywood Reporter)
- Netflix arrives on the Nintendo 3DS handheld (CNET)
- Retailer Target gets first dibs on Google’s new eReader (Star Tribune)
- Social online games become a private family affair with new kid-friendly site (SpringWise)
- Speaking of social gaming, Electronic Arts buys PopCap in what could potentially be its biggest deal to date (Los Angeles Times)
- Is the US retail market ripe for foreign chains? (The Sydney Morning Herald)
- Splurge purchases (think US$5 toys) dwindle at many dollar stores (The Wall Street Journal)
- A new era in kids’ eBooks? Former Pixar designer combines text with film-like graphics (Fast Company)
- 3D TV-maker blames Hollywood for poor sales (Wired)
- Does this screen make me look fat? Study finds kids don’t care if watching TV can lead to weight gain (The Globe and Mail)
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