- Paramount restructures licensing ops as studios face plummeting DVD revenues (The Wrap)
- Sony stops footing the bill for 3D glasses. Will theatre chains stop showing 3D films? (L.A. Times)
- Attention all show creators – does this tortured writing process sound familiar? (Wired)
- One M.D. assesses the causes of the ADHD epidemic in US kids, sugar, processed foods, additives, TV, video games, Internet and cell phones DON’t make the list (Huffington Post)
- It’s here. The new Amazon Fire goes to the mat with the iPad (Wired)
- Why babies are the next great American consumers (AdWeek)
- When it comes to Halloween, the US retail market isn’t nearly as scary as we all thought (Advertising Age)
- A bankrupt Borders dishes over its IP to competitor Barnes & Noble (Businessweek)
- The RIM PlayBook takes a page from other underperforming tech devices, slashes prices significantly (Montreal Gazette)
- Have music video games left the living room? (Mashable)
- Hollywood turns to the public domain in search of its next big hit, cuts the royalty fat (New York Magazine)
- How studio pay TV deals are poised to change (Variety)
- DreamWorks chooses web streaming over Pay TV, signs pact with Netflix (The Hollywood Reporter)
- Zynga and its ‘Villes’ move into Google+ territory (All Things D)
- Inside the burgeoning business of advertiser-produced TV series (The Wall Street Journal)
- For what it’s worth: Kids are costing parents more than ever before (CNN)
- Print-on-Demand: A glimmer of hope for struggling bookstores? (The Wall Street Journal)
- Scary, age-inappropriate previews at kids movies don’t shake the US Motion Picture Association (Advertising Age)
- New study suggests that when it comes to learning, boys and girls grow better together (The Globe and Mail)
- Australian government paints a candid picture of ongoing cyber-bullying issues (Sydney Morning Herald)
- About a third of UK kids under the age of 10 have their own smartphones (BBC)
- Long overdue? Amazon Kindle eBooks now available at 11,000 US public libraries (The New York Times)
- Speaking of eBooks, Scholastic invests heavily in digital growth at the expense of other business areas (The Wall Street Journal)
- Get ready for more teenagers with superpowers… Sabrina the Teenage Witch is back (Los Angeles Times)
- 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)
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