- H&M, the world’s second-largest fashion retailer, is feeling the rising cost of cotton (Reuters)
- Coca-Cola gets more serious about the Fanta ‘Less Serious’ global campaign (Advertising Age)
- New study tracks both the benefits and drawbacks of kids heading online (CNN)
- In an effort to attract younger, digital-savvy fans, Major League Baseball opens the season with a new social media strategy (Mashable)
- TV still trumps the internet when it comes to ad dollars (Advertising Age)
- Business moguls Mark Cuban and Kevin O’Leary invest in online toy rental service (TechCrunch)
- Parents find nursery rhymes outdated, but educators are singing another tune (Reuters)
- Kung Fu Panda scribes take on Candyland, Univeral’s upcoming film based on the Hasbro game (The Hollywood Reporter)
- Self-publishing wunderkind gets four-book deal for her YA fiction (The New York Times)
- New research on the viewing habits of India’s kids (MSN)
- New fight erupts over cable carriers broadcasting via iPads in the US (The Wall Street Journal)
- Too busy to read your Tweets? Don’t worry there’s a toy for that (CrunchGear)
- Hollywood tries to breathe life into an ailing home entertainment business (The Economist)
- Web television service Hulu, meanwhile, plots its global expansion (Bloomberg)
- Does the Nintendo 3DS stand a chance against Apple? Six ways it just might (CNET)
- IMAX goes big in China, promises to build 75 new screens in three years (The Hollywood Reporter)
- The crisis in Japan could have a long-term impact on the $873 billion global consumer electronics industry (Advertising Age)
- The story may be over for Google’s ambitious digital book library (The New York Times)
- Facebook is kicking off more than 20,000 underage users every day (Herald Sun)
- How the Beyblade brand is spinning success (The Wall Street Journal)
- Amazon officially launches Android app store, allows users to ‘test drive’ apps (TechCrunch)
- Of course, Amazon’s new e-retailer already has its foes (The Wall Street Journal)
- Steve Jobs’ reelection to the Disney board called into question (Los Angeles Times)
- Broadway shows taste the fruits of Spring Break (Variety)
- Hollywood can’t seem to outgrow Peter Pan (The Hollywood Reporter)
- How Disney has mastered the sponsorship model within its kids’ networks (MediaPost)
- For the first time in two decades, Pepsi is losing the cola wars. How marketing and management changes have led to watered-down results (Advertising Age)
- James Cameron to open up on 3D and transmedia – and their impact on the entertainment industry – at next month’s NAB show in Las Vegas (Variety)
- Disney suspends operations in Tokyo following Japan crisis (Los Angeles Times)
- Mattel’s Monster High werewolf doll coming under fire for ‘waxing and shaving’ (The Globe and Mail)
- When it comes to aged video game equipment, what’s old is new again (BBC)
- Rovio, the company behind mobile gaming phenomenon Angry Birds, plans its IPO (Mashable)
- A refreshing take – why studios are putting money back into original screenplays (The Hollywood Reporter)
- Justin Bieber holds the most-engaged Facebook page according to new startup FanGager, which is looking to change fandom as we know it (Mashable)
- Children’s Place taps former Gap designer in the hopes of strengthening merchandise and sales (The Wall Street Journal)
- Jim Henson Co. markets its tunes with the help of Spirit Music (Variety)
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