December 13, 2010

• Is a Nintendo Wii 2 in the cards? (Digital Spy)

• A whopping 25 billion tweets were sent this year – a look at what dominated the conversation (TechCrunch)

• Oceanhouse Media debuts Dr. Seuss apps for the Android (Mashable)

• Walmart attempts to take on the New York City market, again (The New York Times)

• Time Warner CEO says Netflix doesn’t scare him (The Hollywood Reporter)

December 10, 2010

• Why more consumers are turning to cash this holiday season (The New York Times)

• FCC plans to step in on fee disputes between broadcasters and Pay-TV operators (The Wall Street Journal)

• Jimi Hendrix’s experiences become basis for new kids book (BrandFreak)

• When it comes to viral videos, movie and video game trailers have the recipe for success (Ad Age)

December 9, 2010

• Content from ABC network, Disney Channel and ABC Family to be streamed on Netflix – a deal valued at up to US$200 million (L.A. Times)

• Smurfs game underscores the costly backlash of ‘in-app purchases’ (The Globe and Mail)

• If localized content is the next big thing, this community-centric video translation service may get us there faster (TechCrunch)

• Analyst says Mattel toys seeing shorter shelf life than Hasbro’s (Canadian Business)

December 8, 2010

• Charting through the ‘a screen is screen is a screen’ meme (The Huffington Post)

• Disney’s new reverse-aging tech, used for the first time in the upcoming Tron film, could open up new doors for older actors (Associated Press)

• Ubisoft to give an earful to any pirates who illegally download the new Michael Jackson DS game (UK Telegraph)

• New ‘pint-sized Entourage’ teen series hopes to fill the Hannah Montana void at Disney (Variety)

December 7, 2010

• New online literary platform hopes to capture the attention of teen readers and writers – and big-time publishers (The New York Times)

• One Wall Street analyst discusses the softness of the family-friendly DVD market (The Hollywood Reporter)

• Direct mail junk food promotions aimed at kids stir the pot in Australia (The Daily Telegraph)

• Luxury retailers cash in on China’s growing online population (The Wall Street Journal)

December 6, 2010

• Chorion shortlists three private equity firms to fund bid for HIT Entertainment (Market Watch)

• Why everyone is finally paying close attention to Netflix (The Wall Street Journal)

• How one woman created a kids business out of a cardboard box (The Sunday Business Post)

• With the branded virtual goods market soaring, here are six reasons why social games are the next ad frontier (Mashable)

• Disney celebrates 100-million Facebook fans milestone (BusinessWire)

• Avatar may help prove that Blu-ray is the new DVD (Variety)

December 3, 2010

• The never-ending lawsuit – Viacom set to appeal in YouTube case (The Wall Street Journal)

• An offer producers can’t refuse? Netflix dishes out up to US$100,000 per episode for new TV content (Mashable)

• Why change could be coming to US radio and TV licensing (The New York Times)

• Farmville creator Zynga sets its sights on the mobile gaming world (Techland)

• Will Disney’s ditching of the princess genre help break down gender roles in kids film? (MovieFone)

• Listen to the fans, say digital media experts (Playback Online)

December 2, 2010

• Google to offer ‘Personalized Channels’ in an effort to make video streaming a never-ending story (Wired)

• How trendy California retailer Kitson uses Sillybandz, among other things, to get kids and moms into stores (The Wall Street Journal)

• What tech companies are doing to keep their youngest users safe online (USA Today)

• Canada’s biggest bookstore moves into the toy market (The Toronto Star)

December 1, 2010

• A look inside new digital strategies within the comic book world (Wired)

• Bieber makes box office dent three months ahead of film premiere (The Hollywood Reporter)

• The publishing industry makes room for Google Editions, the search giant’s eBook marketplace set to open this month (The Wall Street Journal)

• Toys ‘R’ Us CEO thinks parents are going to be spending more this holiday season (CNBC)

November 30, 2010

• Mobile game revenue expected to reach US$11 billion by 2015 (CNET)

• While Microsoft’s Kinect and Sony’s Playstation 3 sales rise, Nintendo’s Wii gets the cold shoulder (L.A. Times)

• Why Tangled could go great lengths for Disney animation (The Hollywood Reporter)

• New private sale site Totsy puts an eco-friendly twist on discount toy shopping (TechCrunch)

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