• Nick revs up its slate, ratings (The New York Times)
• Study finds late-night media use can link to childhood depression (U.S. News and World Report)
• TV remotes may never make it into the hands of future generations (The New York Times)
• Looks like WalMart and Justin Bieber are going steady (Ad Age)
• Barnes & Noble targets kids for eBooks (The Wall Street Journal)
• How Zynga, the company behind Farmville, is building a media giant (Ad Age)
• Bieber Fever hits new heights with unisex fragrance line that has accessory twist (WWD)
• Kenneth Feld on running a circus and Disney on Ice (The New York Times)
• Phineas and Ferb vie for SpongeBob’s mantle on TV and at retail (FastCompany)
• Major US nets block program transmission on Google TV (Wall Street Journal)
• Q3 earnings snapshot for media & tech co’s including Apple and Netflix (paidContent.org)
• It Gets Better online campaign against bullying gets book deal (The New York Times)
• A look inside Giochi Preziosi, now the world’s fifth-largest toyco (The Wall Street Journal)
• Electronic Arts snaps up Angry Birds publisher for US$20 million (L.A. Times)
• James Cameron speaks of taking Avatar franchise to Star Wars heights (Techland)
• Fung bros. of Li & Fung buy stake in the house of Hello Kitty (BusinessWeek)
• Disney pays US$115 million advance to Paramount to gain distribution rights for Iron Man 3, The Avengers (Variety)
• Sales of preschool products and games give Hasbro a leg up on the trading floor (BusinessWeek)
• Disney Princess to take on American Girl in large-doll aisle (L.A. Business Journal)
• A tour inside the dichotomy of India’s new Kingdom of Dreams entertainment complex (NPR)
• Steve Jobs opens up about Apple and its competition (Mashable)
• 50 years’ worth of research shows kids of working moms turn out just fine (Time)
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