• Disney ordered to pay US$270 million in damages to Celador over TV licensing dispute (New York Times)
• An inside look at Hollywood studio accounting -US$1billion hit, remains US$167 million in the red (Deadline/Nikke Finke)
• Summer camp for media moguls (L.A. Times)
• Facebook, Twitter next entrants in the race for TV ad dollars (MediaPost)
• More on Apple’s TV plans (MediaPost)
• A closer look at Nickelodeon’s re-entry to the big-budget film market (New York Times)
• Inside the Twilight merch empire (Forbes)
• M. Night Shyamalan talks race, sequels in Last Airbender interview (Washington Post)
• iPhone app creator explains why he sold his company Tapulous to Disney (VentureBeat)
• Real NFL players lend voices to new Nickelodeon-NFL kids show (USA Today)
• Paramount becomes first to reach US$1 billion dollar mark in 2010 (Variety)
• McDonald’s drinks in beverage opportunities, competition (Ad Age)
• More rumors surface surrounding Google’s answer to Facebook, Google Me (Venture Beat)
• Waging the battle between content and commerce in preschool television (Times Higher Education)
• Microsoft’s Kin already seeing major price cuts (Mashable)
• Australian study shows tween girls obsessed with beauty (Herald Sun)
• Despite Hasbro’s buyout decline, one trader says it’s still on (The Wall Street Journal)
• From trash to treasure: Restaurant chain Chipotle uses junk email to feed kids (Mashable)
• comScore says a record-breaking 14.6 billion videos were viewed in May on YouTube (TechCrunch)
• What a potential Hasbro buyout could mean for other toy companies (The Wall Street Journal)
• UK Budget scraps plans for gaming industry tax breaks (UK Guardian)
• TVO redesign reflects change in kids’ online content consumption (MediaCaster)
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