• VIDEO – Influencers, how trends & creativity become contagious (Vimeo)
• Happily ever after? Disney to stop making movies based on fairytales (L.A. Times)
• Why Beyblades’ spin on cross-marketing is working (Ad Age)
• The Kardashians keep up with teen girl spending with new prepaid debit ‘Kard’ (Slate)
• Cartoon Network cancels its first hour-long live-action series, Unnatural History (Deadline)
• Kids, parents going loco for Lalaloopsy dolls (New York Post)
• A toned-down Hulk gets rebooted for TV series (Techland)
• Microsoft’s Kinect hits the one-million mark after 10 days on the market (L.A. Times)
• Warner Bros. investigates today’s online leak of the new Harry Potter film (The Hollywood Reporter)
• New report finds retailers are racing onto Facebook (MediaPost)
• Disney releases soft fourth-quarter results early (The New York Times)
• U.S. researchers call on government to ban toxic toys and other harmful kids products (CBC)
• How new theatrical toon franchises take on the sequel, spinoff (Variety)
• A look at libraries reinventing themselves to keep up with the digital age (L.A. Times)