September 24, 2010

• FCC measures if Skechers series treads on TV advertising guidelines (Wall Street Journal)

• Michelle Obama flips the switch on Nickelodeon channels for three hours this weekend to promote active play (Associated Press)

• Disney Parks get more social with new user-generated content campaign (Tnooz)

• Sara Lee takes healthy approach to kids food marketing (Broadcasting & Cable)

September 23, 2010

• A sign of the times – Chapter 11 confirmed for video rental giant Blockbuster (TechCrunch)

• Sesame Street picks preschoolers over pop sensation (The Hollywood Reporter)

• Three is the magic number for Warner Bros. (The Wall Street Journal)

September 22, 2010

• DC Entertainment relocates multi-media and digital content productions to California, leaves publishing division in New York (The Hollywood Reporter)

• Kid retailers among e-commerce and media companies capitalizing on Facebook ‘Like’ button feature (Financial Times)

• Netflix officially leaves US soil and makes its debut in Canada (TechCrunch)

• Are Dollar Stores the new model for consumer success? (New York Times)

September 21, 2010

• Disney explores doing things in reverse, with merchandise preceding entertainment in Japan (The New York Times)

• Hispanic-focused video games set new ground in the US market (Ad Age)

• Children’s websites install more tracking technologies than sites aimed at adults (The Wall Street Journal)

• Video – Harvard study explores the ethical sensibilities of digital youth (Mashable)

September 20, 2010

• A more demure Bratz line is back in US stores (L.A. Times)

• Disney Channel prez Carolina Lightcap talks about how she made it to the top (L.A. Times)

• Industry vets sound the call for gentler children’s TV programs (UK Gaurdian)

• Understanding the US Children’s Online Privacy Act – a.k.a. COPPA (The Wall Street Journal)

September 17, 2010

• Disney, Nielsen team up for real-time iPad app (The Hollywood Reporter)

• Google searches predict which toys are already looking hot for the holidays (CNN)

• Harry Potter producer pens own children’s book that may also turn into his next film project (Wall Street Journal)

• Why so many kids are eating up cooking shows (ParentDish)

September 16, 2010

• New Nicktoons series draws complaints from advocacy group (New York Times)

• Look out for more Burberry babies – designer kids retail is very much on the rise (Bloomberg)

• Is YouTube paving the way for Lucas Cruikshank to be the next Bieber? (LA Times)

• In some schools, lessons in multimedia are teaching kids to learn through play (New York Times)

September 15, 2010

• Disney Online cooks up new web-based series Muppets Kitchen (Mediaweek)

• President Barack Obama pays tribute to 13 inspirational Americans in his new children’s book (Yahoo! News)

• Despite financial woes, Euro Disney set to expand and create vacation village (Wall Street Journal)

• Stronger back-to-school sales don’t tell the whole story about recovering US consumption rates (CNBC)

September 14, 2010

• Professors take consumer literacy approach to combating childhood obesity (Amherst Bulletin)

• Walmart debuts its own dirt-cheap Family Mobile plan (Mashable)

• Can 3-D printers transform the consumer products market? (New York Times)

• In an effort to stay relevant and in business, Hollywood trade pub becomes glossy, large-format weekly (CBC)

September 13, 2010

• Retracing the rise and fall of Saturday morning children’s TV (BBC)

• Marvel gets more social in an effort to chases digital consumers (Venture Beat)

• UK toy business Wow Stuff takes on the US market, uses Spin Master as its role model (Telegraph UK)

• Is the gender gap all a myth? One psychologist says the male and female brains are not that different, after all (Guardian UK)

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