• Toys ‘R’ Us IPO imminent (Financial Times)
• ‘The Shat hits the fan’ during CBS’ family hour (Ad Age)
• FCC tightens grip on children’s TV commercial overages (Radio & Television Business Report)
• Euro Disney feels the economic downturn (Telegraph)
• A green light for Cartoon Network Green Lantern series (Cinema Blend)
• Michael Bay tapped to reboot Turtles’ big-screen presence (Deadline/Nikki Finke)
• ASDA acquires UK discount supermarket chain Netto for US$1.13 billion (Bloomberg)
• Another Hasbro movie in the works? (Empire)
• Toys ‘R’ Us hosts trade-in for unsafe kids’ goods (CBC)
• Yahoo, Facebook and eBay come to Google’s rescue (CNET)
&bull Canadian toy maker keeps tabs on Honk Kong’s factory floors (The Globe and Mail)
• Sesame Street ratings up 60% with new format (The Hollywood Reporter)
• At US$1-million a pop, is Disney spending too much on store makeovers? (BNet)
• Bieber still makes time for twitter and two million female followers (TechCrunch)
• World play: Time wasted on Google’s Pac-Man tribute totaled 4.8 million hours (CNET)
• SpongeBob could soak up serious cash in animation art auction (Auction Central News)
• Disney seals seven-figure deal for live-action Cinderella script (Deadline/Nikke Finke)
• Is Branson making a videogame comeback? (Venture Beat)
• Pakistan adds YouTube to social networking ban (The New York Times)
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