July 29, 2010

• Disney acquisition of Playdom puts it in poll position in social gaming race (New York Times)

• A gray shade of Big Brother? Weighing in on family tracking apps (CNET)

• What Comic-Con really means for nerd culture (Techland)

• Sarah Palin bio – the children’s book that never was? (Slate)

July 28, 2010

• Toys ‘R’ Us seeking US$1.8 billion credit line in advance of IPO (Bloomberg)

• Can Bratz make a comeback? (The Wall Street Journal)

• Hasbro musters the NERF to enter the toy arms race (Bloomberg Businessweek)

• DreamWorks Animation revenues up, profit down after last Shrek outing (L.A. Times)

July 27, 2010

• Christmas in July promos gather more steam with US kids retailers (Washington Post)

• The Pope pens his first children’s book (UK Guardian)

• In Hollywood, everyone’s a digital revolutionary (New York Times)

• Study finds teens are losing sleep to late-night technology use (Chicago Tribune)

July 26, 2010

• On Tron sequel marketing- If this thing isn’t a hit, someone at Disney’s going to have a lot of explaining to do (New York Times)

• What David Kleeman has to say about kids, TV and digging beyond ‘research’ (Huffington Post)

• Farewell Frosted Flakes? If implemented, new ad rules will change the way junk food is marketed to kids (New York Times)

• With DVR penetration reaching 40%, could networks turn to advertising on their competitors’ air? (Ad Week)

July 23, 2010

• Rumors heighten about Disney’s acquisition of social gaming startup Playdom (TechCrunch)

• Taking a digital leap forward, India unveils a US $35 low-cost computer for students (CNN)

• Educational technology helps boost Scholastic revenue, more expansions in e-books underway (Bloomberg Businessweek)

• A closer look at the slow death of the CD (CNN)

July 22, 2010

• Facebook reaches 500 million users and new levels in social apps (Venture Beat)

• Major League Baseball teams with Michelle Obama in her Let’s Move campaign against childhood obesity (The New York Times)

• Pixar lends a felt hand to Disney’s upcoming Muppets movie (The Hollywood Reporter)

• A skeptic’s look at the ongoing junk food-cartoon character debate (The New York Times Blog)

July 21, 2010

• LAEDC predicts uptick in Hollywood TV/Film jobs next year (The Hollywood Reporter)

• Netflix takes its first trip outside the US (Mashable)

• How TV shows, and not films, have managed to break gender stereotypes (Ottawa Citizen)

• Why the best poems for kids aren’t necessarily the sweet ones (Slate)

July 20, 2010

• Taking a tip from Google – US nets starting to engage in contextual advertising driven by algorithms (Variety)

• Girl characters starting to get more TV time, not so in Hollywood (ABC News)

• Franchise-hopeful studios spare no marketing expense at Comic-Con (Variety)

• Tweeting from the womb? Kickbee activity monitor lets babies do just that (Inhabitots)

July 19, 2010

• Newspaper owner Richard Desmond leads US$150-million buyout for UK’s Five network (Telegraph)

• Can, and should, Dreamworks stay independent? (The New York Times)

• Target takes a piece of the denim diaper craze (Ad Age)

• A closer look at the best kid-friendly iPad apps (Tech Radar)

July 16, 2010

• Disney unveils plans for live-action Tinker Bell movie (Variety)

• UK toyco Martin Yaffe enters administration (Manchester Evening News)

• Weighing the pros and cons of kids online shopping (Bloomberg Businessweek)

• Justin Bieber breaks YouTube all-time record with 245,746,720 views (Mashable)

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