• MGA sued by Aussie toyco Funtastic over Bratz shipments (HeraldSun)
• Product integration hits new heights on US primetime programming (The Hollywood Reporter)
• Disney pulls out all the stops for Tron‘s viral campaign (Comic Book Movie)
• UK-based kids retailer Mothercare bullish on out-of-country opportunities (Reuters)
• The iPad, ridiculous or revolutionary? (The New York Times)
• Hulu generates US$100 million in 2009, achieves profitability (paidcontent.org)
• Smartphones, handheld devices sparking a transformation in kids’ education (Fast Company)
• US consumer show signs of wanting to shop again (Financial Times)
• Vidgame maker Activision quietly restructures senior management ranks (L.A. Times)
• Stephenie Meyer to release Twilight spin-off novella (BBC)
• Walmart enters sustainable toy market (BusinessWeek)
• Tiny tyrannical leanings? Four- to seven-year-olds exert control over ‘personal domain’ (The Globe & Mail)
• The Sims creator Will Wright, Albie Hecht teaming up for DIY TV series (IGN)
• 3-D makes more money for DreamWork’s Dragon, doesn’t draw more people (L.A. Times)
• Schneider in the spotlight – profile on iCarly creator’s latest Nick project, Victorious (New York Times)
• Ex-Walmart executive to open new children’s retail concept (Chicago Entrepreneur)
• Australian Food and Grocery Council says junk-food-marketing reduction initiative a success (ABC News)
• MTV Networks building iPad co-viewing apps (AdAge)
• OMG, Team Jacob forever! Taylor Lautner’s werewolf a hit with voters at Nickelodeon Kids’ Choice Awards (Entertainment Weekly)
• Nintendo DS 3-D a stretch for kids…(Industry Gamer)
• …and how in the heck is it going to work, anyway? (Wired)
• 25% of UK eight to 12s on Facebook, MySpace or Bebo (The Guardian)
• Fiction hot, digital not at Bologna Children’s Bookfair this week (Publishers Weekly)
• Color us sparkled – Twilight graphic novel sets sales record (icv2)
• Mattel’s got a top-secret transmedia property in the works (New York Magazine)
• Spin Master’s play for the girls’ aisle (Fast Company)
• Money being left on the table? Web video watchers OK with more ads (MediaWeek)
• FTC to mull over new restrictions on collecting data from children online (MediaPost)
• 3-D movie boom leads to ticket price hikes at US theater chains (L.A. Times)
• Pow! Bam! Jack Kirby’s heirs take on Marvel, Disney over IP rights (New York Times)
• Lenders waive debt test on HIT Entertainment (Dow Jones via NASDAQ)
• Video gaming sends boys’ test scores sliding (BusinessWeek)
• Apple scrambles to secure content deals for iPad (The Wall Street Journal)
• Carl Icahn launches hostile takeover bid for Lionsgate (L.A. Times)
• A guide to Justin Bieber for old people, a.k.a. anyone out of the tween demo (Gawker)
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