• Bidders enters second round to acquire all or part of historic studio MGM (Hollywood Reporter)
• Ubisoft to scale back on licenses following disappointment of Avatar game (IndustryGamers)
• It appears the UK government will be looking more seriously at the gaming market, too (BoingBoing)
• This robot butler could rival Rosie of The Jetsons fame (Gizmodo)
• Could Apple’s rumored Tablet serve as a new platform for gaming? (PC World)
• Disney said to be seeking Netflix block in Starz pact (Bloomberg)
• The fundamentals of play as told in a kids book (BoingBoing)
• Is Avatar 3-D pushing Imax shares too far too fast? (Hollywood Reporter)
• Why social media isn’t for everyone (Mashable)
• At nine years old, Marko is the youngest Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (CNet News)
• How Foursquare is changing the mobile space (Mashable)
• At what cost are video games surviving the recession? (Kotaku)
• A list of 12 things holding back online video advertising (TechCrunch)
• James Cameron et al on Avatar’s box office win… (L.A. Times)
• …and also takes home the Golden Globe for best film and director (Associated Press)
• GameStop sees 13-month low, cuts profit forecast (Reuters)
• And how do you address those who can’t see 3-D? (CNet News)
• Twilight helps boost UK book sales, picture book sales also up (BBC News)
• TechCrunch’s list of the top-10 venture capital blogs (TechCrunch)
• Youth taking fewer risks today than 20 years ago: survey (CNet News)
• How did December retail data become such a mess? (Business Insider)
• Nick nestles into Nielsen’s top-10 sites by video streaming (Nielsen)
• Bob Iger continues to tinker with Team Disney (L.A. Times)
• A look at the social side of Consumer Electronics Show (MediaPost)
• Microsoft brings kid developer tool to the PC (CNet News)
• One man’s opinion on vidgame retailer GameStop (Motley Fool)
• Would your kids play with Computer Engineer Barbie? (Wired/GeekDad)
• Nintendo president states there’s no Wii successor launching anytime soon (Business Week)
• Disney’s Rich Ross tries to woo Summit’s Twilight guru (Los Angeles Times/Company Town)
• Games, fantasy and Avatar: Is the US a nation of escapists? (USA Today)
• All-natural Canuck company cleans up with kids licensing deals (Globe and Mail)
• Hallmark to release AR greeting cards (Kansas City Business Journal)
• An opinion on why kids like modern art (Wired/GeekDad)
• What’s the average development cost for video games today? (Develop-Online.net)
• Spider-Man film franchise set for a re-boot, Raimi, Maguire are out, teenage Spidey in (Bloomberg)
• China’s Shanda Games goes on buying spree in online gaming (paidcontent.org)
• Electronic Arts cuts profit outlook again (Wall Street Journal)
• UK same-store retail sales up 4.2% in December (Reuters UK)
• Nick Jr. enters Sesame territory with math-centric toon Team Umizoomi (New York Times)
• Marvel sues Kirby estate to nullify copyright claims over classic characters (L.A. Times)
• TV Everywhere industry collective feels the heat from critics (paidcontent.org)
• We wonder if MOMA’s curatorial staff knows about this He-Man fine art exhibit in L.A. (Wired)
• HandMade Films asks for suspension from UK’s AIM stock index (Guardian)
• Goldman Sachs says 3-D TV won’t live up to the hype (Bloomberg)
• Microsoft CEO Ballmer sketches out future of TV consumption at CES (AdAge)
• State-side Blu-ray sales shine in ’09, overall DVD market, however, slumps (L.A. Times)
• France’s Sarkozy mulls over search-engine tax to claw back content revenue lost to piracy (CNet)
• Nielsen investigates the types of online content consumers are willing to pay for (Nielsen)
• iPhone Apps: the 21st-century pacifier for toddlers? (CBC)
• 2010 – the year of ‘sublime creative destruction’ in the US home entertainment business (Wall Street Journal)
• Disney unveils portable content format KeyChest (Reuters)
• The future of gaming s here – Microsoft sets project Natal release date (BBC)
• Thor spears Spidey’s 2011 theatrical release date (Variety)
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