• Disney’s Princess less than royal at the box office (LA Times)
• TV still tops kids media consumption (MediaPost Publications)
• Hong Kong private-equity fund raising upwards of US$400 million for China Movie Fund (Nasdaq)
• Studios look to give consumer another reason to try Blu-ray (680 News)
• Disney’s toys get Lasseter’s Midas touch (LA Times)
• 20-year-old fogey thrills tween audience at Madison Square Gardens (New York Times)
• It’d be ‘just fine’ if Spider-Man film rights stay with Sony: Disney CEO Bob Iger (MTV.com)
• Singing and dancing still tops with TV viewers (AdAge)
• Insight Media predicts 40 million install base of 3-D TVs by 2014 (Mashable)
• Best Buy to up efforts in electronics R&D to better influence next-gen products (BusinessWeek)
• No holiday must-have items for US shoppers as retailers/manufacturers forgo innovation (AdAge)
• Disney parks and resorts to dial back discounts as economy recovers (Bloomberg)
• Bratz recall put on hold (L.A. Times)
• How ZhuZhu Hamsters dodged a product recall (Businessweek)
• Angels the next vampires in YA entertainment? Disney options four-book series, Fallen (Hollywood Reporter)
• Speaking of vampires…LOL Cats meets Twilight’s New Moon – We’re sensing an untapped licensing opportunity (Microsuede)
• Major retailers are turning to social media for holiday marketing, but is it working? (AdAge)
• Is Amazon opening brick-and-mortar shops in the UK? (CNet News)
• CPSC looking into the safety of trendy Zhu Zhu Pets after concerns raised (Reuters)
• Twi-hards keep New Moon tops at the box office for the third consecutive week (Hollywood Reporter)
• Smithsonian to host Art of Video Games exhibition in 2012 (Kotaku)
• Walmart new price war tactic: cutting prices on popular video games (Reuters)
• Longtime Disney exec to oversee Comcast’s takeover of NBC Universal… (Wall Street Journal)
• Will Zynga’s Petville see the same success as the popular Facebook game FarmVille? (CNet News)
• Sony’s PlayStation hits 15 year anniversary and gamers reflect (BoingBoing)
• Marvel and Disney set date to finalize merger (MTV.com)
• It’s official: Comcast takes control of NBC Universal in US$30 billion deal (Forbes)
• Online holiday sales are up: ComScore (CNet News)
• A brand profile of preschool-targeted 3rd & Bird (Licensing.biz)
• Check out these illustrated cards that be used to tell tales (BoingBoing)
• Comcast poised to close deal on buying NBC Universal… (USA Today)
• …and how this deal will affect Hulu (Mashable)
• YouTube makes money not just from video, but from its homepage (AdAge)
• Why Barbie isn’t adapting to the local culture in Shanghai (Marketplace)
• Disney dominates Annie Awards nominations (Los Angeles Times)
• ESRB releases iPhone app for parents to find appropriate games for their kids (CNet News)
• Cyber Monday ups sales for online retailers (Mashable)
• Many of the top 100 global advertisers spent their budgets outside the US (AdAge)
• DreamWorks shares up as buyout speculation fades (Associated Press)
• Joan Cusack on narrating WGBH’s Peep and the Big Wide World (Boston Globe)
• Oxford University gets a Gryffindor common room (London Telegraph)
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