• Toys ‘R’ Us touts lower prices on holiday hot list (Houston Chronicle/AP)
• Industry surveys show that Halloween spending could take a dive (L.A. Times)
• UK retail sales see slight uptick (Bloomberg)
• A look at the burgeoning Russian market (Reuters Blog)
• Lack of consumer confidence doesn’t bode well for upcoming holiday spending season (CNNMoney)
• Toys and video games provide brand security for movie studios (L.A. Times)
• UK vidgame industry outperforming Hollywood movies (The Guardian)
• …while Disney/Pixar dominates the foreign box office with opening of Up (Hollywood Reporter)
• Time spent on social networks has tripled: Nielsen (Mashable)
• Twilight fan-demonium in Vancouver reaches new heights (Globe and Mail)
• What will happen to Miramax without Dick Cook at Disney? (L.A. Times)
• On Cookie Jar’s Michael Hirsch and the custody battle for Strawberry Shortcake (Canadian Business)
• Even young Aussie primary school kids are worried about future job prospects (Xinhuanet)
• A look at Toys ‘R’ Us’ holiday hot toys list (Reuters)
• Twilight scribe Melissa Rosenberg returns to pen Breaking Dawn… (MTV.com)
• …and the Scene It? DVD franchise gets a Twilight edition, also for Wii and DS (MTV.com)
• More details revealed on the Disney/Marvel deal… (L.A. Times)
• …so what else is left for Disney to buy? (Motley Fool)
• Teen apparel retailers focus their efforts on courting moms and their wallets (Wall Street Journal)
• Science rules at MIP Jr. (Variety)
• …even augmented reality is going 3-D (Mashable)
• Twilight scribe Stephenie Meyer’s new sci-fi book series to get the big-screen treatment (Variety)
• Hasbro opens Moscow office to meet Russian demand of games and toys (The Providence Journal)
• Sweet Valley High book series to be adapted for the silver screen by Diablo Cody (The Guardian)
• Disney faces rights issues over Marvel (New York Times/DealBook)
• What went down between Disney’s Bob Iger and ex-studio head Dick Cook (L.A. Times)
• Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs tops the box office on its opening weekend (Bloomberg)
• Flat holiday spending expected at US retail: Deloitte (Reuters)
• Cooking products may be aimed at girls, but boys like to be in the kitchen, too (Times Daily)
• Retailers, consumers still wary about upcoming holiday shopping season (Reuters)
• DreamWorks’ Jeffrey Katzenberg on the future of 3-D movies (Variety)
• Why the Nintendo DS outshines Apple gaming devices (MSNBC)
• 1.7 million players log on to Hasbro’s virtual Monopoly City Streets (CasualGaming.biz)
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