• Summit Entertainment explores growth opps and raises film output post Twilight (L.A. Times)
• How online video marketing can help your brand (AdAge)
• Nintendo prez on stalling Wii sales (CNet News)
• Is the iPhone the next big e-book reader? (Mashable)
• UK retail perks up with growing popularity of Halloween (BBC News)
• Sony posts continued losses in third quarter (CNet News)
• Check out this backyard railroad recreation of Disneyland (BoingBoing)
• The Twi-hards have spoken: Twilight gets a theater re-release leading up to New Moon (MTV.com)
• TV Guide celebrates SpongeBob (MediaPost)
• Outdoor toys predicted to be big this Christmas down under (News.com.au)
• Nickelodeon teams up with PlaySpan to power virtual worlds currency (TechCrunch)
• GeekDad’s top 10 list of Halloween movies for kids (Wired/GeekDad)
• Disney’s plans to build major new production facility in California (L.A. Times)
• How Sunday has been beating Thursday as TV’s most expensive night (AdAge)
• WWE, with a new PG rating and Mattel on board, is making a bigger play for kids (Reuters)
• Checking out the cool new Sesame Street 40th anniversary commemorative book (USA Today)
• Nintendo slashes forecast, intros new version of DSi handheld (VentureBeat)
• DreamWorks animation Q3 profits drop 48%, no Monsters sequel (L.A. Times)
• UK says it’s planning to warn/throttle/kick illegal downloaders (paidcontent.org)
• The age of the ‘amafessional’? Online amateurs rivaling professional creators (Wall Street Journal)
• Why new-school branded entertainment should look to old-timey soap operas for guidance (Fast Company)
• To marketers: Ditch the glitz, simple sells better (USA Today)
• Canada’s Rogers Communications to fund Michael Eisner’s internet production biz (Variety)
• J.C. Penney launches juniors line from the Olsen twins (USA Today)
• How studios are dealing with life after DVDs (New York Times)
• Wired editor Chris Anderson on freemium biz models (TechCrunch)
• Toyota exec says car sales are down because of realistic video games (Kotaku)
• On making new Mileys and the Disney teen machine (Time)
• Studios back new Technicolor 3-D format (Variety)
• Hush-hush operations in the Lego Concept Lab are compared to working for the CIA (London Telegraph)
• Hollywood gushes bloodsuckers in vampire boom (Associated Press)
• Can Jeffrey Katzenberg save Shrek the Musical? (L.A. Times)
• Do kids need to learn cursive handwriting? (Wired/GeekDad)
• Disney to soon unveil new on-demand tech that will do away with DVDs (Wall Street Journal)
• American Eagle tests out 77kids apparel concept store (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
• A look behind the art and motion of Capybara Games’ Critter Crunch (BoingBoing)
• Check out this Lego diorama in pop-up book style (Neatorama)
• Li & Fung’s purchase of Wear Me Apparel is the first of more acquisitions (Bloomberg)
• Online ad spend expected to dip in 2009 (AdAge)
• Jakks Pacific lays off more than 100 employees (Los Angeles Business Journal)
• And now, animated bunnies reenact Twilight in 30 seconds (Angry Alien)
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