• 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)
• Hasbro’s Battleship gets director, release date (Variety)
• Exploring ways to bring mobile video to mainstream (AdAge)
• Mattel moves stock listing to Nasdaq from NYSE (San Francisco Examiner)
• With price cuts to the Xbox 360 and PS3, is Nintendo slashing the price on Wii, too? (VentureBeat)
• Harry Potter stars enter Guinness World Records book (London Telegraph)
• A profile of Disney tween guru Rich Ross (London Telegraph)
• Meanwhile, the House of Mouse gears up for the launch of The Princess and the Frog (L.A. Times)
• Beyond Nielsen? Searching for new TV ratings metrics (AdAge)
• Walmart adds budget-friendly in-store Family Night Center activities (Reuters)
• Even after being acquired by Toys ‘R’ Us, will KB Toys live on? (CNBC)
• Are Redbox DVD rental kiosks killing the movie biz? (New York Times)
• Disney’s Bob Iger versus the digital bigwigs (L.A. Times)
• Could video games hold the key to the future of education? (The Economist)
• Monopoly City Streets goes global as Hasbro teams up with Google for latest installment (PC World)
• Disney-Marvel deal not so super: Citi analysts… (National Post)
• …and what affect will that deal have on theme parks? (Washington Post)
• How video game marketing strategy has changed to offer different user experiences (AdAge)
• Can 13-year-old kid star Bobb’e J. Thompson hold his own? (L.A. Times)
• Vampires far from dead in the TV world, but how much is too much? (L.A. Times)
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