• Billboard ads may soon use gender recognition software? (CNet News)
• Disney ABC completes merger, names new execs (Bloomberg)
• Toys ‘R’ Us makes more shelf space for musical instruments (In-Store Marketer)
• DreamWorks greenlights ghost project for 2012 (The Hollywood Reporter)
• Reviewing Marvel’s Super Hero Squad kid vidgame from THQ (Kotaku)
• A new Xbox is on the way in 2010, featuring new tech and built-in camera (TG Daily)
• Hollywood outsourcing more SFX work to India (L.A. Times)
• Mattel preps for another economically challenging year (Wall Street Journal)
• India puts ban on imported Chinese toys until they meet safety regulations (Business Standard)
• UK retail sales take another dip in May (Bloomberg)
• India a hotbed for emerging retail opps (Wall Street Journal)
• Healthy eating initiatives for kids may finally be paying off (New York Times)
• Could the next Xbox support Stereoscopic 3-D?
• Transformers fan with Optimus Prime tattoo says movie merch lives up to the brand (Associated Press)
• Check out these way cool Star Wars cakes from Cake Wrecks (Wired/GeekDad)
• Mattel plays watch-and-wait game as holiday sales season approaches (Reuters)
• US cable giant Comcast to start offering on-demand, online, including Cartoon Network (MediaPost)
• Studio that created online hit lonelygirl15 finds ad-supported model for original web content unsustainable, reverts to spin-offs from ‘old media’ (PaidContent.org)
• China’s economy first on road to recovery? (Wall Street Journal)
• Simon & Schuster opens up library to Amazon Kindle alternative, Scribd.com (New York Times)
• The girls’ guide to Comic-Con. We’re looking longingly at you, Edward Cullen (L.A. Times)
• Josh Selig talks Wonder Pets!, deficit financing (AOL Finance)
• Amy Poehler gets set to don a hair net in new Universal kids flick, Lunch Lady (Reuters)
• DreamWorks Animation divulges expansion plans (L.A. Times)
• A look inside the bustling Mommy Blogger business (AdAge)
• Not so Twerrific? Just 10% of Twitter users account for 90% of site’s content (BBC News)
• University of London undertakes two-year study to create Wii-style titles based on kids playground games (Telegraph)
• Nick greenlights three pilots, promotes Birkner Rawlings to VP of animation development (Variety)
• Pottery Barn Kids to start stocking lower-priced products this fall (Wall Street Journal)
• Broadcasters turning to cellphones for TV content (L.A. Times)
• So what are the top-10 kids video games that came out of E3? (The Industry Standard)
• Paramount, Lionsgate and MGM form Epix, a Hulu-esque site for movies (Mashable.com)
• Retailers have high hopes for the back-to-school shopping season (Reuters)
• Disney ups vidgame production budget by 10%, looks to acquire gamecos (Bloomberg)
• Ask not what Twitter can do for you, but what you can do for Twitter (Time)
• Evaluating the true value of social networks (TechCrunch)
• Up soars at the box office for the second week in a row (Associated Press)
• Choose Your Own Adventure books celebrate 30th anniversary (Wired/GeekDad)
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