July 8, 2009

• Never underestimate the power of the teen mall shopper (Supermarket Guru)

• Parents to increase spending in kids sports and outdoor products for upcoming back-to-school season (SportsOne Source)

• Disney greenlights Camp Rock 2

• Watch out for those 3-D dinos running rampant through Japan (Gizmodo)

• Now you know why it took three months to finish two seconds of Transformers 2 (Gizmodo)

• Warner Bros. and Microsoft UK strike major digital ad deal for upcoming Potter flick (The Guardian)

• Whatever happened to Calvin and Hobbes creator Bill Watterson? (BoingBoing)

July 7, 2009

• What are this year’s top 100 retail power players in the States? (Stores.org)

• Nintendo-published games top the UK vidgame charts (Gamasutra)

• New patent infringement law targets Apple, Sony and Nintendo (Wall Street Journal)

• View-Master: The Movie? (The Hollywood Reporter)

• Jakks Pacific and THQ stay in the ring for the WWE battle (TheDeal.com)

• What click-through rate can you get from Twitter? (Mashable)

• Video games start showing up more in Hollywood movie trailers? (Kotaku)

July 6, 2009

• A look at the toy duo behind successful products from the House of Mouse (BusinessWeek)

• Kids’ apparel performs stronger than most other categories (Women’s Wear Daily News)

• What are the best kids books ever? (New York Times)

• Used vidgame market sees uptick with consumers looking for more value, cheaper prices (L.A. Times)

• Sony files patent on using ordinary objects as motion controllers (BoingBoing Gadgets)

• Dance Dance Revolution: the alarm clock (Gizmodo)

• When Dali and Disney collided and collaborated in 1946 – for real (Monsters & Rockets)

July 3, 2009

• Four-year-old toyco Zizzle to auction off assets (Chicago Business)

• Mattel won’t renew Neil Friedman’s contract and two other top execs in 2011 and 2012, but expects to extend their employment (ADVFN/Dow Jones)

• Exploring the magic of EA’s Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince vidgame (USA Today)

• On being a gamer geek – a board game geek, that is (Wired/GeekDad)

• Who needs artistic ability when a robot can do it for you? (Gizmodo)

July 2, 2009

• QSR biggies – McDonald’s, KFC and Pizza Hut – halt food advertising to kids down under, but premiums and toys with food not banned (Australian Business)

• Nintendo to get its own show on UK broadcaster Five (MCVUK)

• Are boys genetically programmed to pick Bob the Builder over Barbie? (Daily Mail)

• Two weeks away from Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince and tickets are already selling (Bloomberg)

• Amazon expands its private-label brand (Wall Street Journal)

• Scientific America also on board the ‘video games are good for the brain’ train (BoingBoing)

• The PG-13 rating celebrates its silver anniversary (Wired/GeekDad)

• The Little Mermaid to close on Broadway, preps for national tour in 2010 and overseas productions (Associated Press)

• And now, Hello Kitty has her own castle (Neatorama)

June 30, 2009

• Variety no longer the spice of life at retailers (Wall Street Journal)

• A profile of Mattel’s Neil Friedman (Success Magazine)

• Gymboree heads back across the pond to the UK (Drapers)

• Japan makes way for a 60-foot giant robot on permanent display, its second one this year (Gizmodo)

June 29, 2009

• Why the supernatural captures the hearts of young readers (Boston Globe)

• The troubles of a TV series’ name when its concept changes (Chicago Sun-Times)

• Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen soars around the world with a record-breaking US$201 million (L.A. Times)

• Check out this floating toy train (BoingBoing)

• Pixar’s desk lamp mascot Luxo Jr. makes its live-action debut at Disney’s Hollywood studios (Gizmodo)

• How do you work this thing? A 13-year-old trades in his iPod for an old-school Walkman for a week (BBC News)

June 26, 2009

• Companies keep their customers close and loyal customers closer (Wall Street Journal)

• An interview with Michael Bay on Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (Wall Street Journal)

• Ubisoft targets young female demo with girl-oriented vidgame line (Wired/GeekDad)

• Should schools let their students participate in reality TV shows? (New York Times/City Room)

• How retailers can use smartphones to enhance shopping experiences (Clickz)

• 10 best practices for brands on Twitter (Mashable)

• At last, you can use The Force with officially licensed Star Wars Lightsabers for the Wii (Kotaku)

June 25, 2009

• Woolworths makes a comeback online (BBC News)

• Transformers 2 rakes in US$16 million on opening night (L.A. Times)

• Higher ad rates on Hulu.com than on prime-time TV for The Simpsons? (Bloomberg)

• Smartphones: the future of books? (New York Times/Gadgetwise)

• Australian government to block unsuitable video games for kids under 15 (BoingBoing)

• Mattel brings Bella and Edward to life…as Twilight Barbies at Toys ‘R’ Us (Examiner)

June 24, 2009

• Netflix bucks recession trend, but CEO says core biz is doomed (Wall Street Journal)

• Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen reviewed… (Wired/Underwire)

• …as Transformers is expected to take over the box office on opening night (Variety)

• Casual restaurant chains and franchises duke it out in recession-induced price wars (New York Times)

• On the relevance of Harry Potter (Examiner)

• Check out the trailer for upcoming documentary Whiz Kids (Gizmodo)

• First impressions of Wii Fit Plus’ kid-targeted balance games (Kotaku)

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