May 15, 2008

• CBS to buy web publisher CNET for US$1.8 billion (Reuters)

• An inside look at Fox head honcho Peter Chernin (Forbes)

• When web time is playtime (New York Times)

• Hollywood heavyweights peddle Panda at Cannes (Associated Press)

• Wal-Mart reports 6.9% profits, but outlook still cautious (Associated Press)

• Do-Gooder marketers do the soft sell (AdWeek)

• HBO comes to iTunes with variable pricing (Wired)

• EA attempts to stay relevant with Skate It franchise (GizmoRepublic)

• Not so fast; Speed Racer crashes at the box office (Entertainment Weekly)

• Fox launches own animation department (Variety)

• Beyonce’s preschool line is controversial with a capital C (Babble)

• Facebook joins agreement to protect kids online (Seattlepi.com)

• Crocs’s earnings full of holes (Forbes)

• FTC says it is increasingly difficult for children to buy M-Rated games (Federal Trade Commission)

• Speed Racer enters box office race (Variety)

• Don’t let your girls grow up to be child stars (Slate)

• Half a billion dollar week for Grand Theft Auto (New York Times)

• Microsoft going ‘independent’, according to Gates (Wired)

• SAG-AMPTP talks end without a deal (Variety)

• An early look at Speed Racer (Variety)

• The best 50 Sesame Street moments (Babble)

• What is a bestsellers list without Harry? (The Toronto Star)

• Yahoo! still open to offers (Bloomberg)

• Think Miley’s Vanity Fair photos were racy, you should see the series (Slate)

• Iron Man equals box office gold (Hollywood Reporter)

• Mobile TV spreading in Europe and to the US (New York Times)

• An Animated life: The man behind Nemo (New York Times)

• GodTube, yep the Christian market goes web 2.0 (paidcontent.org)

• Miley’s not there: Embattled Disney star to skip scheduled appearance at Disney Channel Games (Associated Press)

• Microsoft-Yahoo! deal could go hostile (Yahoo!)

• Children’s play equipment and the decline of the American lawn (Slate)

• Viacom takes Rock Band to the bank (Bloomberg)

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