• Brad Bird soars with second Oscar (Associated Press)
• The future of cellphones (New York Times)
• Writers’ strike gets buried amongst Oscar hype (Variety)
• Sussudio! Phil Collins’ daughter joins Nick (Hollywood Reporter)
• China extends ban on foreign animation (Variety Asia)
• Girls use the internet too (New York Times)
• What They Play helps parents (USA Today)
• Higher profit for Viacom expected, but ad outlook might be shaky (MarketWatch)
• Universal rolls dice with Hasbro (Variety)
• Blue-ray won the battle, but the war is ahead (New York Times)
• Nick acquires Netherland parenting websites (Red Herring)
• iHack therefore I am (Times Online)
• Educational TV is a myth, says expert (The Age)
• Toy show attendance way up (MediaPost Publications)
• NBC dismisses fall premiers (New York Times)
• A look back at Kroffts’ brand of magic (Salon)
• FTC clamps down on tween-targeted websites (MediaPost Publications)
• Bell tolls for HD DVD (C/Net)
• Big Media companies want back in the game (Wall Street Journal)
• Gates not moving on Yahoo! bid (Wired)
• Disney increases stake in Indian partner (Business Week)
• Safety issues still top-of-mind at Toy Fair (Reuters) • Hello massive multiplayer online Kitty (CNet News) • Nets plot post-writer’s strike course (The Wall Street Journal) • Yahoo! takes another crack at online video (paidcontent.org)
• Advergaming and webisodes propel non-traditional ad spend (AdAge) • Hopped up on candy-coated goofballs – sweets not for kids anymore (The Wall Street Journal) • Star Wars crafts for kids (GeekDad) • Children and high style at war? (The New York Times)
• It’s over! Now back to work writers (The New York Times) • Hasbro profits Transforming, names new CEO (Bloomberg) • Tween girls, not the meek apparently, to inherit the earth (Salon) Animation studio, not Madison Ave. developing online ads for Johnson & Johnson (The Wall Street Journal)
· A new wave in kid control (The New York Times) · Disney case highlights China’s supply chain problems (Reuters) · Who won the writer’s strike? (Slate) · iPhone price drop in the works? (Gizmo Republic)
• Pingu, the march of the sauciest penguin – in a good way (Slate) • If Disney builds it, will they come? (The New York Times)
• Apple moves to protect gaming trademarks (Gizmodo)
• Not so fast, Viacom (Digital Media Wire)
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