• BBC to shed 12% of its workforce (Financial Times)
• Wal-Mart’s new growth ops (BusinessWeek)
• Facebook friends? Comparing Wal-Mart and Target’s social networking skills (AdWeek)
• Nickelodeon faces the music, launches own ‘hit’ factory (AdAge)
• Nintendo to launch Wii fit game (Reuters)
• Christmas isn’t coming early to US retailers, despite the early onset of price wars (CNN Money)
• And they called it Muppet Love (YouTube)
• Sony re-jigging PS3 (C/NET News)
• Hello? Google. The Mega corp looks to phones (New York Times)
• Toys ‘R’ Us Asia removes China made products containing lead (Bloomberg)
• US lawmakers consider ban on lead paint in toys (USA Today)
• Exclusive Wal-Mart deal might back fire for Nintendo (1up.com)
• A look at Sony’s PS3 holiday campaign (Wired)
• Disney to build resort in Hawaii (BBC)
• Wal-Mart era wanes (Wall Street Journal)
• Microsoft turns to social networking for new Zune (PC World)
• Halo 3 rings up US$300 million in sales (Market Watch)
• US retailers come down with case of pre-holiday jitters in soft-spending market (MarketWatch from DowJones)…
• …Despite National Retail Federation’s prediction of holiday sales bump (National Retail Federation)
• Tween nation comes down with case of Mylie fever (Yahoo! News)
• Microsoft readies iPod competition (New York Times)
• It’s a discount shop’s world (Globe and Mail)
• Wii demand will strip supply this holiday season (Nintendo Revolution)
• A look at Disney’s growth model (Motley Fool)
• Wal- Mart to cut toy prices early (Bloomberg)
• Convergence and coffee (New York Times)
• Will selling ads on Facebook really work? (Wired)
• Some interesting alternatives to toys (CBS News)
• MGM inks promotional deal with Goo-Tube (Variety)
• Halo 3 has blockbuster opening week (Punch Jump) • Disney drops out of mobile market (The Wall Street Journal)
• Disney should buy Build-A-Bear (Motley Fool)
• Tween Brands in the black (Forbes)
• Children’s programming to disappear from BBC1 (Telegraph.co.uk)
• Microsoft preparing to take on Google with new search (Breitbart.com) • September retail malaise in the UK (Forbes) • Halo 3 fans are rewarded (New York Times)
• Amazon launches new digital music store (Associated Press)
• Hannah Montana tour is a hot ticket throughout North America (Pollstar)
• Disney’s next big thing? (Billboard Magazine)
• Wal-Mart looks to enlist green suppliers (Washington Post)
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