• Microsoft invests US$240 million in Facebook (Advertising Age)
• Another toy recall (CNN)
• GameStop opens up 5,000th retail store (Yahoo!)
• NBC Universal-YouTube deal is dead (C/Net News)
• Facebook deal imminent (Reuters)
• Designers buck Kmart, but at what price? (The Age)
• Disney most anti-family media company? (Press TV) • Grass roots backlash against Chinese toy manufacturers (Detroit Free Press)
• The price cut game (Forbes)
• The Jerk writes a children’s book (Canoe)
• Dumbledore is not the only one (Slate)
• Microsoft relents on Euro anti-trust (New York Times)
• Disney rat all the rage in France (New York Times)
• A gay magician? Rowling says it’s so (Globe and Mail)
• Viacom not impressed with Google’s anti-piracy actions (PC World)
• A behind the door look at CBeebies (Telegraph)
• UK retail sales up in September (Reuters)
• ITV takes back CITV airtime sales after GMTV competition blunders (Marketing Week)
• Gamers start early, really early (Advertising Age)
• Good shows are good, bad shows not so much, says parents’ group (Advertising Age)
• Dark days for the BBC, 1,800 jobs slashed (Evening Standard)
• Is iTunes doomed? (Slate)
• Video gaming on rise for kids (GameDaily Biz)
• Wii cracks surprising demographic (Toronto Star)
• All the rage – why are some babies so angry? (Scientific America)
• Are kids ready for ads in virtual worlds? (C/Net News)
• YouTube unveils new piracy control (CBC)
• Lucas readies Star Wars for TV (Entertainment Weekly)
• Disney to spend cool billion to re-energize California theme park (Wall Street Journal)
• AOL slashes 2,000 jobs (MediaPost Publications)
• Children’s Place on the block (CNN)
• Igglepiggle hot this Christmas (Daily Mail)
• Good Grief! Shultz was anything but carefree (New York Times)
• Behind the magic, new book takes hard look at Disney (Chicago Sun Times)
• ET phone home – The Game (Wired)
• Hard times for Weinsteins (New York Times)
• Pixar mouse still cooking overseas (Variety)
• US retail numbers a little better than expected (Forbes)
• Highly anticipated Wii game delayed (Wired)
• Chuck E. Cheese believes ‘self-regulating’ is the ticket (Broadcast Newsroom)
• IBM teams with Second Life (Information Week)
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