• Alpha moms: a new (perhaps surly) breed of parent? (USA Today)
• Xbox 360 upgrade will enable transmission of HD content (paidcontent.org)
• All hail Potter’s deathly (and final) book cover (cbc.ca)
• Junk food ads targeting kids in spotlight again (The Wall Street Journal)
• Get a leg up on the competition by getting naked at the corporate level (Wired)
• YouTube award winners announced, check out Kiwi (YouTube)
• Mobile phone site ratings in the works (Mediaweek)
• The potential of next-gen consoles to act as ‘media vending machines’ (MediaPost)
• Guangdong toy exports up 5.9%, but EU sanctions starting to take toll (TDC Trade)
• A look behind the spin at Wal-Mart (The New Yorker)
• New online community for Parents may yield marketing opps (www.parentography.com)
• Borders book chain plans to revitalize slumping sales (Retail Merchandiser)
• Is there value in content deals for ISPs? (Marketwatch)
• DIY animation: One man’s attempt to make stop-motion shorts with his kids (Wired Blogs)
• US Government has US$1.5 billion pool to fund digital switchover (Forbes)
• Three senators, FCC commissioner chew the fat on childhood obesity issue, blame marketers – again (AdAge)
• Major media outlets lining up against Google? (The L.A. Times)
• US Chamber of Commerce targets counterfeiting in China (The Wall Street Journal)
• YahooTube? Yep Yahoo! is throwing its hat into user-gen ring (paidcontent.org)
• One 15-year-old’s environmental quest (AdAge)
• US retailer to grow by 94,000 outlets come 2011 (Yahoo! Business)
• Former mobile TV users in Europe outnumber current users by 19% (Businessweek)
• It’s here! Apple TV (formerly iTV) has landed (apple.com)
• MMOG market up to US$1 billion in North America and Europe (paidcontent.org)
• EA buys into Korean vid game developer (Yahoo! Business)
• Chinese retailers merge to boost competitiveness against Carrefour, Wal-Mart (Reuters)
• MySpace restrictions curbing third-party promo access (The New York Times)
• The $64,000 question: Who’s making money on web-based video? (paidcontent.org)
• Sony Wonder going under (Reuters)
• Blue Peter, how could you? (The Guardian)
• Is there anything Wal-Mart can’t sell? Retailer gets clearance to offer banking, financial services (The Wall Street Journal)
• If you’re looking at entering the Indian market, here’s something to chew over (Businessweek)
• Mash-up of the day: Dylan meets Dr. Seuss (Dylan Hears a Who)
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