One-liners: Noteworthy news nuggets

• Cookie Jar Entertainment has inked a deal with L.A.-based Gorilla Nation Media to handle online advertising for its Spider Riders and The Doodlebops websites. The advertising partnership coincides with the MMOG launch on www.spiderriders.com.

• Amberwood Entertainment's is now in production on CGI series RollBots. The 26 x half-hour action-comedy show about perfectly round robots for kids six to 11 will air on Corus Entertainment's YTV in Canada.

• Sideways stories and more await viewers of Wayside, which premiers on Nickelodeon Monday, June 25 at 12:30 p.m. Based on the books from author Louis Sachar, the 26 x half-hour animated series follows newcomer Joe to his classroom on the topmost floor of a curious 30-storey school.