- New report reveals cable TV providers lost double their amount of US subscribers in Q2 2013 versus the previous quarter (Los Angeles Times)
- Why domestically produced animated movies in China are struggling (The Hollywood Reporter)
- Sherlock tapped for Star Wars role? (IGN)
- How a bunch of rubber bands are bending some rules in the kids retail space (The New York Times)
- How Sesame Street’s new STEM-learning curriculum is successfully teaching math and science to preschoolers (The New York Times)
- Kids love farts in their TV shows, so why not in educational apps, too? (Wired)
- Box-office bombs aside, Hollywood brought in a record-breaking US$4.7 billion this summer (CBS News)
- A more numerical look at the Microsoft-Nokia deal (All Things D)
- A great day for the internet, sort of (Digital Trends)
- Are we doing enough to protect child performers? (USA Today)
- More than half of tablet-owning parents say their kids are using the devices for educational purposes (Mashable)
- Speaking of tablets, the retail wars heat up with some interesting new features (Businessweek)
- New study finds McDonald’s and Burger King guilty of promoting giveaways over food (Ad Week)
- China enlists Google exec to help in smartphone race (The New York Times)
- Yet another report on children’s screen time – this one cites too much of it as a source for childhood anxiety (The New Zealand Herald)
- Why does Apple attract so many patent troll lawsuits? (All Things D)
- As The Mortal Instruments flops, are teens finally over film adaptations of YA novels? (Jezebel)
- One successful toy designer on the importance of being nerdy (The Globe and Mail)
- Are ratings really irrelevant for Netflix? (Los Angeles Times)
- Warner Bros. developing new animated Scooby-Doo film (Variety)
- Jingle bells – Walmart and Toys ‘R’ Us get a very early start on their annual Christmas toy battle (Los Angeles Times)
- Does Warner Bros. have ulterior motives for casting Ben Affleck as the new Batman? (The Wrap)
- As digital publishers try to figure out a mobile business plan, real time digital ad buying is going to reach nearly 74% this year (Advertising Age)
- Meanwhile, Google Play surpasses Nintendo and Sony handhelds for mobile game spending (All Things D)
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