- As the back-to-school season looms, a debate is needed on the quality and effectiveness of educational media (The Huffington Post)
- Teaching kids to manage their tech intake – there’s a summer camp for that (Fast Company)
- Will Mortal Instruments’ underdog status win over its rabid young adult fan base at the box office? (The Hollywood Reporter)
- Unwillingly, Barbie has gotten herself into the US political arena (Time)
- Why Barnes & Noble has been forced to play by Apple’s rules (Mashable)
- Children’s books are a trendy item on members-only shopping sites like Rue La La (Publishers Weekly)
- Can the back-to-school season save a struggling JCPenney? (The Wall Street Journal)
- Hollywood heavyhitter The Weinstein Company pacts with Netflix with the hopes of re-inventing Pay TV (The Hollywood Reporter)
- How YouTube’s rising stars deal with a different kind of celebrity (The Wall Street Journal)
- Is 3D gesture control dead in the water? (Tech Crunch)
- Could it be nostalgia, or are children’s toys so cool that adults need their own versions, too? Enter trikes for grown-ups (USA Today)
- The smartphone race heats up (Financial Post)
- The CW opens a digital entertainment studio and website, kicking things off with four original web series (Los Angeles Times)
- Sony moves a step closer to potentially offering Viacom channels through its expected Internet TV service (The Hollywood Reporter)
- A 102-year-old artist shares his creative influences for Disney (Fast Company)
- Tesco talking merger with Chinese retailer CRE (DW)
- How Big Bird and Oscar toys could soon have conversations directly with puppets on TV (FierceCable)
- Food for creative thought – Top US drama showrunners discuss how to keep audiences engaged in the Twitter age (New York Times)
- Where do YouTube stars go once they’ve hit it big? (All Things D)
- With global revenues from mobile TV and video services expected to reach US$9.5 billion in 2017, can Amazon keep up with the competition? (Mobile Marketer)
- In the birthplace of Angry Birds, report finds more than 90% of kids ages seven to 12 use mobile phones (eMarketer)
- Will Amazon put its stamp of approval on the under-$100 console game market? (Venture Beat)
- Disney’s Planes – which was originally destined to live exclusively in DVD land – could be the surprise of the year (Businessweek)
- After an identity crisis, Jell-O cautiously returns (Advertising Age)
- Cookie Monster practices self-control in his new Icona Pop parody ‘Me Want It, But Me Wait’ (YouTube)
- YouTube founders take on Vine and Instagram (The Guardian)
- How low can it go? Kindle Fire seems to be in limbo (All Things D)
- Is the controversy over playing with toy guns only rooted in the US? (The Atlantic)
- The Hunger Games has inspired many things – but a full-fledged summer camp? (Tampa Bay Times)
- Barbie gets into space exploration (PC Magazine)
- Targeted TV ads are clicking with viewers, often with 20% to 40% higher tune in rates (Advertising Age)
- Twinkies return, but this time they’re for men (Ad Week)
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