- Kids media expert David Kleeman picks the top-10 coming trends/developments for children (The Huffington Post)
- Netflix, Hollywood’s new financier (The Wall Street Journal)
- Don’t be surprised if your Nintendo 3DS morphs into an eReader (CNN)
- Creative or creepy? One Russian retailer installs checkout counters that read customers’ facial expressions and registers their emotions (Fast Company)
- Homer Simpson’s perfect car comes to life (The New York Times)
- Samsung steps up its home entertainment game with the purchase of set-top box maker Boxee (All Things D)
- Giving new meaning to the one-stop shop – customers at a London store can design, print and wear their own garments (SpringWise)
- Arch villain shills for potato chips (The Hollywood Reporter)
- Expectations sky high for Despicable Me 2 (Variety)
- Will Laika’s follow up to ParaNorman break ground by featuring same-sex parents? (The Hollywood Reporter)
- What does Apple want with Time-Warner anyway? (Globe and Mail)
- The NDP Group set to track digital sales due to new console launches (Games Industry)
- Let’s face it, tweens are taking over the world… or at least the modern household (AdWeek)
- How Amazon is ruling the Canadian toy market (The National Post)
- The most lucrative mobile games at the moment – and we now know how much money they’re generating – hail from indie developers, not big publishers (The Guardian)
- Intern from Nickelodeon’s Alien Dawn slaps production company with a lawsuit (The Wrap)
- A little more intel on Intel’s planned SVOD TV service (Bloomberg)
- Japan’s latest video game and merch hit is, er, really mushrooming (Wall Street Journal)
- Is time running out on the drive to unionize video effects workers? (The Hollywood Reporter)
- A better understanding of My Little Pony’s budding Brony culture (The Toronto Star)
- Disney rolls out the beach towel… again (The New York Times)
- He said, she said – Mattel files new lawsuit for He-Man rights (The Hollywood Reporter)
- Nintendo shakes up its software development model in order to stay relevant (Businessweek)
- Russia’s growing middle class gets Apple’s attention (Fast Company)
- TV execs rejoice: University of London study proves watching television improves kids’ academic abilities (The Telegraph)
- Well, that took about 15 seconds – Instagram’s video service gets celebrity endorsements (Time)
- Meanwhile, is Facebook bored with itself? (CNET)
- Why Snapchat’s new Snapkidz safety feature won’t fool kids under 13 (Digital Trends)
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