- Disney shares big plans for Big Hero 6, its first animated film inspired by a Marvel comic (Los Angeles Times)
- When Hollywood stars align with Kickstarter (Variety)
- The facts of young life: Time magazine uses data to explore the narcissism of the millennial generation (Time)
- Can you cozy up in front of a tablet? (Forbes)
- Rumor has it Microsoft will buy Nook Media for US$1 billion (TechCrunch)
- As movie-going faces a transformation in the US and Europe, media companies have their eyes on these 13 emerging markets (The Hollywood Reporter)
- Anthropology 101: Have Americans botched the whole parenting thing? (The Huffington Post)
- After a successful Kickstarter run, Android-based game console Ouya receives more backing (All Things D)
- Growth within its parks division helps drive profits up for Disney (The Wall Street Journal)
- Move over Tamagotchi: Upstart developers looking to combine cat love, virtual pets and Foursquare (All Things D)
- After a slower start to the race, Canadian media companies want to give Netflix a run for its money (The Globe and Mail)
- “Bill shock” still going strong in the UK, where kids add an estimated US$47 million to monthly app bills (Wired)
- Do screenplays and statistics mix? The secret to a hit Hollywood script may be in the numbers (The New York Times)
- Why Zynga is betting the Farmville (Reuters)
- May the force be with EA: Disney bestows upon Electronic Arts the exclusive Star Wars gaming rights, and a whole lot of pressure from fans (Mashable)
- Meanwhile, Nintendo looks to smartphone apps to save the Wii U (TechSpot)
- Fatal factory accidents lead Disney to pull production in countries like Bangladesh (CNN)
- A new online monitoring service hits the clouds: Skydog lets parents monitor kids’ connected devices through a customized wireless router (Mashable)
- Barnes & Noble makes room for 700,000+ Android apps on its Nook devices (Wired)
- How Paramount is making its Star Trek Into Darkness blockbuster more globally appealing (The New York Times)
- Why we should care that kids are learning to tie their shoelaces later than ever before (The Telegraph)
- Improved ratings at Nickelodeon help Viacom exceed analysts’ ad sales expectations (Bloomberg)
- Zynga complications aside, Facebook is seeing its largest gaming revenues ever (All Things D)
- How small toy company littleBits is making big waves with young customers (Fast Company)
- Is private social networking an oxymoron? Introducing family-friendly app Save the Mom (TechCrunch)
- UK retailer Boots removes foot from mouth following toy stereotyping controversy (The Guardian)
- Disney’s Cinderella hails from Downton Abbey (The Hollywood Reporter)
- With the future uncertain, Hulu’s paid subscription base doubles (The New York Times)
- Nearly half of US shoppers believe retailers should better integrate their in-store, online and mobile shopping channels (MediaPost)
- And in a new approach to editorializing the retail experience, Target gets Wired magazine to endorse its products (AdWeek)
- Matilda rises to the top of this year’s Tony nominations (The Guardian)
- A startup culture emerges in Berlin (The New York Times)
- The Skylanders effect? Activision CEO now among US top earners (Reuters)
- In a place where advertising loopholes abound, the Internet is still considered the Wild West when it comes to junk food advertising to kids (The Guardian)
- Does the PC belong in a culture that won’t sit still? (Time)
- The global appetite for Iron Man proves strong with a record-breaking opening weekend (Variety)
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