- New Mexican Barbie comes along with some controversy (The Toronto Star)
- Would you put your money on a new Justin Bieber-backed prepaid debit card for teens? (The New York Times)
- Tablets aren’t rendering computers obsolete, but they are certainly contributing to a contraction in the PC market (AllThingsD)
- UK officials investigate whether free children’s apps are too commercially aggressive (PC World)
- Samsung’s new Mega ‘phablet’ could have big implications for little hands (All Things D)
- Mobile phenomenon Draw Something inks a Friday night TV quiz-show deal (The Guardian)
- How TV nets are advertising to a splintered, socially connected audience (Advertising Age)
- March’s miserable weather had an impact on US consumer spending (The Wall Street Journal)
- Homework excuses face extinction as new software lets teachers track if digital textbooks are actually being read (The New York Times)
- One year in and Instagram’s strategy proves picture-perfect for owner Facebook (Mashable)
- Barnes & Noble upgrades its self-publishing platform (Publishers Weekly)
- Study: TV-watchers increasingly using second screens while enjoying the tube (CBC)
- Google’s Android is slightly leading mobile downloads this year, but the revenue race still goes to Apple (Mashable)
- TV affects kids’ weight more than any other screen says new study (Time)
- What Toca Boca is doing right in the children’s app space (The New Yorker)
- How Walmart is applying real-time marketing tactics to local TV (Advertising Age)
- Finding the silver lining of the antenna – why children’s TV should be praised more often (The Guardian)
- When it comes to TV content, ABC is getting a little help from its Disney friend (The New York Times)
- How Hollywood will manage to effectively translate the pervasiveness of the tiny mobile screen to the big one (The Wall Street Journal)
- Is it a good thing that kids’ cartoons are taking on adult-like qualities? (Geek Exchange)
- What exactly is the new Android-powered Facebook Home?
- Disney searches for glass slipper fit for new live-action Cinderella (CinemaBlend)
- How Jurassic Park ushered in a modern movie-going experience 20 years ago (Forbes)
- Know an animation up-and-comer? Internship opportunities abound at Pixar (Pixar)
- Game over for LucasArts – Disney closes studio and moves to licensed gaming model (CNET)
- Australian study shows 20% of kindergarten children are developmentally vulnerable (Sydney Morning Herald)
- One parent presses Mattel for more ethnically diverse Barbie birthday party supplies (Time)
- Inside Intel’s discretion and potential TV disruption (Variety)
- Toys and the gender roles they may or may not be reinforcing (The Huffington Post)
- The Facebook phone is here, but will it sell? (Advertising Age)
- A 17-year-old’s debut book on self-publishing platform Wattpad gets Random House deal (Publishers Weekly)
- Not surprisingly, digital video ad spending is growing rapidly (eMarketer)
- Has Disney Junior dethroned Dora? Ratings show Nick Jr. down by as much as 50%. (The New York Times)
- Facebook faces mobile messaging apps that are holding kids’ attention spans (Reuters)
- The complicated relationship between children’s research and the way it’s portrayed in the media (The Huffington Post)
- In honor of World Autism Awareness Day, a roundup of the most effective resources for Autistic children (Mashable)
- Why is Disney releasing a separate Iron Man 3 version in China?
- Activision ushers in a new age of ‘photorealistic’ characters (Mashable)
- A whopping 97% of kids meals at US restaurant chains are not meeting nutritional guidelines (Advertising Age)
- Meanwhile, one CBeebies show makes a conscious effort to change its character’s eating habits (Deadline)
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