- Amazon posts first loss in more than nine years (The Wall Street Journal)
- Why sitcoms aren’t adopting the parallel experience and other multiple screen insights (Media Post)
- Report finds children’s overall book sales climb 40.7% from January to June this year (Publishers Weekly)
- NY with a hint of day/night animation (Mashable)
- The ESRB extends its ratings to mobile and online games with new digital rating system (PC Mag)
- Feeling FTC pressure, McDonald’s changes how it markets to kids online (Adweek)
- Why Mattel’s House of Barbie failed to catch on in China (Forbes)
- Zynga reports better-than-expected Q3 results despite more layoffs (Los Angeles Times)
- Despite a poor third quarter performance, Netflix continues to focus on narrowcasting (The Wrap)
- Argos, one of the UK’s largest toy retailers, to close 75 outlets (BBC)
- Will the newly launched iPad mini bring big results for Apple? (The Guardian)
- Nickelodeon grows up with the release of its first PG-13 film Fun Size (The Hollywood Reporter)
- Disney struggles to find its digital footing – overhauls disney.com once more (NY Times)
- How US retail giant Target has maintained its cool factor for 50 years (Time)
- Why this week could determine the fate of the digital economy (VentureBeat)
- Amazon.com versus bricks-and-mortar in the toy retail biz (Toy Book)
- Check out these wiz kid coders who are part of open source group CoderDojo (Forbes)
- Kids also get more savvy on cybersafety via a new FBI kids program (Huffington Post)
- Analyst says devices are trumping traditional toys (Daily Finance)
- Interactive book experiences for kids steal the spotlight at Frankfurt book fair (The New Yorker)
- How Video Games are changing the Disney experience (Wired)
- Amazon.com’s Quidsi expands kids content to draw in more shopping moms (Wall Street Journal)
- …meanwhile, brick and mortar retailers to go after Amazon’s marketshare this holiday season with huge price cuts (LA Times)
- Toys ‘R’ Us talks up technology toy trends for the holidays (Examiner.com)
- How Canadian animation prodcos are finding success internationally (The Globe and Mail)
- New research predicts troubling times for holiday toy sales (CNBC)
- Why the ascent of digital broadcasting in India will attract more kid viewers and advertisers (Business Today)
- Will DreamWorks’ Rise of the Guardians reach for Oscar glory? (The Hollywood Reporter)
- More ratings woes for Nickelodeon as controversy swirls around NickMom’s adult content (The Wall Street Journal)
- Watch out iTunes, Microsoft’s Xbox Music streaming service launches tomorrow (The Washington Post)
- Why devaluing UK children’s television would be a grave mistake (The Guardian)
- New study finds 40% of teens own iPhones, increasing from 17% in spring 2011 (develop)
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