- Visually based social media sites lead the way with the 12 to 17 crowd (MediaPost)
- The fourth time’s the charm? Stan Lee Media sues over Marvel characters – again (L.A. Times)
- Walmart outlines new sales strategy (Wall Street Journal)
- Attention funding seekers: Kickstarter.com sets UK launch date (Realscreen)
- Peanuts headed to the big screen with Fox (L.A. Times)
- Nickelodeon content joins Hulu lineup (MediaPost)
- Facebook starts testing “want” button with retail partners, hints at entering e-commerce (Chicago Tribune)
- Forget straightforward sparkling vampires and hungry dystopias, Mashups are the new trend in Young Adult fiction (Publishers Weekly)
- Hip-hop mogul Russell Simmons says Hollywood is lost when it comes to online integration (The Wrap)
- Is this Finnish game developer the next Rovio? (New York Times)
- Google Play to start selling content via Google TV (MediaPost)
- Why free-to-play is the next best business model for mobile games and apps (Forbes)
- YouTube sets up international channel strategy amidst push to capture “TV dollars” (All Things D)
- Forging a new indie film distribution route via VOD (L.A. Times)
- Saving Big Bird and the real stakes for kidst TV (Huffington Post)
- A look inside DreamWorks Rise of the Guardians marketing plan (Wall Street Journal)
- Monopoly, Hungry Hippos headed to big screen as Hasbro pairs up with indie Emmett/Furla for three-picture deal (L.A. Times)
- Big Bird’s Twitter spike prompts PBS to make ad buy on the site (Mashable)
- New study identifies a paradox in the way parents shop for baby food and toys (Female First)
- Apparent, a new social network, aims to help parents manage their kids’ playdates (VentureBeat)
- Live Twitter feed appears in a print ad for the first time thanks to The CW (Mashable)
- Could Toys ‘R’ Us’ new kids and family video streaming service damage the Netflix model? (NASDAQ)
- Is Nintendo alienating core gamers with its new “I Am Not A Gamer” campaign? (VentureBeat)
- How health food brands are using augmented reality tricks to help kids eat better (DigitalSignageToday)
- How social media and smart devices are increasingly influencing consumer shopping behavior (Mashable)
- New study reveals YouTube as the top US online video site (Nielsen)
- Could tablets one day replace televisions? (The Wall Street Journal)
- How Tim Burton got to tell his personal man’s best friend story (Los Angeles Times)
- US discount retailer Dollar General enters the holiday toy wars (Wall Street Journal)
- Why the promise of new revenue streams may be boosting the value Hollywood’s entertainment stocks (The Hollywood Reporter)
- How ZeptoLab’s lean, bootstrapped approach is taking the merchandising world by storm (Tech Crunch)
- New report finds more Americans are choosing to watch paid and free internet video on big-screen TVs over PCs (The New York Times)
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