- Disney sets film release dates for 2014/15… (L.A. Times)
- …Meanwhile, Spielberg and Lucas predict massive implosion of film industry (The Independent)
- Twitter opens up performance analytics to all – see how those 140 characters are working for your brand (TechCrunch)
- When will it hit the mass market? Jedi-like hover bike takes off (Wired)
- It’s a plane! No, it’s a sequel! Zack Snyder-directed Superman 2 fast-tracked at Warner Bros. in advance of Man of Steel debut (Deadline)
- Is 3D TV going bust? Disney to shut down 3D ESPN channel, citing lack of consumer tech adoption (Reuters)
- Attention marketers – Facebook now supporting hashtags #latetotheparty (Mashable)
- Sour pusses? Study finds Lego mini-figure faces getting angrier (The Guardian)
- Sony unveils PS4 – undercuts new Xbox by US$100 at retail (All Things D)
- New Ernst & Young study says digital will generate majority of entertainment income by 2015 (The Wrap)
- An examination of the kind of content that’s king in the SVOD wars (The Motley Fool)
- Intel is buying content for its new TV service and its paying up to 75% more than cable (Reuters)
- US tween discount retailer Five Below continues expansion, sales soar (Bloomberg)
- SpongeBob and the looming SVOD war between Netflix and Amazon (The MotleyFool)
- Google celebrates Maurice Sendak’s 85th birthday with an animated tour (CNet/Google)
- This year’s top 50 creative thinkers in entertainment, tech and advertising (AdAge)
- A peek inside the creative process of specialty toyco Melissa & Doug (New York Times)
- On the eve of E3, the worst console game ever made, resurfaces (Mashable)
- Amazon Kindles head for one of the world’s largest mobile markets (CNET)
- And as Kindles enter China, DreamWorks Animations’ The Croods is on its way out (The Hollywood Reporter)
- Video games have sparked many ethical debates, but the latest study finds that they actually make kids more morally aware (The Independent)
- After conquering the world of adolescent girls, Justin Bieber sets sights on space (Mashable)
- Has Zynga bought the Farm(ville)? Social gaming company lays off 520, shutters L.A. office (All Things Digital)
- Lionsgate focuses TV biz on SVOD services, including animated comedy for Amazon (Hollywood Reporter)
- Disney’s Anne Sweeney talks about the Twitter effect on programming (Wall Street Journal)
- Is Pinterest of interest to your brand? Find out what kind of images get repinned the most. (MediaPost)
- We spend, on average, an hour a day on our smartphones. But iPhone users get 15 more minutes of quality time with their devices (All Things D)
- Amazon’s new Kindle Words makes fan fiction more of a reality, for better or worse (Metro)
- Mattel’s latest marketing campaign sends Barbie truck driving across the US (Advertising Age)
- Give Google+ more credit, it has 10% more account holders than Twitter (eMarketer)
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