- The Avengers assemble the masses with record-setting opening weekend (Los Angeles Times)
- YouTube channel funding makes “it impossible to pay average industry salaries” (The Wall Street Journal)
- The Hunger Games sets Chinese market in its crosshairs with June release (The Hollywood Reporter)
- How Disney’s new “touch recognition” technology could change how we interact with smartphones (Tech Crunch)
- Nickelodeon ratings woes overshadow Viacom’s latest profit reports (Reuters)
- New study reveals Americans spent 30% more time on consoles versus a year ago (MediaPost)
- Puss in Boots saves the day for DreamWorks Animation’s first quarter financial results (Bloomberg)
- Call it magic, but nearly US$5 million worth of Harry Potter e-books have sold on Pottermore in its first month (paidContent)
- Is the sun is setting on Nickelodeon’s programming staple, SpongeBob SquarePants? (The Wall Street Journal)
- How Machinima.com’s new content has secured a massive YouTube presence with a hard-to-please gaming demographic (The Wrap)
- Maintaining a content library is a tough business, just ask Netflix (Forbes)
- In physics terms, could the Hulk actually destroy a city? (Wired)
- The secret life of tweens online (The Wall Street Journal)
- Nintendo boldly steps into the digital arena, it’s about time (Wired)
- Angry Birds Space becomes the fastest growing mobile game ever released with 50 million downloads in 35 days (CNET)
- How video games, websites and podcasts are replacing novels, poetry and drama in children’s classrooms (The Sydney Morning Herald)
- The Hunger Games and Harry Potter dominate the 2012 MTV Movie Awards nominees (MTV)
- How Marvel is making good on its unique five-year promotion strategy around The Avengers (Forbes)
- Just how big is the market opportunity for educational games and toys for kids? (CNET)
- Taiwan’s Eva Air takes Hello Kitty obsession to a whole new level (The Globe and Mail)
- How Mr. Potato Head paved the way for future toy advertisers and brand promoters (BBC)
- Why Fox pulled the plug on Seth McFarlane’s TV remake of The Flintstones (The Hollywood Reporter)
- New US study finds internet-connected game consoles are the most popular method for streaming television (eMarketer)
- Will The Amazing Spider-Man reboot take responsibility of the franchise and deliver? (Vulture)
- New study reveals kidsnet ratings have been affected by Netflix (paidContent)
- Why 2012 could be a big year for stop-motion animated films (Los Angeles Times)
- Are hit mobile games the new pilots for launching original web series? (AdWeek)
- Will today’s tech savvy kids deem plush/iPhone smart toys cool or creepy? (Mashable)
- What’s next for Disney after the exit of Rich Ross? (The Hollywood Reporter)
- Why two of Japan’s largest social game publishers have placed limits on in-app spending by teenagers (Wired)
- Will the WiiU save Nintendo from its recent revenue slide? (CNET)
- New study reveals children eight months to eight years old are exposed to nearly four hours of TV background noise (Los Angeles Times)
- The SEC investigates whether Disney, DreamWorks Animation and Fox paid bribes or acted illegally with Chinese government officials (The Hollywood Reporter)
- How social media and web review software are helping a US toyco for preschoolers grow sales (The Wall Street Journal)
- Why Washington should recognize that the future of TV is on the internet (GigaOm)
- What’s it like to rack up net income of US$11.6 billion in one business quarter? …ask Apple (Bloomberg)
- Why a kids marketing guru believes The Oogieloves in the Big Balloon Adventure will be a game changer (The Hollywood Reporter)
- How new film opportunities in China could make it the number one movie market in the world (Los Angeles Times)
- Netflix takes a swipe at Comcast while posting better than expected Q1 results (CNET)
- And now some honest answers from kids about Marvel’s The Avengers…or was it DC? (MSNBC)
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