- How Illumination Entertainment’s getting big returns off smaller feature film budgets (The Wall Street Journal)
- Video game sales got no love in February as they plummet 20% (Los Angeles Times)
- Harry Potter fans can breathe easier as Pottermore will finally go live in April (The Hollywood Reporter)
- Who wouldn’t want to bungee a plush Angry Bird through space? (Mashable)
- Google aims to take on iTunes/Amazon with entertainment hub Google Play (L.A. Times)
- Tell us something we don’t know as we await details on the iPad 3 – consumer demand for tablets exploding (MediaPost)
- Hasbro cuts 170 jobs (Wall Street Journal)
- Is JCPenney’s recent makeover a blueprint for the future of US retail? (Harvard Business
School) - McDonald’s takes another crack at healthy Happy Meals (Bloomberg)
- One board game goes back to the big screen – Universal takes on Hasbro’s Ouija Board flick with much lower budget (L.A. Times)
- YouTube – Disney deal kicks off quietly (All Things D)
- TV Everywhere won’t be anywhere anytime soon (Broadcast Engineering)
- Old-timey WB cartoon references explained to today’s kids (Adult Swim)
- Dr. Seuss’s The Lorax scores biggest US box office opening of 2012 (L.A. Times)
- Going down litigating? Broadcasters team up to sue US internet service for copyright infringement (MediaPost)
- Speaking of litigation…for those still following this never-ending lawsuit, Mattel requests US$310 million payment to MGA be reversed (Bloomberg)
- A tribute to the most existentially terrifying kids books ever written (Slate)
- The Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood targets movie tie-ins for The Lorax (MediaPost)
- Will Zynga’s zFriends and new gaming platform reduce its reliance on Facebook? (The New York Times)
- January was the new December for app downloads in the US (Tech Crunch)
- Meanwhile, a teenager uses her robotics skills to enhance a Lego Friends set (Wired)
- How two of Hollywood’s biggest studios have created a more efficient way to download movies (Mashable)
- Tiny US$35 Raspberry Pi computer aimed to get children coding is in big demand (The Guardian)
- More bad news for the console games community – Blizzard lays off 600 (Los Angeles Times)
- Are today’s teens groomed properly for a greater technological future? (The Toronto Star)
- How Obama and Avatar helped US studios gain coveted new access to China’s film market (The Hollywood Reporter)
- Prepare for Apple Store lineups, the iPad 3 is coming soon (Mashable)
- Report finds active video games might not help kids exercise more (Reuters)
- Will Katniss Barbie be too fierce for the Malibu dream house? (Huffington Post)
- How the movie industry plans to use Walmart to turn around its struggling Ultraviolet system (The Wall Street Journal)
- Could Facebook’s new payment partnership with wireless carriers make mobile app purchasing easier? (Wired)
- Why Netflix is shifting its focus from movies to TV streaming (The New York Times)
- The Lego Space Program lets astronaut build a model space station in space, um, best job ever (CNET)
- Rango brings in first feature animated Oscar win for Nickelodeon Movies (Reuters)
- How one man’s dream of turning the Aquabats into a kids show came true (USA Today)
- Can augmented reality and 4D fuel the future of theme parks? (Springwise)
- No smiles from Justin Beiber over ‘Joustin’ Beaver’ game app (Tech Crunch)
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