- How the boom in creative new programming for children has become a beautiful thing (The New Yorker)
- New study reveals Apple’s App Store ecosystem has generated nearly 500,000 jobs for the US economy in five years (App Advice)
- Is hand-drawn animation trumping motion capture and kid-focused movies at the Academy? (The Hollywood Reporter)
- Meanwhile, Barbie opens her dream closet at New York’s Fashion Week (MarketWatch)
- Hasbro’s higher international sales help offset weaker US and Canadian sales (The Wall Street Journal)
- US revenue from mobile and social media is expected to grow 30% in 2012 (MediaPost)
- NPD signs game-changing deal to acquire and analyze Walmart point-of-sale data (MarketWatch)
- Will Amazon’s move into brick-and-mortar retail pay off? (GigaOM)
- US retail sales were up in January, but shoppers are still cautious (The New York Times)
- Will Japanese children’s film Arrietty breakthrough in the US with Pixar’s support? (The Wall Street Journal)
- Cartoon Network taps animation talent in Abu Dhabi (The National)
- Social media pushes teen superhero flick to top of box office (Chicago Sun-Times)
- Viacom and Nickelodeon turn to Spongebob for ratings turnaround (New York Post)
- Germany’s RTL strengthens its library thanks to multi-year deal with Disney (The Hollywood Reporter)
- How mobile games have resonated so deeply with popular culture (Mashable)
- Take a look, it’s in a book, and an app, it’s Reading Rainbow (Tech Crunch)
- Is Netflix kids programming connected to Nickelodeon’s ratings decline? (AdAge)
- Breaking down the numbers behind Facebook’s IPO documents (USA Today)
- Viacom experiences drop in first quarter earnings (The Hollywood Reporter)
- Reports of The Wiggles financial accounts nothing to sing about (The Sydney Morning Herald)
- The House of Mouse agrees to acquire India’s UTV (The Wall Street Journal)
- Universal’s loss could be Sony’s gain as studio negotiates for Candy Land feature (The Hollywood Reporter)
- Could social media overload lead to unhappiness in eight- to 12-year-old girls? (Jezebel)
- Meow? Hello Kitty book stirs up controversy over famous cat’s origins (Time)
- Taylor Lautner’s talents won’t get stretched by Universal after Hasbro film gets dropped (Deadline)
- Can Barnes & Noble bank its future on the e-reader? (The New York Times)
- Breaking down the predicted $100-billion value of Facebook’s imminent IPO (CNET)
- OK Go teach kids about primary colours in catchy new video for Sesame Street (Huffington Post)
- Will Vancouver’s RenderCloud help attract new animation business to the city? (The Hollywood Reporter)
- How Bluetooth technology allows a shared-screen experience in the app space (Mashable)
- Piracy is a good thing for Angry Birds? (The Guardian)
- Meanwhile, study finds 96% of smartphone apps were downloaded for free in 2011 (eMarketer)
- Why cartoon-based beauty collections are not just for little girls (The NY Times)
- Watch out Apple, Android is increasing its share of the growing tablet market (Los Angeles Times)
- Target moves to stop consumers from using stores as “showrooms”(The Wall Street Journal)
- Lego man boldly goes where no Lego man has gone before (Toronto Star)
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