- How Pokemon has managed to stand the test of time – and a tough gaming landscape (Wired)
- Is the laugh track back? TV programming gets funnier (The New York Times)
- Netflix takes on UK and Ireland (Mashable)
- Trick, treat and track. Technology lets parents keep an eye on kids’ whereabouts this Halloween (Chicago Tribune)
- Why the American Academy of Pediatrics’ recent findings about toddlers and TV are so 2001 (The Huffington Post)
- Nintendo ups its streamed content offerings for the 3DS and Wii (Mashable)
- Best Buy puts its best foot forward in the app game (TechCrunch)
- Former Scholastic exec opens boys-oriented publishing house (Publishers Weekly)
- As LOLcats laughs its way to the bank, it’s clear that there’s a merch market for internet memes (The Wall Street Journal)
- Inside the marketing power of the iGeneration (Advertising Age)
- Survey finds gamers’ concerns over their privacy preventing them from downloading content (Wired)
- Kids’ TV-viewing habits not overlooked in the White House living room (CNN)
- Sesame Workshop, National Geographic and Xbox have big plans to make live-action TV and children’s books a lot more interactive (Fast Company)
- Does DreamWorks need a wake-up call? (The Hollywood Reporter)
- Stan Lee on bringing his comic characters to video games (Los Angeles Times)
- What we can learn from South Korea’s plans for an entirely digital curriculum (BBC)
- Mattel inches closer to a US$789 million buyout of Hit Entertainment (The Wall Street Journal)
- McDonald’s serves up an in-store TV channel (Los Angeles Times)
- One unlikely brand makes a successful viral game out of YouTube videos (Mashable)
- American Academy of Pediatrics updates its stance on the effects of media on babies and toddlers (YouTube)
- King Features and new analytics service Mobilewalla launch Fastest Moving Apps of the Week column (PR Newswire)
- UK’s Merlin Entertainment sets sights on US theme park industry, opens new Legoland in Florida (New York Times)
- Rovio has Disney-sized ambitions, but no follow up to Angry Birds yet (CNN Money)
- The 10 coolest crafts at the New York Anime Festival – licensees take note (Geek Dad)
- Is the future dim for new digital movie platform UltraViolet if Disney and Apple refuse to participate? (The Hollywood Reporter)
- Zynga attempts to break its dependency on Facebook (The Wall Street Journal)
- A look inside Disney’s plans to reprint comic storyteller Carl Barks’ collection (Los Angeles Times)
- Food marketing guidelines may no longer apply to kids over 12, and other potential changes to the US federal proposal (The Washington Post)
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