- The US Supreme Court allows violent video games to be sold to minors (The Wall Street Journal)
- More violence, more problems? New study says both animated and live-action TV violence is keeping kids up at night (Today)
- What the US$500 million Diary of a Wimpy Kid franchise says about the power of today’s kids’ literature (The Hollywood Reporter)
- Prepare for more toys. Tom Hanks suggests Toy Story 4 is in the works (The Washington Post)
- Director Michael Bay gets in moviegoers’ faces about the benefits of 3D (The New York Times)
- Why context matters when it comes to parents and media ratings (The Huffington Post)
- Minority Report-esque hyper-targeted advertising not as futuristic as you’d think (The Sydney Morning Herald)
- Despite disappointing at the box office, Green Lantern primed for a sequel (The Hollywood Reporter)
- Licensing trivia – our favorite. Ten of the more memorable intellectual property disputes in recent history (Smithsonian Magazine)
- What the iPad has wrought – Viacom slaps second suit on a cable provider for streaming iPad app (Los Angeles Times)
- These 10 brands may not make it through 2012, according to the latest 24/7 Wall St. report (Yahoo Finance)
- Could the big-box store also be disappearing? (Los Angeles Times)
- The 25 best animated films of all time – agree or disagree? (Time)
- Fast food chain Jack in the Box breaks ties with its contemporaries – and name – by voluntarily taking toys out of kids’ meals (Advertising Age)
- Ever expanding – licensing giant Li & Fung acquires five more consumer products companies (Bloomberg)
- Can eBooks save Barnes & Noble? (The Wall Street Journal)
- Gucci, Versace, Fendi and Lanvin. Many high-end fashion labels are offering tot-sized clothes at grown-up prices (The Boston Globe)
- Rumors are back about Microsoft buying RIM after the Blackberry maker’s stock takes a tumble (Guardian)
- Apparently Disney isn’t very good at remembering domain names, even if one is for a US$40 million franchise (The Atlantic)
- Startups in the entertainment, marketing and new media communities have a new investment source in AngelVision Investors (The Wall Street Journal)
- Yahoo eyes online video service Hulu (Los Angeles Times)
- Coca-Cola wants teens to work up a thirst through running through malls and amusement parks this summer (Mashable)
- ICANN’s new domain name ruling can open opportunities for brands but also a new window for spammers (Information Week)
- The European Commission publishes report on how social networking sites treat minors, battles issues of openness vs. protection (The Wall Street Journal)
- New app keeps ‘Kids In Mind’ when it comes to movie recommendations (The New York Times)
- When it comes to digital marketing and parents, are Dads the new Moms? (Advertising Age)
- Why Cars 2 is poised to be a licensing goldmine for Disney (The Wall Street Journal)
- Kids’ social networks are popular with tikes and investors – but not advertisers (Advertising Age)
- Movie marketing is changing thanks to Facebook (Mashable)
- Just in time for Father’s Day: New study finds American dads are spending twice as much time with their kids than they did 50 years ago (Bloomberg Businessweek)
- How Warner Bros. is taking a Disney-like, coordinated approach to extending the Green Lantern franchise (Variety)
- Chelsea Handler and Nickelodeon use each other in the name of diversity (The Huffington Post)
- Sprint launches the first 3D smartphone in the US market (All Things D)
- How Apple’s brick-and-mortar stores are the secret to the tech giant’s retail success (The Wall Street Journal)
- Nielsen study says Americans are watching TV on their mobile devices 20% more often than last year (Chicago Sun-Times)
- E3 2012 rumors are already surfacing – is a Microsoft Xbox 360 successor in the works? (Techland)
- Borders dodges several bookstore closings (Publishers Weekly)
- Tween-oriented social network Everloop raises US$3.1 million in funding, prepares for a whole new school year (Wired)
- What’s the magic number when it comes to Oscar Best Picture nominees? Looks like the Academy can’t decide (Entertainment Weekly)
- Warner Bros. launches the first video on demand service in China (Mashable)
- A Cabbage Patch comeback? (Hollywood Reporter)
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