• Nick revs up its slate, ratings (The New York Times)
• Study finds late-night media use can link to childhood depression (U.S. News and World Report)
• TV remotes may never make it into the hands of future generations (The New York Times)
• Looks like WalMart and Justin Bieber are going steady (Ad Age)
• Barnes & Noble targets kids for eBooks (The Wall Street Journal)
• How Zynga, the company behind Farmville, is building a media giant (Ad Age)
• Bieber Fever hits new heights with unisex fragrance line that has accessory twist (WWD)
• Kenneth Feld on running a circus and Disney on Ice (The New York Times)
• Phineas and Ferb vie for SpongeBob’s mantle on TV and at retail (FastCompany)
• Major US nets block program transmission on Google TV (Wall Street Journal)
• Q3 earnings snapshot for media & tech co’s including Apple and Netflix (paidContent.org)
• It Gets Better online campaign against bullying gets book deal (The New York Times)
• A look inside Giochi Preziosi, now the world’s fifth-largest toyco (The Wall Street Journal)
• Electronic Arts snaps up Angry Birds publisher for US$20 million (L.A. Times)
• James Cameron speaks of taking Avatar franchise to Star Wars heights (Techland)
• Fung bros. of Li & Fung buy stake in the house of Hello Kitty (BusinessWeek)
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