• Disney pays US$115 million advance to Paramount to gain distribution rights for Iron Man 3, The Avengers (Variety)
• Sales of preschool products and games give Hasbro a leg up on the trading floor (BusinessWeek)
• Disney Princess to take on American Girl in large-doll aisle (L.A. Business Journal)
• A tour inside the dichotomy of India’s new Kingdom of Dreams entertainment complex (NPR)
• Steve Jobs opens up about Apple and its competition (Mashable)
• 50 years’ worth of research shows kids of working moms turn out just fine (Time)
• Bain Capital buys out US kids retailer Gymboree for US$1.8 billion (Wall Street Journal)
• Online social gaming poised for wave of wheeling and dealing (Reuters)
• US consumers cutting back, but indulge when it comes to entertainment and tech goods (AdAge)
• Silicon Valley’s Nukutoys uses mixed media to take on the next generation of toys (CNET)
• L.A. residents say goodbye to Sesame Street as KCET cuts ties with PBS (The New York Times)
• Why the number of children’s picture books has been fading (The New York Times)
• Study says parents don’t think kids’ privacy is protected on social networking sites (CNET)
• Franchises prove to be a golden ticket for top Hollywood directors (L.A. Times)
• Rumors mount over potential Panasonic handheld gaming device, The Jungle (CNET)
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