- Giving co-viewing new meaning: Research finds primetime for mobile same as TV (Advertising Age)
- Mr Gum author Andy Stanton opens up about his fairytale-like journey into children’s literature (Guardian)
- Commercial or creative? A closer look at 3D movies (Los Angeles Times)
- US-based Amazon continues its European conquests – the latest acquisition is UK-based Book Depository International (The Wall Street Journal)
- Why retailers aren’t biting off more than they can chew this holiday season (Reuters)
- Social gaming company Zynga makes it official with a US$1 billion IPO (The Hollywood Reporter)
- In honor of America’s birthday, the top-10 most patriotic superheroes (Wired)
- UK study finds that watching TV may make kids hungrier for junk food (French Tribune)
- Is candy actually healthy for kids? (San Francisco Chronicle)
- Mega retailer Children’s Place is already looking forward to the back-to-school season (Reuters)
- Another Social Network role – Justin Timberlake to play Sean Parker-esque part in newly purchased MySpace (Advertising Age)
- Disney sets sights on adapting Matterhorn ride for feature film (The Hollywood Reporter)
- Setting a bad example? Americans are drinking more soft drinks than water (Advertising Age)
- Walmart establishes an e-commerce hub in China (MarketWatch)
- Also in Asia, comic legend Stan Lee gets into film financing (Variety)
- Are warrior princesses the next big thing? Disney takes on the role in Brave (All Things D)
- 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)
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