• A more demure Bratz line is back in US stores (L.A. Times)
• Disney Channel prez Carolina Lightcap talks about how she made it to the top (L.A. Times)
• Industry vets sound the call for gentler children’s TV programs (UK Gaurdian)
• Understanding the US Children’s Online Privacy Act – a.k.a. COPPA (The Wall Street Journal)
• New Nicktoons series draws complaints from advocacy group (New York Times)
• Look out for more Burberry babies – designer kids retail is very much on the rise (Bloomberg)
• Is YouTube paving the way for Lucas Cruikshank to be the next Bieber? (LA Times)
• In some schools, lessons in multimedia are teaching kids to learn through play (New York Times)
• Challenges await The Hub (Reuters)
• Local schools ask parents to pick up supplies tab, leaving a 17% gain in family back-to-school spending this year (USA Today)
• Terry Nantier, founder of NBM Publishing, talks about The Smurfs’ comic book comeback (The Wall Street Journal)
• Then what’s it doing to generation Z? Facebook users more narcissistic than non-networkers (Telegraph)
• More conflict ensues in the Mattel-MGA Bratz battle (Courthouse News Service)
• Marketers gird for uneven economic recovery in the US (AdAge)
• In a nutshell – the summer’s biggest winners and losers in Hollywood (The Hollywood Reporter)
• Could Apple TV bruise the console gaming industry? (VentureBeat)
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